<p>Home lawns blanket approximately 21 million acres of land in the U.S. That&rsquo;s an area over 17 times the size of the Grand Canyon!</p>
<p>Lawns require two to four times more water than shrubs or trees. Depending on conditions, a 25-by-40-foot yard can drink up to 10,000 gallons of water each summer.</p>
<p>Each lawn also generates about two tons of clippings (over 330 yard-debris bags) a year. Americans spend about 40 hours a year &ndash; the equivalent of one hour-work week &ndash; mowing their lawns.</p>
<p>Imagine if each of the approximately 50 million U.S. households that have a lawn replaced just one square yard (9 feet) of their lawn with a non-turf alternative. That would conserve approximately 125 billion of gallons of water, eliminate 1.2 million hours of mowing and save bagging 60,000 tons of grass clipping.</p>
<p>So, how do you want to spend you time and resources?</p>
