When a hot, rainless fortnight turns most lawns the colour of straw, the patches that stay green are almost always tall ...

Creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra rubra) is the grass that performs where perennial ryegrass cannot. In shaded gardens, on sandy soils, on dry chalk slopes, and in lawns that receive little ...

Planting blue fescue is easy, even for beginner gardeners. Follow these simple steps to help establish blue fescue in your garden or yard. Choose a sunny spot: Select a well-draining area of your ...

A city filled with green grass is trying to use far less water. Here’s what we can learn from the Denver area’s effort to ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Grist, and produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit news organization. It appears here as part of the ...