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No Mow May (and Beyond)

May 18, 2023 By Littleton Food Co-op

We have a lot of wonderful sustainability projects and practices happening here at the Co-op, including collecting food waste, recycling, reducing plastic usage, and more. But we’re not just focused on keeping trash out of the landfill and trying to reduce our carbon footprint, we’re also actively working towards adding biodiversity to our landscaping.

You’ve probably heard about No Mow May, which lets the flowering plants in our lawns have a chance to bloom a little longer and benefit local pollinators. We’ve set aside a section of our front slope facing Bethlehem Road for this purpose, and we’ll most likely keep it un-mowed through the summer, with perhaps a little trim here or there. Eventually, we hope to incorporate additional native plants and wildflowers into the space so it becomes a wild garden full of colors and textures that change with the seasons, as well as providing a habitat for local wildlife.

Here are some photos of the area, along with a close-up of some interesting plants that are popping up. So far we’ve spotted dandelion, yarrow, plantain, chickweed, sorrel, clover, trefoil, cinquefoil, and more. An interesting patchwork of colors and textures is emerging, where once it was a plain green slope. Keep your eyes on our lawn to see what else grows!





Filed Under: Green Team, Sustainability, The Weekly Radish Newsletter









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