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A Beautiful Lawn Without Herbicides

31 August 2006

Win a Subsidized Lawn and Garden Consultation
The City of Richmond is offering a limited number of subsidized Evergreen Lawn and Garden Smart Consultations. A professional horticultural advisor will visit your home and work with you one-on-one to help you make the shift to natural yard care practices. The cost is $25 (actual value is $100) and you will receive a valuable Evergreen Lawn and Garden Smart Care Package.

A beautiful lawn without herbicides is probably less work than you think - if you apply the right methods. Here are a few key tips that will help to get you started:

  • Mow high: For home lawns, a good mowing height is 6 to 9 cm high (2½ to 3½ inches). The longer the blades of grass are, the deeper the roots grow. Not only does this make the lawn healthier and more drought resistant, but the dense growth means less light reaches the soil. Fewer weed seeds germinate and those that do are smothered by the vigorous grass
  • Leave the clippings on the lawn: They are a free source of weed-free, slow release, organic, perfectly balanced fertilizer. Leaving the clippings may be all the nutrients you need to put on a low maintenance lawn
  • Apply lime: This makes soils less acidic, which makes more nutrients available to the plants and promotes the growth of beneficial microbes that digest thatch.

Answer this trivia question to be eligible for the consultation (Open to Richmond residents only):

Which action provides a free source of weed-free, slow-release, organic, and perfectly balanced fertilizer for your lawn?
  • Mow high
  • Leave the clippings on the lawn
  • Apply lime

Name:  ________________________________
Telephone no.:  _________________________

Mail, fax or email the above information to Evergreen:

134 Abbott Street Unit 404,
Vancouver, BC  V6B 2K4,
Fax: 604-669-6222
Email: infobc@evergreen.ca

Deadline for entries: August 31, 2006

Natural Home and Garden Care Display at the Libraries
Interactive displays will be held at the following branches from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.:

  • Ironwood Branch – Saturday, October 14
  • Brighouse Branch – Saturday, October 21
  • Cambie Branch – Sunday, October 22

The Ta Daa Lady will perform a fun, interactive environmental show for kids at 2:00 p.m. each day. For more information, call 604-233-3318.