Conventional subdivisions present a unique set of challenges for ecological landscaping - compacted (often clay) soils, neighborly optics, and monocultures of lawn and Home Depot shrubbery. Join Brett Towle, ecological designer and owner of Dicot Landscape Studio, for a field-based exploration of how to assess and implement ecology-forward plantings in everyday neighborhoods, with real budgets and real constraints. It's not about eliminating your lawn, but finding the right amount of it. Together, you'll walk a recent project in a suburban yard and examine how site conditions, project goals, and landowner capacity collide to shape strategies for lawn-alternatives that jive with the neighbors. Learn how a practical, place-based approach to lawn conversion can produce vibrant, ecologically rich landscapes that work for people and the planet, without waiting for the perfect conditions to get started. 

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