When Meredith Thomas traded her lawn for something her family could eat, she relied on scavenged materials to build her ever-producing vegetable beds. Putting discarded materials back into use, she builds trellises, beds, and even a hugelkultur with a keyhole concept addition.

She doesn’t buy fertilizer. To nourish her plants, she simply tucks in plant waste or fish heads free from a local seafood store.

She adds art to the garden, too, with simple finds that in in her creative hands, take on a lovely new purpose. Check out this inspirational lawn to garden conversion below…

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