Aberdeenshire Council’s Landscape Services are trialling ‘No-Mow May’ across Aberdeenshire.
The purpose of this is to allow lawns to flower, to monitor which species grow and support pollinator insects. We are also raising the profile of the initiative, which comes from Plantlife, to encourage others to do the same.
We have erected temporary posters with more information about the initiative. The posters will be removed at the beginning of June when we’ll restart with the grass cutting.
For our sites, ‘left for summer’ means May, with the cut in June.
The sites have been chosen on visible and prominent places where we can maintain accessibility, with paths and edges cut regularly depending on the site.
We will record all feedback to consider for future years.
The lawn will miss out on two cuts in May, and we are not anticipating the grass to be at great length. This will allow staff resources to be allocated to other valuable tasks.
Across Aberdeenshire, people need to be aware of the risk ticks pose and that you can get a tick bite sitting on a mown lawn, similarly as walking through long grass.
There are several areas in Portlethen that are included in #NoMowMay
