Considering what more broadly? I blame farmers growing produce such as oil seed reap for the lack of meadow land. There are very few dedicated urban public places to enjoy now and yet you appear happy to give part of them back.

Your initial post was not specific. "Parks should be the same". It gave the impression that all parks should be allowed to revert to open meadows.

Edited by Eaglecoops (07 Jul 2021 10.49am)

Maple 'bringing you your s***e sandwich', today it's 'how you should change your attitude for the environment'.

Ah, the old bus inspector use to tell them where to get off.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I am not angry at all, I just think handing back part of the few urban open spaces that we have to the countryside is a stupid idea and counterproductive to the wellbeing of people in our densely populated country.

Maybe every farmer who grows hay should stop cutting it. Maybe we should reduce the number of horses and cattle/sheep so that they stop eating hay and keeping pasture land short. There are numerous things that could be done before using the excuse of not cutting grass on parks to improve bees outcomes.

Let the parks overgrow .
People stop using them .
Council close them for lack of use .
Property developer buys the land .
Council win as the get more council tax .
Sod the local people .

I think that was the Conductor. You aren’t old enough.

Historically Croydon has allowed meadow growth in Lloyd Park and at the end of the bee season had a farmer cut it for hay.

Wild bees tend to have full stores long before the harvest and have also done their pollination work. Then they simply chill, groom each other and relax. But they really need flowers in spring and early summer when they should be very busy

Edited by Mapletree (07 Jul 2021 1.25pm)