SALT

Smaller American Lawns Today

SALT is a movement introduced in June of 1997 by Dr. William A. Niering, professor of botany at Connecticut College. The SALT mission is to reverse the lawn mania in America by restoring home and industrial grounds to more harmonious, productive, ecologically sound and naturalistic landscapes. SALT offers an alternative vision of the monocultured lawn. As Dr. Niering wrote, “There’s nothing wrong with dandelions, there’s something wrong with people.”

_{Home of Allen Gauthier, Arboretum member and volunteer - photo courtesy of The Norwich Bulletin.}

Natural beauty can abound in one's own yard. In our annual SALT seminar, participants learned how to cut back on the size of their lawns and also to have beautiful, sustainable, and friendly home grounds as well. Once established, you will never want to go back to a boring, monocultural lawn!

Going Native in New England

The 2009 seminar with featured speaker Douglas W. Tallamy promises to be one of the most informative on the subject of using native plants to promote backyard biodiversity. Professor Tallamy, chair of the department of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware, is the author of Bringing Nature Home - How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens.

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