This Vermont couple didn’t like mowing the lawn, but they did like flowers.
Jonathan Yacko, 36, and Natalie Gilliard, 34, of Chittenden, got tired of taking all day to mow their 5.5-acre property, so they decided to transform the lawn into a wildflower meadow, much to their delight from locals who are impressed. for the impressive landscape.
“It would take a full day to cut and prune everything,” Yacko told the Washington Post. “We knew there had to be something better we could do than maintain the grass.”
Before moving to New England, Long Island natives didn’t have to do much with landscaping except tend to a few boxwood bushes and a small patch of lawn.
But after a conversation with their new neighbor, Hadley Mueller, who works with American Meadows, a Vermont-based seed company, the couple took her advice and decided to grow a stunning wildflower meadow.
“I thought they had the perfect spot for a beautiful meadow,” Mueller told the Washington Post.
Gilliard agreed, telling WBUR: “To be honest, it was a little depressing to look at this sea of grass. I’ve always loved bees and we said, let’s do it; “We are on board.”
Jonathan Yacko and Natalie Gilliard got tired of taking all day to mow the grass on their 5.5-acre property in Vermont, so they cultivated a beautiful meadow. Nina Keck/Facebook
The couple, who moved to Vermont in 2019, started tearing up their lawn during the pandemic, picking up all the stones and digging up the grass to plant all the seeds.
A seed of doubt lingered in the back of the couple’s minds, wondering if their array of wildflowers would ever sprout from the ground, but their excitement grew as the plants began to appear.
“We looked out the window and said, ‘They’re coming! The flowers are coming!’” Gilliard told WBUR.
First, baby’s breath arrived in spring 2021, blooming in beautiful white, then came the variety of colors: red and yellow poppies, orange cosmos, and purple foxglove, among others.
After a conversation with their new neighbor, Hadley Mueller, who works with American Meadows, a Vermont-based seed company, the couple took her advice and decided to grow a stunning meadow. Nina Keck/Facebook
The couple, who moved to Vermont in 2019, started tearing up their lawn during the pandemic, picking up all the stones and digging up the grass to plant all the seeds. Nina Keck/Facebook
This summer, the couple expanded their meadow and planted even more flowers, adding blue forget-me-nots and yellow coreopsis, a total of 27 varieties of flowers.
“And what’s cool is that every two weeks the grasslands look totally different,” Yacho, an engineer, told WBUR. “You don’t know exactly what’s going to come up or when it’s going to come up and that’s part of the magic.”
When his meadow magically bloomed, people began to pass by. They left bouquets of flowers they made in the meadow, as well as baked goods, and left notes for them to read. People even stopped Gilliard in stores to tell him they loved passing by his meadow.
“The prairie became a wonderful way to develop new friendships and feel like we belonged and were part of a community,” Gilliard, a special education teacher, told the Washington Post.
“A lot of people stopped by during the pandemic and told us that flowers made them happy and gave them a boost.”
They’ve even inspired others to ditch the lawnmower and enjoy a field of beauty, including their neighbors.
“It’s definitely better than grass,” his neighbor said.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn