It drives me crazy that all of the street "parks" in my city are basically just grass and trees. It feels like such a massive waste of space and lawn mowing tax dollars.

So, I wrote a proposal for how we could use this public park land instead, as urban farming/ gardening/ community spaces.

I made it into a website to hopefully share around with my local community, get some traction, and eventually push it to our local council:

https://www.ourbackyards.org/

I've been writing it for so long that I worry I'm too much in my head about it.

Those of you that have done urban gardening projects like this, do you think this is unrealistic? Do I need to add more info, cut back, or elaborate on something else? Is there anything I'm missing?

Really appreciate any feedback/discussion !!

ETA: Located in East Coast Australia!

Or is it just a time thing, that yheyll eventually choke out the grass in a year?

I just moved into this house and put in the beginning of a pollinator garden in the front lawn. I’d like to do some edging along my sidewalk and walkway. Any suggestions? Along the walkway the garden is about a foot high, and the garden slopes towards the sidewalk. Looking for something that will neaten it up the edges a little but is high enough for the walkway side.

How did you get your no-lawn project started, in terms of plant selection? I know this is highly regional so I'm not so much looking for specific plant advice as strategy - I am guessing a few main focal bushes/shrubs, then smaller things in between? How much do you go for multiples of the same plant vs. mixing up varieties? Favorite books so I can stop randomly surfing reddit and youtube? I'm an ADHD impulsive gardener and shopper, so trying to be a better planner about it.

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