Posted on Sep 16, 2022

Despite Angry Notes From Neighbors, People Are Ditching Grass Lawns For Sustainable Substitutes, And It's The Absolute Best

In case you missed it, 36.96% of the United States is currently in a drought. Giving up our grass lawns is a great thing we can do to help.

by Daniella Emanuel

BuzzFeed Staff

letter from a neighbor saying their yard looks ugly

another note saying the front of their home looks ugly

3. This person exchanged their lawn for a colorful succulent garden:

Going No-Lawn gives you lots of opportunity to add color and texture from NoLawns

4. This person created a lush bee sanctuary:

My Nashville neighbor has turned their front lawn into an absolute beast of a bee sanctuary! from NoLawns

5. This person has a yard filled with native vegetation:

I converted my lawn to native plants. This is after 2 years. Southern California. from NoLawns

6. TBH, I wanna take a nap in this person's overgrown yard:

Admiration for a neighbor from NoLawns

7. This person created a clover field:

My clover field. ZERO maintenance required. All my neighbors have golf greens. from NoLawns

8. These people don't give a hoot if wildlife gnaws on their lawn:

my sister sent me this pic and thought it belonged here from NoLawns

9. This person's urban yard is absolutely flourishing:

Best view I had while waiting in traffic from NoLawns

10. This person's yard is a wildflower haven:

not a lot of no-lawns in my neighborhood but this one is amazing (N. California) from NoLawns

11. This person's yard is a purple sanctuary:

Our neighbor’s house in Colorado from NoLawns

12. This person actually created the pool of my dreams:

At a home I was working at today from NoLawns

14. This person's yard looks like a botanical garden:

I’ve heard y’all hate lawns too. Here’s my back yard from NoLawns

15. This person's yard is blooming like no other:

Spring in the PNW from NoLawns

16. And finally, this person's yard is straight out of a fairytale:

[OC] My backyard from NoLawns

H/T: r/NoLawns

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Despite Angry Notes From Neighbors, People Are Ditching Grass Lawns For Sustainable Substitutes, And It's The Absolute Best

In case you missed it, our planet is not okay. Global warming is only getting worse, and 36.96% of the United States is currently in a drought, with 241.2 million acres of crops affected.

A subreddit called r/NoLawns is my favorite place to peruse how people have transformed their boring (gr)ass lawns into beautiful, biodiverse sanctuaries. Here are 16 examples I was wowed by:

1. This person turned their front lawn into a vegetable garden:

Unfortunately, their neighbors are giving them a lot of grief about it. They clearly haven't seen the anti-lawn light yet:

According to the subreddit, it's not uncommon to get angry notes from your neighbors when you're not conforming to their lawn standards 🙄:

2. This local council replaced the grass between their town's roads with wildflowers:

Like...

How stunning is this?!

3. This person exchanged their lawn for a colorful succulent garden:

4. This person created a lush bee sanctuary:

5. This person has a yard filled with native vegetation:

6. TBH, I wanna take a nap in this person's overgrown yard:

7. This person created a clover field:

8. These people don't give a hoot if wildlife gnaws on their lawn:

9. This person's urban yard is absolutely flourishing:

10. This person's yard is a wildflower haven:

11. This person's yard is a purple sanctuary:

12. This person actually created the pool of my dreams:

13. This person welcomed a furry friend into their yard to do as he pleases:

Look at him go!!!

He's a happy boi:

14. This person's yard looks like a botanical garden:

15. This person's yard is blooming like no other:

16. And finally, this person's yard is straight out of a fairytale:

Do you have a sustainable alternative yard that you want to show off? Upload a photo of it in the comments for a chance to be featured in a BuzzFeed Community post!

Despite Angry Notes From Neighbors, People Are Ditching Grass Lawns For Sustainable Substitutes, And It's The Absolute Best

In case you missed it, our planet is not okay. Global warming is only getting worse, and 36.96% of the United States is currently in a drought, with 241.2 million acres of crops affected.

A subreddit called r/NoLawns is my favorite place to peruse how people have transformed their boring (gr)ass lawns into beautiful, biodiverse sanctuaries. Here are 16 examples I was wowed by:

1. This person turned their front lawn into a vegetable garden:

Unfortunately, their neighbors are giving them a lot of grief about it. They clearly haven't seen the anti-lawn light yet:

According to the subreddit, it's not uncommon to get angry notes from your neighbors when you're not conforming to their lawn standards 🙄:

2. This local council replaced the grass between their town's roads with wildflowers:

Like...

How stunning is this?!

3. This person exchanged their lawn for a colorful succulent garden:

4. This person created a lush bee sanctuary:

5. This person has a yard filled with native vegetation:

6. TBH, I wanna take a nap in this person's overgrown yard:

7. This person created a clover field:

8. These people don't give a hoot if wildlife gnaws on their lawn:

9. This person's urban yard is absolutely flourishing:

10. This person's yard is a wildflower haven:

11. This person's yard is a purple sanctuary:

12. This person actually created the pool of my dreams:

13. This person welcomed a furry friend into their yard to do as he pleases:

Look at him go!!!

He's a happy boi:

14. This person's yard looks like a botanical garden:

15. This person's yard is blooming like no other:

16. And finally, this person's yard is straight out of a fairytale:

Do you have a sustainable alternative yard that you want to show off? Upload a photo of it in the comments for a chance to be featured in a BuzzFeed Community post!

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