Lose the lawn: 14 inspiring yards

See how to ditch thirsty turf grass in favor of beautiful, easy-care gardens

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Front-yard meadow
Norm Plate 

Front-yard meadow

Two great ideas from this garden

Grassy screen Tall Calamagrostis x acutiflora‘Karl Foerster’ grass screens the sitting area from the street.

“Character” plants From fluffy mounds to floppy giants: Rusty-hued Carex testacea softens the front path, while green kniphofia, plum Heuchera‘Obsidian’, Libertia peregrinans‘Bronze Sword’, and euphorbia surround the ‘Karl Foerster’ grass. Across the path, drifts of Picea sitchensis‘Papoose’, variegated iris, and Phormium‘Dusky Chief’ encircle a ginkgo tree.

Design/Build Rebecca Sams and Buell Steelman, Mosaic Gardens, Eugene, OR

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