Backyarders
Real yards. Real people. Real escapes.
These are backyarders — people who have built something alive outside their door and document it here. Follow the ones whose yards look like what you’re building.
4 backyarders
Priya Nair
Portland, OR · ½ acre corner lot
Native plant obsessive. Fifteen years of turning a corner lot into the noisiest yard on the block — in the best way.
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Sara Okonkwo
Takoma Park, MD · ¼ acre backyard
I turned a 1990s Kentucky bluegrass lawn into a certified wildlife habitat over four years. Mostly native plants now. The yard basically runs itself — I mostly just watch.
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Marcus Webb
Austin, TX · Apartment balcony
Proving that you don't need a yard. 23 species attracted to a 60 sq ft balcony with container plants and a dripper.
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James Okafor
Detroit, MI · Vacant lot community garden
Turned an abandoned lot into a community wildlife garden. What started with one raised bed is now a quarter-acre of habitat.
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Built something worth showing?
Backyarders don’t just share videos. They directly drive biodiversity improvements in hundreds of yards they’ll never visit. Every follower who watches and goes outside and does something — that’s your impact, tracked and visible.
You also own your audience, share in marketplace revenue, and document something real in a world full of artificial everything.
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