A TikToker transformed a drab yard into a pollinator-friendly garden.
If you’re feeling uninspired by your yard, TikTok author and gardener Jennifer C. Howard (@jennifer.c.howard) has the remedy.
She posted a video documenting her yard transformation from a “desert lawn” to a pollinator garden.
It was no small task. It involved her and her partner removing the lawn, adding a water feature, and mapping out and digging a path. Next, they lined the path with stones and filled it with crushed granite, and then they added over 250 plants.
The finished garden truly looked like something out of a fairytale, with vibrant flowers and verdant, healthy grass absolutely thriving in the Australian sun.
“The end result videos never cease to make me goofy smile with happiness,” Jennifer captioned the post.
She noted that before the transformation, there were no native bees in the garden — only mosquitoes and invasive wasps.
However, since the major upgrade, her yard has been visited by multiple bee varieties, praying mantises, moths, butterflies, dragonflies, lizards, spiders, and many other native creatures.
Rewilding your lawn with native species from your gardening zone can be a great way to welcome pollinators to your yard, but it can also save you time and money.
Native plants tend to require far less maintenance and watering than non-native species. That means fewer costly trips to the gardening center, lower water bills, and way less energy spent.
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If a full garden upgrade isn’t possible for you right now, even simply planting groundcover, such as buffalo grass or clover, to replace a monoculture lawn can help you see some of the same benefits, including reduced mowing.
TikTok users ran to the comments of Jennifer’s video to share their amazement at her stunning new outdoor space.
“So many creatures would absolutely be loving you for this,” one user wrote.
“This is gorgeous,” someone else remarked.
“This is amazing! And has inspired me for our pollinator garden,” another added. “I was just going to plant and let her be wild, but I might be a bit more strategic now.”
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