Liverpool Council is to trim back its grass cutting programme by half in some areas as it moves towards a “less intense regime” of mowing.
A new strategy is being developed for the management of the city’s parks and greenspaces as the council seeks to address issues around climate change and biodiversity. The local authority declared a climate emergency in 2019 and a new report has outlined how its current approach to grounds maintenance “needs to change citywide to adapt to meet these challenges."
While the current maintenance of football pitches, cricket wickets and bowling greens will not change, generally amenity grassland currently cut through a 16-21 day cycle could be stripped back by 50% in some areas or reduced to a picture frame only like approach whereby the outer edges of a grassed area are cut on a 21 -28 day cycle with the central area allowed to grow to its natural limit.
