Vancouver Island Master Gardeners “Lawn Care and Lawn Alternatives”, the September Virtual Gardening Series presentation, is now available here on the VIMGA site.
The Vancouver Island Regional Library’s Virtual Gardening Series is a partnership between VIRL and VIMGA offering practical, science-based home gardening knowledge.
The entire four-year series of presentations is available here on the VIMGA site, as well as on the VIRL site and on YouTube.
In this presentation, Cameron Smith talks about “To lawn or not to lawn…”
While many people are removing their lawns, others are keeping them for various purposes. Whether it be purely for aesthetics, a place for the kids to play, or a backyard bocci court, if you’re keeping a patch of turf it needs to be properly maintained. We’ll start the session looking at the basics of lawn care: what kind of seed based on the need, when and how to fertilize, watering, mowing, and the pros and cons of weed control.
If, however, you’ve decided that grass is not your thing, there are alternatives. For the latter part of the session we’ll first look at stripping out the lawn: when and how to do it. Then we’ll talk about redesigning your space with groundcovers, pathways, flower masses, meadows, containers and patios.