Process Journal

From Bluegrass to Meadow

Kentucky bluegrass out, native meadow in — 4,500 square feet of a yard that finally belongs to the valley.

Terrain · Spring 2025

A lawn that looks like Jackson Hole, not a suburb.

Forty-five hundred square feet of Kentucky bluegrass came out in two days. In its place: native meadow sod — taller, looser, with the movement of the grasses that grow wild here. Lazar and the crew prepped the soil, adjusted every sprinkler head for the new height, and handed back a lawn that uses a fraction of the water.

Before Kentucky bluegrass is thirsty, bright green, and non-native. In Jackson Hole it’s also the default — the grass every suburban lawn is sodded with, requiring daily summer watering just to stay alive.
Existing Kentucky bluegrass lawn before removal Wider view of the lawn to be replaced
Lawn Prep Two full days to haul off 4,500 square feet of old sod. Underneath, thin topsoil and old irrigation that needed to rise to meet the taller grass coming in.
Existing lawn being stripped down
Removing the old sod Prepping the cleared ground
Cleared lawn ready for new topsoil
Topsoil New topsoil added, compacted, and graded. Sprinkler heads raised 2–3 inches to clear the new growth. Drip lines added along the bed edges for the plantings going in next season.
Fresh topsoil laid and graded for the new sod
Sod Install Native meadow sod laid in the morning, watered in by afternoon. A lawn that moves with the wind and reads as part of the valley — not an import from somewhere greener.
Native meadow sod being rolled out First rows of sod going down
Sod installation in progress across the yard
The Result A softer, taller lawn that uses a fraction of the water of the bluegrass it replaced. Pollinators returned by late summer.
Finished native meadow lawn
Wide view of the native meadow lawn Native grass moving with the wind
Native meadow lawn at full height
“Native sod looks like the land. And it wants what the land already gives it — less water, less maintenance, less fighting the climate.” — Vergiliu Lazar, General Manager, Terrain

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