If you've visited a Newcastle park recently, you may have noticed much of the grass is longer than you may be used to and wildflowers have been allowed to grow.
The sight of unkempt grass patches might trigger a joke about council cuts and grass cutting, but the motive for allowing our green spaces to run a little wild is environmental, not financial, the charity in charge of managing parks previously owned by Newcastle City Council, Urban Green, says.
One of Urban Green's key goals is to "protect the environment and the city’s thriving wildlife population". The slight rewilding of Newcastle's parks is part of that.
