By Lighter Side Staff | 
Inner Circle members: Share a personalized version of this article from the members area.Tending a grassy yard is a lot like shaving. You have to maintain it constantly. From cutting to plucking out undesirables, to using the wrong tool, or working your grass the wrong way, you might end up wondering if all the time and effort is worth it. Seriously. Who invented the idea of manicured lawns anyway?
If you are considering a change, we have some good news. There are options for yards that are absolutely beautiful, that require far less maintenance, and that can actually increase the value of your home in a dramatic way… that don’t involve grass! Here are some examples to whet your appetite.
1. Sunset magazine featured this beautiful yard in their September, 2015 issue.
The grid patterned flower beds are great for keeping track of specific plants and herbs.
2. New Eco Landscapes designed this awesome backyard with an amazing interplay of geometry and flora.
3. Sometimes all you need is some well placed gravel and a few flower beds to make your grassless dream yard come true.
4. This San Francisco patio is a prime example of simplicity and efficiency in a grassless yard.
5. Here’s a yard that is prime for Californian homeowners.
With the current water shortage, it only makes sense to limit what needs to be watered around the house.
6. This San Francisco home is known as the EDDIE house and garden by Three Legged Pig Design.
It’s a prime example of a combination of a grassless yard and gardening.
7. Here’s a lovely grassless playground. Once again, San Francisco is the proud home to this yard’s layout.
8. Interior designer, Anna Carin McNamara created this terrace for her own grassless yard.
9. This is a gravel courtyard from Nashville. Talk about cozy.
10. This home in Toronto has a very stylish grassless yard with all sorts of amenities and an impressive garden space.
Besides the increase in home value, and the lower maintenance of grassless yards, there is another important reason for considering such a yard.
Landscape Artist Online is a Florida based company that is addressing the issue of water wastefulness. This video gives a synopsis of the problem they are looking to solve with grassless yards.
Via Landscape Artist Online
And finally, this video gives examples of what their project, Go Grassless Florida, will bring to those who are looking to go grassless. Perhaps it’ll give you some inspiration as well.
Via Landscape Artist Online
