My lil’ slice of no lawn

My 14×6 strip of “lawn”, it was 50/50 moss and dirt tbh, I even saved a bunch of the cushion moss to plant around the paving stones (those are new too). I think it looks funny with the patches of moss right now LOL. landscapers are going to be like wtf this crazy lady doing.

I have been in talks with a local native/pollinator plant nursery in town and I’ll be picking up some smaller plants for the itty bitty area to the left of the grass, I got an assortment of plants that all flower different parts of the year and some wild strawberries!

I was going to add a rock garden in another corner but that might be a project for next year.. I am slowly collecting large rocks from an exposed rock slide area on the mountain next to my house 😂 that I will be using to make the rock garden.

Unfortunately for now I am using white clover as a ground cover for the main 14×6, because it’s drought resistant and it has flowers for the bees. I heard it’s not ideal as a lawn alternative but I really just don’t want to deal with grass. I have no children or outdoor pets so it will largely be left alone. Any recommendations for something I could put in instead of the white clover for next year? I will be posting signs for the landscapers to skip out yard when mowing, and to also leave the leaves during the autumn.

I am also going to be collecting some fallen tree branches from the forest and I will lay them around the small “garden” patch to act as homes and shelters for bees and bugs, and to also act like the borders for the garden bed. I want to make a little haven for all the birds and the bugs 💜

This has been a fun little project! I am thankful for not having a much bigger yard because boy I am pooped 😂