Llangollen is one of a number of areas in Denbighshire where extra wildflower meadows will be created to support an ongoing pilot project to increase biodiversity.
Last year the county council identified 21 sites including highway verges,
footpath edges, cycleways and amenity grasslands, to be managed to create
wildflower meadows
As part of the ongoing commitment to enhancing biodiversity the
council has now identified an additional 29 sites to be included into its
Wildflower Project.
This brings
the total number of sites being managed for local provenance wildflowers to 54.
These sites,
along with the council’s 11 Roadside Nature Reserves, contribute almost 60
acres of local provenance wildflower habitat.
Emlyn Jones,
the council’s Head of Planning, Public Protection and Countryside Planning, said: "The sites are managed in line with Plantlife’s Managing Grassland Road
Verges guidelines which sees the grass cutting at these sites prohibited
between March and August each year, giving wildflowers enough time to grow,
flower, and set seed.
“A cut and
collect regime has been implemented to reduce soil fertility and provide the
wildflowers with the best conditions possible.
“These sites
will be monitored and borders cut around the sites to ensure there is no impact
on the highway network or road safety.”
The project
now includes sites in Llangollen, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Meliden, Rhuddlan, Dyserth, Rhewl,
Denbigh, Henllan, Nantglyn, Llanferres, Llanrhaedr, Pwllglas, Ruthin, Corwen and Cynwyd which will all be given a ‘full cut’ in early September.
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