Environmental Benefits of a Healthy Lawn
Healthy Lawns Enhance Our Environment
Academic studies detail the therapeutic benefits that people gain by spending time outdoors gardening and tending to their yards. As indicated in scientific studies conducted at Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University, Michigan State University, The Ohio State University, the University of Illinois and Texas A&M, healthy lawns:
- Reduce noise by serving as a natural filter
- Cool the environment
- Improve infiltration, reduce runoff and filter the water which helps recharge groundwater supplies
- Provide better air quality by converting greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into oxygen
- Act as a natural air cleaner, trapping an estimated 12 million tons of dust and dirt from the air annually
- Stabilize the earth by knitting the soil together with grass roots and stems to prevent soil erosion and runoff
Improving the environment with a healthy lawn is easy. Learn how to make a positive impact in your own backyard.
