Wiltshire Council’s new Wild about Wiltshire approach to grass cutting improves biodiversity and encourages bees and other pollinators to thrive. This new scheme encourages areas to be left for rewilding and other areas chosen to promote wildflower growth. The rewilding and wildflower areas have been chosen by towns and parish councils throughout Wiltshire. The areas will receive a single cut in March and will then be left uncut until September to allow the wildflowers to thrive.
Areas chosen would not compromise safety or hinder the passage of highways/amenity users. Highway Verges are now cut, where possible, following flowering, so that seed can be set. Should a Parish Council wish to enhance this level of maintenance further by either the collecting of grass cuttings or sewing seed, then verges within speed restricted areas are the most likely to be considered suitable for the involvement of volunteers on grounds of safety.
Current areas chosen for rewilding are:
- Bonners Close, Malmesbury
- College Fields, Marlborough
- Harvard Close, Melksham
- Falcon Way/Hurricane Way, Melksham
- Falcon Way/Hurricane Road, Melksham
- Westbury White Horse
- Fore St, Warminster
- Portway Lane North and South, Warminster
- The Common, Warminster
- Small grain picnic site, Calne
- Penleigh Park, Westbury
- The Mead, Westbury
- Cannings Close, Hilperton
