Campaigners want you to lock the lawn mower away
Gardeners are being encouraged to stop mowing their lawns in a bid to let nature flourish and help combat the climate crisis. Conservation charity Plantlife’s No Mow May campaign urges people to invite wildlife into their gardens and cut pollution by locking up the mower for at least a month, reports the Mirror.
It says 97 percent of flower meadows have been lost since the 1970s, yet longer grass and flourishing meadows help to feed essential pollinators such as butterflies and bees. Britain’s lawns cover 125,000 hectares, the size of Bedfordshire, according to Plantlife. Ian Dunn, CEO, said: “The immaculate bright green bowling green lawn with its neat stripes may have historically been the desired garden aesthetic but, increasingly, we’re seeing a cultural shift which sees wilder lawns buzzing with bees and butterflies becoming highly valued.
“A radical shift in attitudes towards lawn management is under way and it is to the benefit of plants, pollinators, people and planet.”
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