Lawn Nation at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

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About Lawn Nation at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

For the summer of 2008, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum brings photographs, art installations, films, furniture made from turf grass, reimagined croquet games, altered garden gnomes, pink flamingos, and audio narratives together in an exhibition that explores American's most ubiquitous landscape. Outdoors on Museum grounds, futuristic lawns are brought to life by Foresight Design Initiative and the landscape design firms of Christy Webber, JFNew, and Tallgrass Restoration.

Highlights:
*Learn that lawn is a choice and not an ecological inevitability. Alternatives to lawn can be just as beautiful, sustainable, and can make a difference on our planet.

*Get an idea of what the lawn of tomorrow will look like as well as what positive steps you can take to reduce your impact.

*See how much water is used on American lawns and try your hand at a game of indoor croquet.

http://www.naturemuseum.org/index.php?id=159