• use solar powered lights for landscape

• use motion lights instead of keeping outdoor lights on all night

• set your mower to cut grass 3 inches tall

• select deep-rooted plants for your outdoor spaces to hold and soak up rainwater flowing off roofs, driveways, and other impervious surfaces

• use groundcover plants in any garden bed as a low-growing base layer

• collect rainwater coming off your roof

• make a place for clover, dandelions, violets, wild strawberry, and other native ground cover in your yard

• replace your bluegrass with native fescues which are drought tolerant, pest resistant, and can survive in both sunny and shady areas

• consider not removing your leaves in the Fall (see the benefits here)

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