Lawn Alternatives (Seminar)

Lawn Alternatives: Pollinators and the Benefits of Biodiversity Planting

Imagine replacing a traditional green lawn with a vibrant, low-maintenance landscape filled with flowers, pollinators, and biodiversity!

Join Rebecca Boyar of West Coast Seeds for an informative session exploring sustainable alternatives to conventional grass lawns. Learn how options such as microclover and flowering lawn mixes can create beautiful outdoor spaces that are drought tolerant, require less maintenance, and provide valuable habitat and food sources for bees, butterflies, birds, and other beneficial wildlife.

Rebecca will walk you through the benefits of biodiversity planting, what you’ll need to get started, how to select and sow the right seeds, and how to care for your alternative lawn for long-term success.

What You’ll Learn

• The benefits of biodiversity and pollinator-friendly planting
• Alternatives to traditional grass lawns
• What you’ll need to get started
• How to select and sow seeds successfully
• How to establish and care for a low-maintenance alternative lawn

About the Speaker

Rebecca Boyar brings nearly 35 years of diverse horticultural experience. Her career has included managing an herb farm on the West Coast, developing a non-profit horticultural program and Canada’s first urban hydroponic training facility, working in non-GMO and organic agricultural production, and serving as a Master Grower and Health Canada-approved Quality Assurance Processor in Quebec’s cannabis sector.

Today, Rebecca is a West Coast Seeds Representative for Eastern Ontario, sharing her extensive horticultural knowledge and expertise in non-GMO and organic seeds with gardeners and growers throughout the region.