California Gardening

Lawns

Backyard Lawn
Sacramento, CA

How do I . . .

conserve water and manage water during a drought?
choose or identify my turf species - including best species for shade, sun, water efficiency, and different California regions?
plant a new lawn?
care for a newly planted lawn?
renovate an old lawn?
mow my lawn properly?
water my lawn?
fertilize my lawn?
remove thatch?
handle soil compaction?
diagnose a problem or manage a pest - including: insects; diseases; gophers, moles and other animals; damage from nutrient deficiencies and other abiotic causes?
identify or manage weeds?

More from UC IPM: Lawn Insects | Lawn Diseases | Weed Management in Lawns | Mushrooms and Other Nuisance Fungi in Lawns

Our thanks to Mary Louise Flint, CE Specialist & Associate Director Urban and Community IPM and Dave Burger, UC AES Professor & Horticulturist, for providing structure and links for the Lawn section of the California Gardening web site.

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It is funded, in part, by the Elvenia J. Slosson Endowment for Ornamental Horticulture.
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