Lawn Care and Plant Ecosystem Services
Completion requirements
Read/Watch
Read/Watch: Lawn Care: The Easiest Steps to an Attractive Environmental Asset
- Focus on the Four Steps to Success sections and the Choose Seed section under Starting Fresh.
- There are a number of less than 3 minute videos in the web version. Focus on the Four Steps to Success sections. Watch all of those.
- Browse the rest of the publication. Available in web and PDF formats at: www.gardening.cornell.edu/lawn. Direct link to PDF: http://hort.cornell.edu/turf/lawn-care.pdf
Watch: Lawn Care: The Easiest Steps to an Attractive Environmental Asset
Read:
- The Basics of Ecosystem Services (2 pgs. handout provided)
- Landscape for Life Student Manual – pg. 72 - 97 to learn about the role of plants in sustainable gardens and successful plant practices.
- Note: The link is broken to the EPA map and guide to eco-regions that are referred to in the Landscapes for Life chapter. This link could help you identify yours: https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregion-download-files-state-region-2
Next, optional activities on this topic at: