From away to garden.com and Robinhood Radio.com, this is Away to Garden with Margaret

Roach.

You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.

You've probably heard the expression no momei in recent years.

A campaign borrowed from an effort in the UK meant to increase diversity by leaving lawns

unmoan for the one spring month.

But is that the answer for U.S. gardeners?

More in a moment on managing our lawns in May and beyond with ecology and mind, but first

these messages.

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On the web, white whiteflowerform.com. My guest today is Mary Phillips, head of Native Plant Habitat Strategy and Certifications

at the National Wildlife Federation, a conservation nonprofit founded in 1936 with chapters today

in every state.

And our topic is the lawn and how we can manage it in the smartest ways possible and not just

in the month of May.

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