Climate change could make Colorado lawns suffer. Here’s how to help yours adapt

In The NOCO

A warmer, drier future for Colorado has many people wondering about their lawns. Drought and heat turn lawns brown or kills them altogether.

How can we sustain a lawn with less water and less mowing? And should we keep them at all?

Tony Koski is a professor of horticulture and landscape architecture at Colorado State University. He teaches a class on growing a lawn that's resilient in the face of climate change.

Tony talked with Erin O’Toole about how to create a lawn that will thrive in a hotter, drier climate. He is especially enthusiastic about one type of grass – called Bermuda grass – that he says is well equipped to survive in Colorado’s changing climate.

For advice on how to overhaul your lawn, take a look at a fact sheet from the CSU Extension that Tony co-authored.

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Host and Producer: Erin O'Toole
Producer: Ariel Lavery
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