No Mow May in full swing

Wandsworth Council is taking part in the national campaign run by the charity Plantlife to encourage biodiversity and attract pollinators.

Judi Gasser, cabinet member for Environment, said: “We pledged to make Wandsworth more sustainable, and are working hard with Enable to make our natural habitats more resilient and biodiverse.

“ That’s why we support No Mow May and Let it Bloom June, and why we encourage residents to let nature flourish in their own gardens.”

Enable, which looks after the parks and open spaces in the borough, is allowing selected areas of grass to be left unmown across 20 sites. Most sites will continue to be unmown in June to allow wildflowers, plants and insects to continue to thrive.

Local people are also being urged to leave the lawnmower in the shed to attract pollinators to their gardens.

Read more about Now Mow May and how you can get involved here.

The areas being left unmown in Wandsworth are:

• King George’s Park
• Putney Vale Cemetery
• Battersea Rise Cemetery
• The Pleasance
• Roehampton Playing Fields
• Fishponds Playing Fields
• Fairacres verge
• Putney Vale Open Space
• Tibbetts Corner
• Garratt Lane Old Burial Ground
• West Hill Open Space
• Medfield Street Open Space
• Vicarage Gardens
• Beauchamp Terrace
• Wandsworth Park
• Godley Gardens
• Burntwood Grange/Sandgate verges
• Wandsworth Common – Skylark area
• All Saints Tooting
• Fountain Rec