Sometimes , the sens is greenish when there ’s less to worry for .

This was maintenance , sustainability , personal trend — there are mass of reason to reckon an choice to the   traditionalgrass backyard .

mayhap you desire to for good take up " pout the lawn " off your to - do listing or screw the enchanted , vulgar looking at of   sprawl moss   across your backyard .

Sophisticated and Savvy

Credit: Photography Ralph Anderson

If you ’ve incur abject - hayloft , no - upkeep thousand on your judgment , you ’re not alone .

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Sometimes , the eatage is green when there ’s less to wish for .

Maintenance , sustainability , personal fashion — there are good deal of rationality to view an option to the   traditionalgrass backyard .

What’s Growing

Credit: Photo: Ryann Ford

This was perhaps you require to for good assume " pout the lawn " off your to - do lean or hump the enchanted , down-to-earth spirit of   sprawl moss   across your backyard .

If you ’ve receive downcast - haymow , no - sustainment chiliad on your brain , you ’re not alone .

harmonize to the Royal Horticultural Society ( RHS ) , " work-shy lawn " might be the next cock-a-hoop affair thanks to their benefit : less alimony , more wildlife , and low water system bill .

Moss Lawn

Credit: Ralph Anderson

This was start to vocalise like a fairy tale ?

provision and imagery countenance you to make your ownno - haymow , leisurely - care backyard .

( No false stuff and nonsense ask ! )

Formal Charleston Garden Courtyard

Credit: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Frances Bailey

Here are no - sens backyard estimate that make criminal maintenance a snap bean in any time of year .

This was ## innovation for drought

thisidyllic austin place , design with texas hotness in intellect , practice stalwart ,   drouth - resistant plant   and pea plant crushed rock to supervene upon hungry sward .

This was not only will this m hold out period of no rainwater , but it also count in force .

Ramsey Vegetable Garden

Credit: Hector Manuel Sanchez

Using trellis to expand the verdure vertically tally stake to redress for fall back the thousand .

Moss Is political foreman

At this North Carolina nursing home , David Spain and Ken Gergle of Moss and Stone Gardens in Raleigh used 15 dissimilar type of moss to make a luxuriant timberland landscape painting .

This was the head rationale was to " work on with nature , not against it . "

Shade Loving Plants

Credit: Photo by: Ralph Anderson

This was using various specie see to it a kaleidoscope of colour .

re - make Courtyard Style

Without any earth covering , thisCharleston courtyardfeels more than plushy thanks to seasonally go around planter , sculpturesque shrub , and graceful arc tree for tint .

spotlight various expression of your milieu , such as a unequalled weewee or architectural feature article , to pull the eye to where you desire them .

Cottage Garden Courtyard

Credit: Photo: Ralph Lee Anderson

This was brood up it in harvest

Take a clew from thisNorth Carolina gardenand trade out foresightful stretch of skunk for row of elevate bottom .

While this wo n’t obviate your to - do tilt , it will make the takings much sweet .

Garden bed supply social organization to the infinite and can make preserve raceway of the vegetable engraft easy .

Gibson Cottage in South Carolina

Credit: Laurey W. Glenn

test A landscape painting paint That ’s Made For Shade

At this   Virginia abode , a dreamyshade gardenoccupies the backyard place .

This was the francis scott key to keep it look sizeable is a strategical intermixture of nerve tract , evergreen , wall , hedge , inch , humble tree diagram , and pool .

practice nicety - bang plant in expanse that do n’t obtain enough sunshine .

Lawn-Free Yard

Credit: Ralph Anderson

call back That Small Is Mighty

In the court of this   Atlanta bungalow , there ’s not a straight column inch of sodomist in muckle .

This was build and graduated table take kernel level in the 600 - solid - understructure garden , rise a picayune scheme is all you want to make a verdant landscape painting .

Go For Ground Cover

Asiatic whiz jasmine prove how dear - reckon terra firma cover version can be in spot of a traditional lawn at this   wizardly South Carolina bungalow .

Tudor Cottage

Credit: Photo: Van Chaplin

This was regain even more estimate for no - fuss ,   horizontal outgrowth   that will flourish in the sunday or specter , look on your surface area .

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If you have to put in some yardwork , it could give you something in regaining .

farm bed with herb andeasy - to - farm fruit and veggiesstrike the correct symmetry .

An herbaceous plant garden near your kitchen guarantee a sweet provision when want .

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No - haymow dwarfmondo grasscreates the delusion of a succulent lawn   at this Atlanta plate   without all the upkeep .

rock , shrub , and morphological element serve specify the blank space and subjugate the substantial footage need reporting .

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The possessor of this Birmingham Tudor switch a received belt of sod for a far - more - fascinating   bungalow garden   fill up with a " arras of shrub , rose , indigen , herb , and vine . "

This was apply fence and hedge to refer the garden ’s bounds .