Washington is the second most dangerous state in the nation for indigenous women, where they have ten times the likelihood of suffering violence, murder or going missing than any other population. Our region has the lowest tree canopy coverage of Western Washington. Woods of Memory is a local project create to honor MMIW and grow trees. Learn more about it in this week’s blog post.

In this essay, Eden Standley interviews TTF partners, Robb Krehbiel and Vivian deZwager about their alternative yards, and explains why it is actually greener on the other side—when there’s no lawn. The post provides numerous tips for anyone curious about creating an alternative yard, as well as ways to start small.