GROUNDCOVER REVOLUTION | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Date and Time
Apr 2, 2023 5:00 pm
Location
Takoma
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012
Apr 2, 2023 5:00 pm
Takoma
Tired of spending your weekends mowing, trimming, and edging? Then it's time to say goodbye to your standard grass lawn and join the Groundcover Revolution! Turns out you're not alone in your desire to ditch the lawn and replace it with something prettier, more diverse, lower maintenance, welcoming to pollinators, and good for Earth's climate health. Reducing the lawn is among the biggest trends in homeownership, with an endless stream of homeowners looking for an eco-friendly alternative to a traditional turfgrass lawn. In the last few years alone, over 23 million American adults converted part of their lawn to a natural landscape, and now they're looking to do even more.
The biggest challenge to adopting this new ideal of the perfect lawn? Knowing how and when to replace your turf, and which plants are the best ones for the job. Groundcover Revolution is here with all the answers you need (and some you didn't even know you needed!)
Don't let a lack of information stop you from creating the no-mow-low-water-use groundcover lawn of your dreams. Join the revolution and say goodbye to the burden of lawn care and hello to summer weekends relaxing with the family. Whether you want to replace the entire lawn or just reduce the amount of land dedicated to turf, it's time to usher in a new and improved idea of what a beautiful lawn should be.
Kathy Jentz is joining us on the Busboys stage to share her bountiful gardening experiences and revolutionizing groundcover alternatives for a brighter and better future. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Jentz will be signing following the program.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 5:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of GROUNDCOVER REVOLUTION will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will not be livestreamed.
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Kathy Jentz is editor and publisher of Washington Gardener Magazine and hosts the popular GardenDC Podcast. She is also the editor of the Water Garden Journal (IWGS), The Azalean (ASA), and Fanfare, for the local daylily society. She is the author of Groundcover Revolution and co-author of The Urban Garden: 101 Ways to Grow Food and Beauty in the City . A life-long gardener, Kathy believes that growing plants should be stress-free and enjoyable. Her philosophy is inspiration over perspiration. One of her other hats is as the Green Media columnist for the Mid-Atlantic Grower newspaper, where she does a great deal of hand-holding and coaxing to get independent garden centers, plant breeders, and other horticultural businesses to join the social media revolution and maximize their online brands. To book her for online (Zoom) or in-person talks, contact her at KathyJentz@gmail.com.
