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What Does It Really Take to Turn a Lawn Into a Native Meadow?
Transforming a conventional lawn into a thriving native meadow can be rewarding, but the process comes with plenty of decisions, surprises, and challenges along the way. From site preparation and planting to weed management and long-term maintenance, creating a successful meadow is a process that unfolds over multiple growing seasons.
Join Sara Weaner Cooper, owner and principal of New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL), for a free Wild Ones webinar as she shares a candid look at her family’s ongoing lawn-to-meadow project, which has been featured in The New York Times and BBC. Drawing from firsthand experience, Sara will explore the methods they used, what worked, what didn’t, and what they’ve learned as the landscape continues to evolve.
This session will cover:
- Preparing a conventional lawn for conversion to a native meadow.
- Planting methods and decisions made throughout the transition.
- Managing weeds and other challenges as the meadow establishes.
- Lessons, successes, and surprises from multiple growing seasons.
- Approaches to long-term maintenance as the meadow continues to evolve.
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Sara Weaner Cooper, New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL)‘s owner & principal, began her role with NDAL in 2018 as educational program coordinator. She holds an M.A. in anthropology and education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.A. in anthropology and education from Bryn Mawr College. One of her passions and long-term goals is to work with schools on eco-cultural land stewardship curricula.
Sara and her husband Evan Cooper’s home landscape was featured in a BBC article in 2025 and in a New York Times article by Margaret Roach in 2024, illustrating an experimental yet highly successful organic transition from lawn to native meadow. Sara has presented about this transition for the Ecological Landscape Alliance’s Annual Conference, Grow Native MA, and the Southern Adirondack Audubon Society.
In 2024, NDAL received the American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award for Horticultural Innovation, which recognizes an individual/organization “whose innovations have made the field of horticulture more sustainable and accessible to all.”
Register here: From Lawn to Meadow – Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes
Please use the following AT Code: AT: Online Training; TMN AT Report hours
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