Experts reveal why the anti-lawn movement is taking off in the US [View all]

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The lawn has always been the center of every American yard. But a surge of gardeners, landscapers and homeowners have had enough. They’re getting rid of their immaculate lawn ideas and joining the growing US anti-lawn movement, encouraging wilderness and wildlife instead.

America is unique in its fixation on the monoculture lawn,' says Dennis Liu, vice president of education at the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation in Durham, North Carolina. 'Our English inheritance is our own little tidy green space.'

But drought conditions and declining insect populations are highlighting the need for bio-diversity, he adds, and traditions look set to change – for good.


Bring your yard alive

There’s lots of interest in the ‘Garden of Abundance’ trend says Katie Tamony, a trendwatcher for Monrovia, a major plant-grower with nurseries in Georgia, California, Connecticut and Oregon.

People are wanting a more 'alive-looking' yard with a variety of plants, she believes, because it’s a way of thinking about your yard 'as not just being yours, but part of a more beautiful, larger world that we’re trying to create'.

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