Let the grass grow (From Bucks Free Press)
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Let the grass grow
12:00am Thursday 2nd August 2012 in Your Letters
RECENT letters have rightly highlighted how certain public spaces and gardens are making the district ‘a nicer place to live’.
Wouldn’t it be great if far more publicly-managed land had interest and colour, rather than boring short grass mown to within an inch of its life?
Why not leave some areas unmown to give wild flowers a chance to bloom and seed? Even plant some wild-flower meadows? That way we would get beauty and interest for us humans, as well as major benefits for our hard-pressed bees and other wildlife. And it can be cheaper too!
We understand a new WDC contract for grounds maintenance is being negotiated; surely an ideal time to introduce a fresh and progressive approach.
Mike Chadwick, Coordinator Wycombe Friends of the Earth, Stokenchurch
Comments(4)
ImpeturbableLawrence
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3:34pm Thu 2 Aug 12
If I were a teacher and the car park at the top of the hill was open I would take a class there to see what they could see.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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3:35pm Thu 2 Aug 12
YorksDavey
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6:36pm Sat 4 Aug 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
3:30pm Thu 2 Aug 12
The grass verge on the left hand side of Holtspur Lane in Wooburn Green (on the route upwards) has been mown in this fashion in the past - allegedly in case it affects the vision and driving ability of drivers. It's difficult to imagine any circumstances in which this piece of grass could affect anybody's vision and I have always thought it was a marvellous repository of beautiful Chiltern native species with names from earlier centuries in the history of the English language.