Product Installed Price ($/acre) - pre- 2020

Conventional lawn $7260.00

Seeded Meadow $4840.00

Time to establish

Conventional lawn 3 months

Seeded Meadow 2 years

Maintenance price during establishment ($/acre/yr)

Conventional lawn $5452.00

Seeded Meadow $950.00

Maintenance price after established ($/acre/yr)

Conventional lawn $5452.00

Seeded Meadow $750.00

Maintenance Equipment

Conventional lawn: Standard Mower and Fertilizer

Seeded Meadow: Brush Hog & Skilled Hand Weeding (Plug planting)

Life Cycle Price ($/acre/yr)

Conventional lawn: $5,815.00

Seeded Meadow: $1,012.00

Source: Sturm A, and S Frischie. 2020. Mid-Atlantic Native Meadows: Guidelines for Planning, Preparation, Design, Installation, and Maintenance. Portland OR: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation