Key
Benefits of Eco-Lawn™
Environmentally Friendly!
Did you know that a lawn mower running for one
hour emits the same amount of pollution as 40 new
automobiles running for one hour?
Did you know that over 13 million gallons
(49,210,353.4 litres) are spilled annually when
filling up lawn mowers, trimmers and other
landscaping power tools? That is 2 million
gallons (7,570,9823.6 litres) more than was
spilled from the Exxon Valdez!
Since Eco-Lawn™
needs to be mowed only once a month at the most,
you will be reducing harmful greenhouse gas
emissions and dramatically reducing gasoline
spillage!
Eco-Lawn™ is
the ultimate low maintenance lawn. This specially
designed blend of seven fine fescue grasses,
grows to form a dense turf on loam, well drained
clay and even in infertile, dry soils! Eco-Lawn™ thrives
in full sun, part shade and even in deep shade
conditions! Eco-Lawn™ reduces
your maintenance time and costs . . . with Eco-Lawn™
you don’t have to mow,
water, fertilize or aerate . . . saving you time
and money and helping to create a healthier
environment
Drought Tolerant
Eco-Lawn™
produces grass blades that are very thin and thus
don't require the amount of water that typical,
thick bladed lawn grasses demand. Eco-Lawn™
also creates roots that grow deep into the
ground, so Eco-Lawn™ can
seek out needed nutrients and water naturally,
thus eliminating the need for watering. Eco-Lawn™ is
perfect for areas where water conservation is
important and is excellent for establishing new
lawns, erosion buffers and bank stabilizations.
No fertilizers or
chemicals required!
Eco-Lawn™,
unlike traditional turf grasses, creates a deep
root system. It will make roots up to 9 inches
(22.86 cm) deep in hard pan clay soils and up to
14 inches (35.56 cm) deep in sandy soils! These
deep root systems enable Eco-Lawn™ to
naturally source the nutrients it requires from
the soil so you don't need to add chemical
fertilizers!
Less vulnerable to
grubs!
Grubs are the larvae of June Bugs and non-native
Japanese Beetles. These creatures live as grubs
in moist soils for two years and then emerge as
adults in early summer. The adults only live for
about 6 weeks, so their number one goal is to
reproduce! In nature the female beetles, once
pregnant, lay their eggs in the moist soils of
pond edges and streambanks. Today, grubs are most
often found in well watered lawns. This is
because the traditional lawn has no real root
systems and demands that you water it,
making the soil surface of your lawn soft and
damp - the exact conditions that the female
beetles want to lay their eggs in! Since Eco-Lawn™
requires very little, if any, watering once
established, the surface of the soil is hard and
thus it is less attractive to the adult beetles
looking to lay their eggs. So they simply go
somewhere else to lay their eggs and you don't
get grubs!
Reduce your mowing
time or don't mow at all!
Eco-Lawn™
while quick to germinate, is a very slow growing
grass that has a fine textured, dense,
low-growing habit, so you don't have to mow it if
you don't want to! Left unmown, over the course
of a full growing season, the grass blades of Eco-Lawn™
will grow to about 9 inches long, but because the
blades of Eco-Lawn™ are
so fine, it falls over to about a 4 inch height
creating a gentle, flowing carpet-like
appearance. If you prefer a more ‘cropped
lawn look’, occasional mowing will be
necessary. Mow Eco-Lawn™ no
more than once a month to a height of 3 to 4
inches for a classic lawn look.
Eco-Lawn™ saves
you time and money!
Eco-Lawn™ is
not only good for the environment, it's also
financially rewarding!
For example: If you are paying $40.00 a week to
have your lawn cut, you will save $800.00
annually on mowing expenses alone with Eco-Lawn™.
And since Eco-Lawn™
requires no watering or expensive fertilizers
your total annual savings will exceed $1000.00!
So when you have an Eco-Lawn, you are not only
helping the environment, you're helping your bank
account too!
A study published in the year 2000, entitled "Residential
Landscapes: Comparison of Maintenance Costs, Time
and Resources" prepared by
Ecological Outlook for the Canada Mortgage and
Housing Corporation determined that drought
tolerant, slow growing low maintenance lawns such
as Eco-Lawn™ had
the "lowest annual maintenance costs"
of all forms of landscaping and were "the
most time, material and cost-efficient" of
all landscape types studied. Eco-Lawn™ is
envirological landscaping at its best!
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Eco-Lawn™ at Wildflower Farm
