Rooted in the Prairie

Ecological Landscaping and Lawn-to-Meadow Conversions For Chicago and Beyond

Let’s face it: mowing takes too much of our scarcest resource - time.

According to Today’s Homeowner, Americans spend an average of 384 hours of their lives mowing - just mowing! That doesn’t account for the watering, weeding, fertilizing, re-seeding, etc.

What if we didn’t have to live like this? What if you could…

quit watering
mow once a year
have a vibrant and dynamic outdoor space
reduce mild water pooling

… all with your yard?

If half of American lawns were replaced with native plants, we would create the equivalent of a 20 million acre national park, nine times bigger than Yellowstone, or 100 times bigger than Shenandoah National Park.

— Doug Tallamy

Rooted in the Prairie

Let’s face it: mowing takes too much of our scarcest resource - time.

If half of American lawns were replaced with native plants, we would create the equivalent of a 20 million acre national park, nine times bigger than Yellowstone, or 100 times bigger than Shenandoah National Park.

Bombus Native Gardens