Breaking the Lawn: Sowing Resilience in the Subdivision

Conventional subdivisions present a unique set of challenges for ecological landscaping - compacted (often clay) soils, neighborly optics, and monocultures of lawn and Home Depot shrubbery. Join Brett Towle, ecological designer and owner of Dicot Landscape Studio, for a field-based exploration of how to assess and implement ecology-forward plantings in everyday neighborhoods, with real budgets and real constraints. It's not about eliminating your lawn, but finding the right amount of it. Together, you'll walk a recent project in a suburban yard and examine how site conditions, project goals, and landowner capacity collide to shape strategies for lawn-alternatives that jive with the neighbors. Learn how a practical, place-based approach to lawn conversion can produce vibrant, ecologically rich landscapes that work for people and the planet, without waiting for the perfect conditions to get started. 

This workshop takes place at a private residence in Vergennes, VT. The address will be sent to attendees after registration.

We aim to keep our event prices low for everyone, but if the cost of registration is a barrier, please reach out to request a scholarship. Additionally, NOFA-VT offers the option of free registration to anyone who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color (BIPOC) in an effort to actively work toward dismantling systems of racism that have historically disadvantaged BIPOC and continue to do so today. Learn more.

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