I recently moved to Belgium a few months ago after visiting the country numerous times but only during the colder months. This is my first spring and summer in Belgium and one thing I absolutely love is the amount of wildflowers that grow everywhere. The country I grew up in almost always cut down any open plots of land but here there are so many tiny bits of nature that grow freely. It’s something that gives me a little joy on my walks
by curiousinbelgium
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After a campaign by the green parties and wildlife/nature preservation groups that made people realise that letting wildflowers and grasses grow during spring and early summer is good for biodiversity a lot governments decided to not cut down grasses along the roadside and traffic islands.
(It also cuts down on personnel costs)
Costs too much to cut them and there’s not enough personnel to cut them. Official statement: it’s good for the environment so we’ll let them grow.
It’s because it’s no mow may month
I see absolutely no reason why we did this in the first place. MAYBE perhaps on a junction the corner weeds can be trimmed for safety reason but in the past EVRTYTHING like 2 m from a road was cutted down for absolute no good reason.
my old neighbours on both sides: “WEEDS! GET THE POISON!!”
One of the few things the green parties went for that was actually good for the environment 🙂