Washington Post readers share photos and stories about giving up their lawnmowers and letting their lawns grow.

Locally, most of the wild grasses are naturalized (non-native) annuals, the seeds of which were introduced along with hay and other grains brought in by the Spaniards hundreds of years ago.

A new study looking ahead to 2070 found that climate change was occurring thousands of times faster than the ability of wild grasses to adapt. This doesn’t directly threaten food crops ...

Impossible to shear into formal shapes, ornamental grasses add a wild, untamed element to the garden. Planted en masse, taller varieties provide a spectacular flowing screen, while groupings of ...

Grasses provide the bulk of human nutrition, and highly productive grasses are promising sources of sustainable energy 1. The grass family (Poaceae) comprises over 600 genera and more than 10,000 ...