Row erupts over #NoMowMay as Britons are accused of eco-shaming neighbours

Green-fingered Britons are being accused of trying to eco-shame their neighbours into joining #NoMowMay this month.  

The nation is being urged to let their lawns grow wild for the next 31 days by British nature conservation charity, Plantlife. 

The organisation hoped homeowners to keep their lawnmower in the shed and leave grass unkempt in a bid to promote wildlife. 

But instead, some Britons are using the campaign to ‘annoy’ and shame their house-proud neighbours who cut their grass the day before the effort began. 

One person tweeted: ‘Every year I have to argue with my neighbour about our front lawn. This year, I’ve invested in a @nature_scot @ScotPollinators sign. Let’s see if this helps!’ 

People have taken to social media to vent about #NoMowMay, which has triggered a row between neighbours

People have taken to social media to vent about #NoMowMay, which has triggered a row between neighbours

People have taken to social media to vent about #NoMowMay, which has triggered a row between neighbours 

Lesley Parr wrote on Twitter: ‘It’s ‘No Mow May’ from tomorrow and I really want to do it just to annoy my suburban, Tory neighbours. We live in that Monkees’ song, Pleasant Valley Sunday. “here in status symbol land”.’

Vanessa Moore clashed with her neighbours, who like to cut their grass while she lets her front garden grow wild.

‘I really miss our old neighbours who used to embrace the wilderness with us on our adjacent patches of front garden. Is there such a thing as mower trespassing? I mean, the very least they could do is mow in a straight line at the boundary,’ she tweeted.  

One person tweeted: ‘The neighbours may not be overly impressed by a garden full of dandelions going to seed, but the 4 little goldfinches visiting today seem to appreciate them.’ 

In a survey, Plantlife claimed that Brits had shifted towards less mowing and more wilder gardens in recent years. 

The charity said that in 2021, 78.8 per cent of the 2,157 participants opted to let their lawns bloom for a month, compared to compared to 33.6 per cent of those who took part in 2019. 

The survey allows people to see the difference they are making for nature through mowing less and encouraging pollen and nectar-rich wildflowers in their lawn

The survey allows people to see the difference they are making for nature through mowing less and encouraging pollen and nectar-rich wildflowers in their lawn

The survey allows people to see the difference they are making for nature through mowing less and encouraging pollen and nectar-rich wildflowers in their lawn

In 2021, those who did not mow their lawn in May reported more than 250 different plants among the grass, including wild strawberry, wild garlic, and rare species such as adder’s-tongue fern, meadow saxifrage, snake’s-head fritillary and eyebright.

There were even wild orchids, including species which have suffered significant decline such as man and green-winged orchids, as well as southern and northern marsh orchids and bee orchids in lawns which had been left alone.

People taking part in the survey recorded almost 100 species of pollinators in their lawns in 2021, including 25 types of moths and butterflies, and 24 different bees including the scarce moss carder bee.

A typical lawn in the survey had 17 daisies on a one metre square patch, and a smattering of buttercups and dandelions, with germander speedwell and field forget-me-nots the next most likely plants to be seen.

The flowers produce nectar and pollen for insects, with dandelion-rich lawns particularly wildlife-friendly, Plantlife said.

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