Celia Llopis-Jepsen

But the reality is that we do, let's be honest, have a lot more lawn than we actually use.

A lot of it is basically just kind of like for the look, right?

It's kind of like aesthetic.

If you add up all this manicured grass turf that we've got in the U.S.

at this point, it actually adds up to an area that's bigger than the state of Georgia.

And you certainly are not going to have to fertilize them, and you're obviously not going to be running a mower over gorgeous flowers.

Plus, you'll be helping the wildlife.

And we know wildlife in our country does need help.

North America has lost a quarter of its birds.

The U.S.

has lost like an estimated one-fifth of its butterflies at this point.

So you can do a solid for the environment by ditching even just some of your lawn and replacing it with a wildlife-friendly garden.

Those are really legit questions, right?

I mean, first of all, lawn culture is real.

Like, we love a tidy green lawn.

And I feel like for a lot of us, lawns feel like a safe way to keep property values up in our neighborhoods, right?

Like, it's something, it's a look that we trust.

But on the flip side, your neighbors may be like totally into attracting wildlife and like they may see your gardens and love it.

Someone who knows a lot about this is Paula Diaz.

She is a master gardener in Kansas City.