ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — For a long time, your lawn has been seen as a status symbol, of who can grow and maintain it best. But now as concerns about fading ecosystems grow, some like Michael Warren Thomas of Naturally Green think it’s time to use your yard for more than just aesthetics.

“I started quite a few years ago looking for alternatives to pesticides, and doing lawn and landscape design,” said Thomas of Naturally Green’s origins. “Evolved more recently into actually trying to eliminate more lawns not every lawn maybe half the lawn.”