Last October I attended a full day Natural Lawn Care seminar sponsored by the Safer Pest Control Project. The main speaker was Chip Osborne. He talked about how he had transitioned his nursery business to an organic basis and how he extended that to converting an entire town in Massachusetts to caring for public fields naturally. I learned so much that it made it a bit overwhelming to figure out how to get started on transitioning my lawn and garden to a natural basis.
As I talked to friends, I realized many of them also wanted to transition away from herbicides and pesticides, but did not know how to start. With the backing of St. Raymond and St. Mark's environmental committees, I organized an evening seminar in March to help spread the word about natural lawn care. I believe the evening was successful and that people left with concrete ideas on how to transition to natural care whether you do it yourself or hire out your lawn care.
Here are links to the various sites of organizations and companies that have helped start me on my journey to natural lawn care.
Safer Pest Control Project - educating the world away from herbicides and pesticides
Pesche's Garden Center - you can't beat advice from Wally Schmitdke
Chalet Nursery Integrated Turf Management Lawn Service - please call them if you use a service for your lawn
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