MAINE PUBLIC • May 15, 2023
Jane Berry's backyard has a few dried-out plants along the edges and a grassy middle that turns into a standing puddle when it rains. But she hopes to reinvent it through South Portland's Resilient Yards program, which launched earlier this year. The city chose 100 residents to give advice and training on how to make a backyard more eco-friendly. That could include direction on how to create a more organic lawn, a rain garden, a pollinator garden or a more native landscape.