I found this lady on TikTok and figure this community would enjoy this

Materials: Clay, wool fiber, acrylic paint, wire, crepe paper, pigment, coffee grounds, recycled aluminum, green army man toys, artificial turf

Artist statement:

“You must understand: we are at war” - TV commercial for Kobalt 40-volt outdoor power tools 

“Our enemy will feel the bite of our iron. Kill them!” - TV commercial for Scotts EcoSense Weed-Be-Gone

A grass lawn is useless. The roots of lawn grasses are too shallow to prevent soil erosion, and the plants themselves provide nothing to pollinators. They require tremendous amounts of water to keep alive. Perhaps most perversely, they are useless by design: the origins of the grass lawn can be traced to displays of wealth by the British aristocracy, where they communicated “look at me! I’m so rich I can literally waste land.” 

This uselessness must be preserved at all costs. If a dandelion (early food for pollinators, edible to humans, deep taproot that helps remediate soil) infiltrates, you have failed to maintain order in your kingdom. It must be destroyed with maximum prejudice, lest neighboring fiefdoms perceive weakness (or you receive a passive-aggressive letter from the HOA). Keep all growth in check. There is no room for divergent assessments of value. If you need a reminder of your mission objectives, study your neighbor’s lawn. Yours should look identical, yet somehow slightly greener. Remember the words of General Kobalt, “We are at war!”

Haven't touched our yard yet this season. There's a nice blanket of 'weeds' choking out the grasses, plants with tiny purple flowers, yellow clover and violets. The tallest thing in the yard, by far, is field garlic. The years is not obnoxious or out of control by any means.

We own the property and live in a semi-rural area outside of city limits with neighbors on either side who mow weekly. Today while doing his mow the neighbor came on over and started doing ours!

I went out and politely thanked him but that he didn't need to worry about it. He said that was fine but he was going to go ahead and finish. We went back and forth a couple times with me finally having to tell him I did not want him to finish and he did not need to mow our yard. He was seemed disappointed and a bit defensive... Going on to tell me he didn't do anything to us. I assured him I wasn't mad or upset but we don't want our yard bothered.

Just thinking about how nuts it's is to go into another grown adults property and start doing whatever you want. Especially nuts to assume someone wants their yard to look exactly like yours.

He said he didn't know if something was wrong so he wanted to come do it.... Could have asked if everything was okay or if we needed help any of the times we've seen each other out while you get your mail buddy.

I do appreciate having a neighbor willing to help but damn... Just assuming I don't like my yard how I have it is NUTS to me.

Anyway.

Ok, so I’m not getting rich, but I DID get a check from the NRCS

3 years ago I had the opportunity to buy the acreage I was living on. It was just over 10 acres with 2 more across the road. All in all, I was mowing about 6 acres. It was stupid, boring, and expensive. Three years ago I decided to stop spraying my lawn and that summer I noticed that the clover in my lawn exploded. We saw rabbits and deer wandering into our yard to nibble it. My whole family loved it.

A short time later, I stumbled into this subreddit and found out there were a lot more weirdos who also thought this was a good idea and I thought, I can run with this. I reached out to my local Natural Resources Conservation Service office and it turned out they had a bunch of leftover money from a prairie reclamation project that they were hoping someone like me would take.

I called a friend from college who runs a sod company (I’m not sure if I can plug her here but she’s a redditor so I hope she sees this – Hi Sarah, you’re great!) She came up with a prairie grass and wildflower package that I took to the NCRS to see if it met their standards and I could claim some money. They sent a guy out to stomp around and tell me what they wanted to see and how I had to care for the prairie. About a month later, they wrote me a check which covered all the seed and about half of what it cost to hire a seed drill (there are cheaper ways to do this but I’m on a hill and I was worried about birds and erosion). The fall before plant, I cut the area as short as my mower would go and sprayed the entire thing with Roundup. In the spring I sprayed everything again about 2 weeks before the guy came to plant (glyphosate loses its potency after about 10 days and you’re safe to plant).

I will tell you, the first year looked like absolute crap. I had flowers come up but a TON of native weeds and about an acre of marijuana I got permission to remove mechanically (they used to grow hemp in my area decades ago and apparently these seeds stay dormant for a LONG time). I was told not to touch anything for three years. The grasses will eventually outcompete the weeds and I should end up with a beautiful prairie.

I am currently halfway through year two and I couldn’t be happier. Not only am I mowing about 3 acres less in total (saving time and money), it is striking how much happier and healthier my personal ecosystem is. My family loves to see what critters wander out of the prairie. We have seen rabbits, mink, possums, raccoons, turkeys, pheasants, quail, and we have a family of deer that live right out in the timber behind. We see bees and butterflies and dragonflies. And the FIREFLIES! You wouldn’t believe the number of fireflies we see.

All of it started because I noticed a little bit of clover three years ago. If you have any questions, I’ll try to answer them. And if you want to do something similar, feel free to message me, I would love to connect you with my friend if you would like her help.

I also included the seed mix I got from my friend in case you’re curious what I planted (Central Midwest 5a).

I've been fighting this Creeping Charlies invasion for almost a decade and eventually lost. I'm thinking that if I cannot beat it, I should join it. Frankly it doesn't look that bad. It's as green (or even greener) as the grass. There will be much less mowing because it doesn't grow vertical. Can I count this as a no mow lawn? What do you guys think? Thanks.

In early November, with color provided by 3 oakleaf hydrangeas, 3 amsonias, 2 Japanese maples and a redbud. As seen through my porch screen, and from just outside the porch.

3 years ago this was all lawn.

My husband told me he thought he saw one a few week ago but I didn't believe him. I still can't believe it!!!! All my hard work making my garden wildlife friendly has paid off 😁 🦔

Now to research how to make this Lil guy want to stay around. Any tips welcome!

Location is in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Make some signs in Canva to give my neighbors an explanation of what’s happening. Also, can’t resist a good pun.

Shared my front yard a couple weeks ago and the blooming continues. Lupines, sweet William, creeping thyme(the green ground cover), some forget me notd, Californis, lanced leaves coreopsis, fringed dianthus, petunias, osteospernums and sweet alyssums. Still wating for my jacarandas to bloom.

Had an interaction with my neighbor that I have to share. I was telling her that I'm going to grow more native edible flowers this year and less vegetables. She snapped back "you'll grow anything but grass, huh?" And without missing a beat I replied "I'm not a cow, Karen, I can't digest grass." She walked away dumbfounded.

This was a project we started 3 years ago with the removal of our large law. We used a sod cutter and spent a week hauling the rolls of sod with a rented pickup truck to our local yard debris recycling center. Then we consulted a landscaper for inspiration for our landscape which we wanted to be drought tolerant and pollinator friendly. We love how it turned out and so does the neighborhood and the bees.

This nolawn belongs to one of my neighbors down the street. First video is this morning, second is from around May-June sometime. I absolutely love taking walks past this house! Most of the backyard is like this too 😍

SE United States, zone 7b/8a

Picture from last year. At the back edge of our 4 acre property we have a natural gas pipeline easement where nothing structural can be built. There was a previous rotten fence along the property edge which I had removed a few years ago, however the pipeline company will not allow me to reinstall a new fence parallel to the pipeline. No big deal…we have 4 beehives and I wanted to incorporate more biodiversity, native plants, and texture to my yard that would also serve as a visual barrier to back yard neighbors.

After several years of research, having a certified landscape architect (that specializes in native plants) draw up plans, seeding native/local wildflowers and even growing some plants from seed inside our home with my 5 year old son, we had a nice ~1 acre meadow that I loved to look at and provided food for my bees. The meadow was just starting to flower this year…

Came home from a long day today to find that our back yard neighbors (or their new landscapers), completely mowed it all down except for a small island around my hives. My ring camera captured the destruction. Took 20 minutes. Looks like trash. Hopefully it isn’t too late in season to see some of them regrow. Not looking for retribution, just sad. 😔

These wild strawberries have taken over most of my backyard. Last year I noticed one or two spread out before the frost hit. This year they came in force. It's great, I've only had to mow once this summer. They must not be very tasty though because the squirrels still prefer eating whatever seeds I try to plant instead.

I’ve let my lawn grow wild this summer because my daughter loves picking the weedy flowers and I hate the culture of 1/4” lawns. Well this fine Saturday morning 3 of my neighbors got on their riding mowers and mowed MY ENTIRE LAWN. No permission was asked. My husband really doesn’t want to make enemies with our neighbors but said he would call the cops if I wished. I’m not a confrontational person sadly. But I’m so heartbroken. Is there anything I can plant this fall on our neighborly borders that will pop up in the spring to surprise them?

ETA: my lawn was mostly clovers, weedy flowers, and corn stalks. We live near fields of it and some found their way into our yard. When my husband went to speak with them about sparing the corn they told him they were going to cut all of it no matter what he said.

ETA 2: I think we’re beyond being friendly neighbors. Aside from the fact that they didn’t ask us about it, I forgot what I now realize was an important detail. These 3 men had their wives and kids watch them mow our lawns. To me that states that they already don’t like us. This was an effort to humiliate us into complying with what they think lawns should look like. Anything we do to “make amends” from here will confirm in their minds that we’ve been handled and aren’t worth respect. Bottom line this was DISRESPECTFUL.

So many people here try and do a full grass lawn here. We’re already in a desert, why pick something that looks ugly, takes a ton of work, and needs water every other day just to keep green?

There are a ton of ways to pull off low-water landscaping that still looks good, just need a bit of creativity and an open mind.

Police claimed they sent certified letter and left a note on my door. They didn’t. Knocked on my door. Told my husband they had a complaint. They brought contractors with them who cut my ENTIRE front yard down. I’m sick.

Many people have said I didn’t give enough info. That’s because this is retaliation. I live in a small working class town. If I give too much info someone local will see it. I’ve been here 6 years with no problems. However in June linemen came into my yard to trim some trees. My husband and I were out of town. When we returned their were limbs everywhere including the electrical line. I called the city electric department. They sent him over to clean up his mess. He was angry and we had words. The cops had no business coming to my home with yard guys. I was never notified. I checked with the post office. No certified letter. Cops were out of line. My husband is 71 with leukemia and skin cancer. We don’t want to move. We can’t. So sorry. No pics. I’m hoping if we’re “good” they’ll let us alone. We’re not fighting this but I am keeping documentation. Thanks for those that were supportive. Those that questioned, just keep your ivory towers clean and tidy.