Homeowners with gardens are being told not to mow their lawns in May. This is because nature campaigners say that having longer grass and allowing wildflowers to grow – even buttercups and dandelions – can have a beneficial effect for the diversity, bird and insect life.
Scientists at the charity Plantlife are asking the public to look out for wildflowers and other plants in their lawns as they put their lawnmowers away for a campaign labelled “No Mow May”. Nicola Hutchinson, the director of conservation at Plantlife, said: “Wild plants and fungi are the foundation of life and shape the world we live in.