When I grew up, we had a few wild/forest areas, a few flower areas, and the rest we mowed and didn't spray. There was grass in the mowed area, but also many, m

When I grew up, we had a few wild/forest areas, a few flower areas, and the rest we mowed and didn't spray. There was grass in the mowed area, but also many, many other plants and insects. It was wonderful, as was the forest. I find pure grass lawns very bland and unnatural, and in no way superior to a trimmed lawn with whatever plants happen to be growing. And you can have wilder areas too. Perhaps you didn't mean 100% grass lawns, but that seems to be what a lot of American lawns aim for.