[PCA] NEWS: More are going 'green' with less grass in lawns

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/2634060,3_1_EL25_08LAWNS_S1-100825.article

New Age lawns
To stay 'green,' more environment-minded people are trading green grass 
for prairie plants and flowers
August 25, 2010
By DAVE GATHMAN dgathman at stmedianetwork.com

ELGIN -- A small but increasing number of homeowners say they are becoming 
more "green" by giving up green.

Instead of maintaining the usual sprawling spread of short, neatly mowed 
grass, their "lawns" now consist of a mixture of native perennial plants 
and flowers that require little fertilizing, herbicides, watering or 
mowing, yet attract a zoo of butterflies, bees and birds.

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