Join Gretel Norgeot, farmer and founder/owner of Orleans Farmers’ Market, for this standalone class on how to improve your lawn by improving your soil. Create a healthier lawn by leaving grass clippings, mowing on the highest setting, and eliminating chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Add compost for soil nutrition and water-holding abilities, and then… Water less. Create a “soil sponge,” a home to microbes that help plants grow, stay healthy, and reduce runoff during extreme rains. Plan your planting and seeding to work with Mother Nature and our local small water (rain) cycles. Reduce your lawn area. Instead, plant outside edges with local native pollinator plants and flowers.

Presented by the Friends of Snow Library. To register or for more information, visit https://friendsofsnowlibrary.org/lifetime-learning-program/.