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Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Prohibit the mowing of public verges and meadows from May to July.

Closed 258 signatures

What the petition asks

There is a global decline in pollinator populations because human activity is destroying their habitats. To help the pollinators survive better, we want the Government to ban local authorities from mowing adopted public verges and meadows from May to July.
Sir David Attenborough made an appeal in the support of No Mow May: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1766101/david-attenborough-no-mow-may

Local authorities that violate this ban should face financial penalties.

Timeline

15 May 2023 Petition opened for signatures
15 Nov 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 258
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 15 May 2023
Closed 15 Nov 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.