Converting to Clover

Learn the basics about this increasingly popular, pollinator-friendly lawn option

- KELSEY ROSETH

Imagine taking a step in your bare feet into a backyard brimming with pillowy clover. You can make this a reality! There's a surge of interest in replacing turf grass with this ground cover, and one can understand why. Its flowers are promising for pollinators, and it provides a habitat for bugs, small frogs and other local wildlife.

Why Try Clover?

Kent Gliadon, the owner and principal designer of Minneapolis-based KG Landscape Management, says clover lawns provide numerous benefits.