No Mow May

[tamzzy]

Plantlife's No Mow May Movement

No Mow May is Plantlife’s annual campaign calling all lawn owners not to mow during May. Let your wildflowers grow this summer.

www.plantlife.org.uk

anyone doing this?
I've just heard about this a couple of days ago, but as I've reseeded my lawn I wasn't going to mow it for the next few weeks...so coincides exactly with this lol

 

[Gray2233]

And then there's Newcastle council:

Man 'devastated' after council cuts wildflower plot he nurtured for 10 years

John Wilson is part of a group which manages several wildflower plots, including one by his home in Kingston Park

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

And this one has a special place in retiree John's heart, not just because he can see it from his front door, but because it won a "Thriving Wildflower Award" from the Royal Horticultural Society. However, on Wednesday, May 1, the plot on Windsor Way was mown by the council, leaving just a handful of wildflowers and tufts of dry, churned up grass.

 

[drakulton]

We did no mo may a couple of years ago, and ended up with a plague of pandas coming from the overgrown lawn. A cull had to be organised as they were becoming a bit of a nuisance. Sad really.

 

[ChrisD.]

anyone doing this?

No.

 

[Mr Badger]

We did no mo may a couple of years ago, and ended up with a plague of pandas coming from the overgrown lawn. A cull had to be organised as they were becoming a bit of a nuisance. Sad really.

The English Garden Panda:

Spoiler

 

[Feek]

Nope, not a chance.

 

[arknor]

Waste of time if your gardens grass and not wild flowers.

just plant a line of lavender bees love it, needs cutting back when the flowers die off though or it will look a big mess the next year with woody stems

 

[Haze]

OP never had a garden before..... No mow may has been a thing for years

 

[200sols]

Would be better promoting more sustainable and natural gardens all year round rather than for just 1 month.

 

[Yaayuh!]

We have two dedicated wild patches. One out front and one out back with a pond. We also have wild flowers everywhere. So we generally don’t do no mow May.

 

[Uther]

A lot of people round here do it all year round looking at the state of their gardens.
I love wildflowers, hope to have a patch next year.

 

[Semple]

Having a dog it's pretty much a nope from me. I do however focus on the planting side instead. Got quite a few flowers/shrubs that the bees love.

 

[tom_nieto]

I haven’t had any plans for our raised beds this year as yet and they’ve been taken over by Alkanet and forget me nots. Amazing display of blue wildflowers which the bees go crazy for. Will probably dig them over at some point to get some plants in the ground.

Edit - the grass is absolutely getting cut though.

 

[Richie]

I likely won't be doing it but I am offsetting that with the wildflower patch I have at the bottom of the garden which is far better for wildlife anyway.

 

[randal]

Surrey Council love this, saves them 1/12 the yearly cost of maintaining the verges.

 

[tamzzy]

OP never had a garden before..... No mow may has been a thing for years

Haha you're absolutely right!

 

[Hagar]

For those of you with artificial surfaces...remember green side up.



Note 'blackie' looking for worms and grubs.

 

[GarethSouthpete]

I find leaving lawn too long to grow causes issues.

 

[Hagar]

I find leaving lawn too long to grow causes issues.

Last mow in mid to late October, then first in mid to late March. Weekly or fortnightly in between.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I just cut it a bit higher so clover and the like are free to flower. There are no other weeds in our lawn to grow anyway.