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They found that moving from a cut every couple of weeks to once every six or twelve weeks more than doubled the abundance of pollinators, suggesting that PlantLife’s suggestion to follow No Mow May with Let Bloom June and Knee-high July is a big boost to the environment.
The team recruited sites in England’s prison and court network to mow lawns on varying schedules, from Nelson House, Middlesbrough in the north to Bodmin Magistrate Court in Cornwall.
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