{"id":263734,"date":"2025-07-14T08:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/263734\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T08:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:16:10","slug":"work-starts-to-banish-invasive-species-from-meadow-near-norwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/263734\/","title":{"rendered":"Work starts to banish invasive species from meadow near Norwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Families using Greg&#8217;s Meadow in Spixworth have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25223020.warning-japanese-knotweed-growth-spixworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advised to keep their distance from part of a picnic area<\/a>.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <img   alt=\"A warning notice went up earlier this summer\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>A warning notice went up earlier this summer (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) It was after the discovery of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/24169633.japanese-knotweed-thriving-norfolk-due-wet-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese knotweed<\/a>,\u00a0a plant native to East Asia which has spread out of control since being introduced to the UK in the 1800s.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <img   alt=\"Japanese knotweed\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Japanese knotweed (Image: PA) An area of the picnic area on the meadow has been fenced off for the past few weeks to try and keep people away.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <img   alt=\"Part of the meadow was fenced off\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Part of the meadow was fenced off (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) Work has since started to clear the area of the invasive species.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <img   alt=\"Work is underway to clear the knotweed\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Work is underway to clear the knotweed (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) Matthew Field, vice chairman of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/23580995.chance-norfolk-villagers-say-amenity-land-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spixworth Parish Council<\/a>\u00a0said: &#8220;The course of action the council agreed with a local grounds maintenance contractor is fully under way and already producing positive results and progress.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <img   alt=\"Work to clear the knotweed has started\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Work to clear the knotweed has started (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) &#8220;Action will continue to ensure eradication of the knotweed problem.&#8221;\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    The work is taking place after warning notices appeared in the meadow earlier this year.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <img   alt=\"Greg's Meadow, Spixworth\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Greg&#8217;s Meadow, Spixworth (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) Japanese knotweed is\u00a0identified by distinctive\u00a0red stems and bamboo-like appearance.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    It can grow up to\u00a08ft tall\u00a0and its roots can reach as wide as\u00a028ft.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <img   alt=\"Work is underway to clear the knotweed\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Work is underway to clear the knotweed (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) It can grow up to four inches a day and forms dense thickets which can kill native plant species, making it particularly harmful to the flora of the Norfolk Broads.\u00a0\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    Tackling its spread costs the UK nearly\u00a0\u00a3250 million a year, according to invasive plant specialists Environet, with an estimated 5pc of homes affected across the UK.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    It can crack tarmac, block drains, undermine foundations and invade homes. Its presence can be\u00a0enough to cut a property&#8217;s value\u00a0or prevent a mortgage lender approving a loan.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u00a0\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Families using Greg&#8217;s Meadow in Spixworth have been advised to keep their distance from part of a picnic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-263734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114850600206350652","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}