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Here’s how to create a yard — or container garden — that’s good for nature while making you the envy of your neighborhood:

This year, a Tasmanian yard that hadn’t been watered in 10 years and featured a dead brushtail possum won the title of ugliest lawn in the world. The contest, organized by the island of Gotland in Sweden, rewards those who turn over their yards to nature to save water and change the world’s perception of the ideal lawn.

Lawns are areas around a house or in a park that are covered with short grass. In recent years, support for replacing lawns with native plants has been increasing in the United States. The process is called rewilding.

There’s a multicultural world outdoors — and even the gentlest gardeners often disrupt it. Here’s how to avoid that.

Jack Trimper wanted to participate in "No Mow May," but the county code meant he could be charged $200 per day for not mowing his lawn.