I need help with the lawn in our front garden.
The front garden has a high hedge (over 7 feet, never measured it) on the north and east sides. The lawn is roughly square, about 5m on each side. It currently has thick, awful grass and we would like to replace it with something else.
We would like it to be
- Low maintenance
- Native plants
- Pollinator friendly
What are our options? I like the idea of something like a clover lawn, or a native wildflower meadow, but have no idea about how to get that. I don't mind having to do work initially, and I don't mind if this is a project that will take a year or two. I do not want a lawn that I will have to mow every two weeks.
Our back garden is really a back yard, surrounded on all four sides by walls, and the ground is a thin layer of gravel over mud. Our previous landlord wanted that kept immaculate, but since ownership was transferred, we have just let nature do its thing, and a lovely moss-based natural lawn is developing on its own. At some point we will have to look after it, but for now, nature is beautiful.