The Vale of White Horse district council (VWHDC) has a new biodiversity project called Let It Bee , which reduces mowing of some council sites to allow more wildflowers and help bees and other insects. This follows on from the No Mow May trial last year.
Councillor Sally Povolotsky, VWHDC Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency and Environment, said: “When lawns and other grassy areas are kept short through very regular mowing, wild plants don’t get the chance to grow, flower and seed and thrive. In addition to increasing insect life to the area, the Let It Bee project should make the plants and the soil better able to withstand periods of extreme weather, as we had last summer.”
This will involve six VWHDC sites in Abingdon:
Abbey Meadow
Fitzharris Estate
Oxford Road
Rye Farm
Tilsley Park
White Horse Leisure Centre
Surely the whole point of lawns is that they are just grass, and are there for people to walk and run around on. Other grassy areas maybe, but it sounds suspiciously like a scheme to cut costs.