A number of additional wildflower meadows will be created this year in Denbighshire to support an ongoing pilot to increase biodiversity.
Last year Denbighshire 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 Council’s ongoing commitment to enhancing biodiversity across the county, the council has 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 Prestatyn, Rhyl, Meliden, Rhuddlan, Dyserth, Rhewl, Denbigh, Henllan, Nantglyn, Llanferres, Llanrhaedr, Pwllglas, Ruthin, Corwen, Cynwyd and Llangollen which will all be given a ‘full cut’ in early September.
