2:53 p.m. Feb. 5, 2024: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Jim Baird’s name. Tearing out your lawn can be a tough decision, especially if you have children or dogs who love to ...

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With pillowcases in hand last weekend, a dozen of us plant and bird lovers waded through chest-high native grasses at Panola Mountain State Park to collect ripened grass seed. Our goal was to help ...

Conservation groups, ranchers and big beef buyers have joined together to try to save millions of acres of native grasses in the central part of the country. Millions of acres of grassland used to ...

Long before irrigation pivots and improved turf varieties, native grasses were quietly doing the hard work.

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. Looking out the front windows of their Northeast L ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Carpets of lush Kentucky bluegrass covering lawns across Colorado’s high desert are on their way out. Native plants are on their way in. But gardeners who ...

AUSTIN — A lawn of regionally native grasses would take less resources to maintain while providing as lush a carpet as a common turf grass used in the South, according to a study by ecologists at the ...