SUMMARY: With American residential lawns totaling over 49,000 square miles, environmental scientists and landscape architects are looking toward turning lawns into “miniature modular bio-reserves.” These wildlife gardens have the ability to develop biodiversity while simultaneously reducing water, petrol, and lawn chemicals. With state and local municipalities stepping in, such as offering rebates for replacing lawns with bee attracting flowering plants, change toward innovative, natural ecosystems has already begun.

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Image: Yard, by 2.ink Studio, winner of the ASLA 2018 Professional Honor Award in Residential Design Credit: Stephen Miller / ASLA