Communities in the Greater Moncton region are incentivizing their residents to participate in No Mow May.
The Town of Riverview and the City of Dieppe announced that they are participating in the movement with contests to help spark engagement.
“We were approached by the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance (PWA) to consider the No-Mow May initiative, and it makes a lot of sense,” says Gerry Cole, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Relations for the Town of Riverview.
The campaign aims to leave sources of nectar untouched so that pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds can access them.
Riverview is encouraging residents to email pictures of their unmowed lawn for a chance to win a basket of pollinator-attracting flowers and planting tools.
No-Mow May campaign catches on in Greater Moncton area
The city of Dieppe is asking people to embrace dandelion madness for the month of May. Residents are being asked not to mow their lawns in order to let the grass and dandelions grow, providing food for pollinators like bees.
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The Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance wants people to take part in the No-Mow May campaign. It encourages the growth of dandelions to help feed pollinators like bees.(Sally Pitt/CBC)
A spring campaign is encouraging you to leave your grass alone for a couple of weeks.
The No-Mow May Campaign is being promoted throughout the region to avoid or limit cutting your lawn in May.
The extra weeks of growth will allow pollinators to take advantage of the early source of nectar created by flowering plants. The population of pollinators such as bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and beetles has seen a significant decrease over the years.
According to Brittany Cormier, A Project Leader for the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance, the campaign has been used throughout the world but adopting it in the region could also be beneficial for the river.