The grass is always greener… when there is none? There are tons of ways to landscape without the green giant and we’ve rounded up eleven of them right here! From flowers to gravel to stained concrete, you might just want to say buh-bye to that large water bill.
1. Moss Graffiti spotted on Free People
2. A super large concrete patio spotted on Remodelaholic
3. Low-water plant yard makeover spotted on Sunset
4. Stained concrete & drought-tolerant plants spotted on Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture
5. Gravel paving cuts down the water bill spotted on Sunset
6. Edible plants fill the yard spotted on House Logic
7. No lawn, just fruits and vegetables spotted on Organic Gardening
8. Rid the grass and replace with pea gravel spotted on House Logic
9. A terraced slope with stepping stones spotted on Gardenweb
10. Change the grass to kidney weed spotted on Gardenista
11. Replace the grass with wildflowers spotted on American Meadows
What do you think? Would you be willing to give up mowing the lawn?
We’re trying to find a source of artificial turf in our area (southeastern Washington state) so we can eliminate all of our grass! The upkeep just doesn’t make sense!
Does Curbly have ANY original content? All these pics are from magazines a decade old.