IPM’s Midwest Grows Green team will help three Milwaukee Public Schools adopt eco-friendly landscaping practices. These practices will target grassy areas where native plantings are infeasible such as athletic fields and high-use gathering spaces. The three schools have gone through the green schoolyard redevelopment process but continue to struggle with weeds and compacted soils that require chemicals and contribute to runoff.  IPM will help the schools transition to eco-lawns. Eco-lawns add non-invasive, beneficial white Dutch clover, flowers and/or herbs to conventional turf grass mixes and eliminate the need for synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. They also increase the porosity of soils thereby reducing runoff.  Along with these water quality benefits, eco-lawns provide critical pollinators with more forage and habitat.