No Mow May is an initiative that’s encouraging gardeners to let their lawns grow wild throughout this month in order to encourage and promote biodiversity.

Launch this year by the wild plant conservation charity Plantlife, No Mow May is intended to allow smaller plants like clover, daisies, dandelions, selfheal and clover will get a chance to flower and give pollinators a head-start.

Plantlife state:

• On a single day in summer, one acre of wildflower meadow can contain 3 million flowers and produce 1 kg of nectar sugar for pollinators.

• since the 1930s, we have lost nearly 7.5 million acres of flower-rich meadows and pastures. Just 1% of our countryside now provides this floral feast for pollinators.

• With 15 million gardens in Britain, our lawns have the potential to become major sources of nectar.

College is delighted to be supporting the campaign across various parts of our sites. Robbie Eason, Head of Grounds Maintenance, says: “Parts of Goodheart lawn, Bennett lawns at Staverton, Orchard at Harberton mead, and 115 Fairfield road will also be included, its hoped leaving these areas will increase insect populations, whilst encouraging weeds like daisies and dandelions which will provide nectar sugar for bees to keep pollinating and giving them the energy daily.”

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Published: 4 May 2022

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