When James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz first decided to replace their lawn with native plants(本土植物), they did not really know what they were doing(并不真正清楚自己在做什么). As former city-dwellers(城市居民) who had moved from Chicago out to the suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, they had never done much gardening together beyond growing some planters(花盆；种植器) of herbs and flowers on their balcony.
当詹姆斯·里德·麦圭尔和克里斯特尔·弗里茨最初决定用本土植物取代草坪时，他们并不真正清楚自己在做什么。作为从芝加哥搬到伊利诺伊州高地公园郊区的昔日城市居民，他们此前除了在阳台上种过几盆香草和花卉外，从未一起做过多少园艺。
But for McGuire, an avid birder who did not want to live with a sea of turf that does “absolutely nothing for the environment”, figuring out an alternative to the suburban status quo was imperative.(但对麦圭尔来说，他是一位狂热的观鸟者，不愿面对一片对环境“毫无益处”的草坪，因此找到一种替代郊区现状的方案势在必行。)
但对麦圭尔来说，他是一位狂热的观鸟者，不愿面对一片对环境“毫无益处”的草坪，因此找到一种替代郊区现状的方案势在必行。
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Crystal Fritz and James Reed McGuire’s Highland Park front garden before they transformed it with native plants
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克里斯特尔·弗里茨和詹姆斯·里德·麦圭尔在高地公园的前花园，在他们用本土植物改造之前