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Englewood sustainability panel forms lawn-certification subcommittee to promote ecologically minded front-yard landscaping
Summary
The Englewood City Sustainability Commission voted to create a subcommittee to design a voluntary "lawn certification" program aimed at recognizing front-yard landscaping that supports pollinators, reduces turf area and helps clarify code-enforcement expectations for nontraditional yards.
Rick (presenter; role not specified) proposed creating a voluntary program to recognize front-yard landscaping that intentionally prioritizes native or ecologically beneficial plants and pollinator habitat, and the commission agreed to create a subcommittee to develop the idea further.
The program is intended to provide a visible sign and simple criteria to distinguish an intentionally designed ecological yard from an untended property that violates the city's weed/grass standards. "The idea was that if we could come up with some way to recognize people who have done native plants, native grasses, Colorado scaping, possibly pollinator gardens ... it would be 1 less hassle they would get from code enforcement," Rick said.
Commissioners and attendees discussed how the program should be structured, including whether to define "native" strictly or to frame the program more broadly as an "ecological…
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