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Learn about the benefits of native lawns and resources for creating one at home in these articles and interviews about our native lawn demonstration area. </p> <a claSS="btn button-style-light-green" href="https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/explore/on-campus-natural-areas/native-lawn-demonstration-area/" target="_blank"> View Webpage </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="style-two left" style="background-color:#3c482b"> <div class="holder"> <div id="content-skip"></div> <div class="col"> <div class="img-hold" style="background-image: url('https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LR_Danthonia-spicata.frw_.jpg');>"> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="txt-hold"> <h2 style="color:#c2cb1e">Article in The New York Times</h2> <div class="over-text" style="color:#dddddd"> <p>Read about our Native Lawn in the September 13, 2023 New York Times article "A Viable Alternative to Conventional Lawn? Cornell May Have Found One."</p> </div> <a class="btn button-style-white" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/realestate/native-grass-lawn.html" target="_blank"> Read Now </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="style-two right" style="background-color:#929b3c"> <div class="holder"> <div id="content-skip"></div> <div class="col"> <div class="img-hold" style="background-image: url('https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LR_Viola.labradorica.FRW_.jpg');>"> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="txt-hold"> <h2 style="color:#3c482b">Podcast with Margaret Roach</h2> <div class="over-text" style="color:#3c482b"> <p>Listen to an interview with Natural Areas Director Todd Bittner on the podcast "A Way to Garden" with Margaret Roach.</p> </div> <a class="btn button-style-white" href="https://awaytogarden.com/cornells-take-on-the-native-lawn-with-todd-bittner/" target="_blank"> LIsten Now </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="style-one module-d-style-1"> <div class="holder"> <div id="content-skip"> </div> <h2>More news coverage</h2> <div class="three-cols"> <div class="col"> <div class="box"> <div class="img-wrap"> <a href="https://www.audacy.com/podcast/wcbs-880-all-local-5fbdf/episodes/native-lawns-that-only-need-to-be-mowed-twice-a-year-4c35b" target="_blank"> <img width="418" height="293" src="https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/3up_native_lawn-418x293.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail_418x293 size-thumbnail_418x293 wp-post-image" alt="flowering native plant in front of rock" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /> </a> </div> <div class="txt-wrap"> <span class="category">In the News</span> <h4> <a href="https://www.audacy.com/podcast/wcbs-880-all-local-5fbdf/episodes/native-lawns-that-only-need-to-be-mowed-twice-a-year-4c35b" target="_blank"> Native lawns that only need to be mowed twice a year </a> </h4> <p>WCBS 880 All Local — September 18, 2023</p> <p>Want to help the environment and tend a low-maintenance yard? According to Todd Bittner, our Director of Natural Areas, a native lawn might be for you.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="box"> <div class="img-wrap"> <a href="https://www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2023-10-04/would-you-give-up-your-lawn-for-an-easier-environmentally-friendly-option-heres-how-it-could-look" target="_blank"> <img width="418" height="293" src="https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3up_pollinator.Jason-Koski-418x293.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail_418x293 size-thumbnail_418x293 wp-post-image" alt="bee on plant in native lawn" decoding="async" /> </a> </div> <div class="txt-wrap"> <span class="category">In the News</span> <h4> <a href="https://www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2023-10-04/would-you-give-up-your-lawn-for-an-easier-environmentally-friendly-option-heres-how-it-could-look" target="_blank"> Would you give up your lawn for an easier, environmentally friendly option? 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