The Latest Breaking News from PlantLife

Sir David Attenborough makes desperate plea to everyone in UK

The wildlife expert and national treasure is asking people to delay a common spring activity

Liverpool Echo · May 1, 2023

Warning over cutting grass as experts urge people to 'delay until mid-July'

The campaign to delay mowing in May and June your lawn is backed by Sir David Attenborough.

Daily Record · May 1, 2023

Gardeners warned not to cut grass or mow their lawns during May and June

The No Mow May campaign by Plantlife urges people to invite wildlife into their gardens and cut pollution by not mowing their lawns this month

Chronicle Live · May 1, 2023

North East to get wildflower meadows to mark King's coronation

English Heritage is working with Plantlife on an initiative which will span the next 10 years

Chronicle Live · Mar 31, 2023

Meadows to return at 100 historic sites in England to mark coronation

Ten-year project by English Heritage will see landscapes at sites including Stonehenge return to how they would have once looked

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2023

Meadows to be established at historic English sites to mark King’s coronation

Stonehenge, Whitby Abbey and Tintagel Castle are just a few of the locations chosen

Wales Online · Mar 31, 2023

How to make your lawn wildlife friendly all year round – tips from an ecologist

Alongside the worrying current fad for plastic grass, a growing number of people are choosing to let their lawns grow wild in order to encourage a more diverse range of plants and insects to live in them.

The Conversation · May 31, 2022

‘It looks beautiful’: UK gardeners on leaving lawns uncut for No Mow May

People taking part in Plantlife’s conservation project say they have seen plants and wildlife thrive

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2022

Follow the buzz: the best UK wildflower spectacles this summer

As the Chelsea Flower Show gets under way, we pick pollinator-friendly meadows and gardens for making a beeline to, from North Uist to the Tower of London

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022

No Mow May: show us your wilder garden lawns

We would like to hear about the plants and insects you’ve come across from not mowing your garden

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2022