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Healthy Lawns, Healthy Families: Presented by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality HOMEWHYHOWACT

Learn how your lawn and garden habits influence your health and the health of your watershed.
Click to view our interactive demo

Learn how easy it is to use natural alternatives.

Take a pledge and make a commitment to using natural alternatives.
They are part of our image of what home should be, and when healthy, they can provide a personal refuge, a place to play, as well as erosion control and beauty.

The overuse of chemical pesticides and fertilizers is bad for the environment and could result in an unhealthy lawn, susceptible to pests and diseases.
'Lawns can look great without chemicals'
Photo of girl laying down in grass
DEQ LogoOfficial Web site for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is a regulatory agency authorized to protect Oregon's environment by the State of Oregon and the Environmental Protection Agency. For information and questions about this site please email Healthy Lawns, Healthy Families.

DEQ thanks our Healthy Lawns Healthy Families Project partners: Coalition for Clean Rivers and Streams | Clean Water Services | City of Eugene | Metro