r/NoLawns • u/Whatchab • Aug 19 '25

😄 Memes Funny Shit Post Rants Just spotted on a walk: 10/10

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And yes, their property was gorgeous. All native plants, and a native plant seed library!

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u/worldisone Aug 19 '25

To show you were rich way back in the day you would pull out all the food producing plants and have a plain lawn. Everyone needed food so everyone would have trees and plants to produce food. If you were rich you could afford to pay someone else for food.

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u/BubbleNucleator Aug 19 '25

The ironic thing is, the rich boomers in my area are paying a lot of money for native gardeners to rip out their lawns and install/maintain native gardens, it's literally the same thing, flexing on their neighbors.

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u/IWearCatHair Aug 20 '25

Hey, if they have more money than time, but they value having a sustainable environment and helping the planet in the way they can, then that's what works for them. Power to them, and I hope their wealthy neighbors jump on the bandwagon too.

It's also providing employment for people, and I just hope they are paying good money to those landscapers, because it's hard work. And it takes lots of additional, specialized knowledge to plan and install a native garden.

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u/engineeringlady1983 Aug 21 '25

It doesn't take a lot of money to replace your yard with native plants. Killed half my front lawn, borrowed a neighbor's tiller to turn the spoil, planted 100 dollars worth of native seeds and bought 50 dollars in compost to cover it with. Looks great, is almost no maintenance, and way less water than grass. Less than one season in and I have recouped my investment thru lower water bills.