If you want a nice place to walk around for the ceremony and reception I think you will need to place sod. I do not think a seeded lawn will be thick enough to hold a wedding on by August. Perhaps if you immediately plant seed and carefully water and fertilize until August you'll be OK, but sod would certaily be better. i'd put the sod down as soon as possible and carefully keep it watered all summer. For the meadow that you will only look at and not walk on you could find a flowering agricultural crop such as buckwheat or maybe crimson clover. I really can't say exactly what crop might work best, but a farm supply store or ag. extension agent might be able to help. It is not possible to establish a nice wildflower meadow in a short time. After the weddding you could plow the buckwheat into the soil then begin planting the wildflower meadow. Another choice for flowers would be cosmos, sunflowers, or perhaps safflower. These can be bought in bulk, planted by spreading onto tilled soil, and require little care, and should be in bloom in August. I'd probably choose sunflowers since they are easy to find in bulk - just plant black oil sunflower seeds sold as wild bird seed. You can get large bags as a reasonable price. You will have to till or plow the soil for them to have a reasonable chance of growing well. Finally, if you are happy just to have something growing you could plant a grain like oats. Grains are easy to grow, look nice ( no flowers but lots of nice even green with perhaps grain heads by August). As with any crop or flowers you'll have to till or plow the ground to get it ready, and fertilize if you want really thick growth.

fish, The membrane "as is" is no good due to the fasteners that have been driven through it about an inch above the existing mud. If it is indeed installed on a flat subfloor, then that's a no-go too. Both of those are not just poor techique, they are code violations. Moving on... If you want Kerdi you want a Kerdi drain, too. Kerdi membrane on the walls and floor is not compatable with a non-Kerdi drain. A CPE or CPVC membrane in the floor is not compatable with a Kerdi drain. So the installer giving you the CPE membrane with the intention of using Kerdi? It's doing you no good at all. They don't work together, there's no synergy. It's not 1+1=3, it's 1+1=0. It's not a double bonus, it's a double negative. If he can break out the mud around the existing drain, remove it and install a Kerdi drain at the proper elevation, then feather in new deck mud to match the flange of the Kerdi drain to the slope of the existing mud, then bravo. But do realize that unlike the 2-part clamping drain that you have now, which is height adjustable after is is installed, there is no vertical adjustment to the Kerdi flange after it is installed. So if your installer just wants to patch a Kerdi drain in place, he has to be pretty darn precise when he installs the drain. It's a "one and done" shot to get the drain at the correct elevation and to get it level. I highlight "level" because the flange on the kerdi drain has a large diameter, it's like a frisbee. It needs to be spot-on level and at the proper elevation for your floor to drain properly.

. Maybe not a biggie, but in case you haven't already; consider one ( or perhaps several ) "light tubes" . . such as Solatube. Not only do they let in the "perfect" spectrum of light; but they do it without the usual heat gain. They can certainly brighten up an otherwise dark hallway or such and preclude the need for lights during daytime. By using a diffuser where it enters living space; they disperse the light very nicely. Get the benefits of a skylight without the drawbacks . . . . I'll also toss out the idea of metal roofing . . . holds FAR less heat in the summer . . . making it easier to maintain reasonable temps indoors. It is also fast and will outlast YOU. When it's done for many years from now; it is easily and readily recyclable. Choice of colors / patterns can very easily make a dramatic difference in the apperance of your place as well. I would think that ALL you fixtures will be fluorescents .. . if not it's worth doing; literally it pays for itself . .. not only in lighting costs; but also far less heat generated which again eases maintaining reasonable indoor temps. I'll also suggest a reasonable bath fan ... I really like the Panasonic I got. . .. VERY quiet, moves lots of air, and uses 1/3 energy of an essentially similar Broan I looked at. The Panasonics also come with fluorescent built in. Good luck with your endeavor . . .. . Bob

If this is new construction, which because of your "home builder" comment, I'm guessing it is...then I doubt if it's a tile-over. Clamping drains are a threaded design, so the body can be raised or lowered as needed to get the correct elevation. Either someone didn't know what they were doing, or someone didn't know what they were doing. But they certainly knew how to fake it. You can certainly try to pull an explanation out of your builder. In general, the plumber is in charge of installing the drain and the shower pan membrane. The tiler is in charge of setting the drain height and building up the pan and tiling the pan. Sometimes continents collide and job paths get cross-contaminated. But in the end, your home builder is responsible for the action of his subs, however convoluted those cations may be. You can pursue this however you choose. I'm not normally one to recommend patch repairs. However, if you've had no negative issues with the floor; how it drains, how it dries? It might be best to leave things be. I say that with the exception of having to provide some form of proper support for the top drain grate. It might be best to remove the screws that hold the bottom grate, get longer screws, and install the top grate with the longer screws into the screw holes of the bottom grate. That'll secure the top grate to the drain body below. You can sleeve the screws between the two grates to provide support for the top grate with a 1/4" sleeve to fill the gap between the two grates. Perimeter support for the top grate can be added as needed.