Pollinating insects are in big trouble. Around 40% of insect species are now facing extinction but they are crucial to human food security.

 Simply cutting the grass less allows more flowers to bloom!

 We have wonderful Nature Reserves and green spaces but this is not enough. All of Cambridgeshire should be managed to support nature. This includes miles of road verges. Cut the grass later, cut the grass less, time the cuts carefully and, most importantly, lift the cut. Moving to this simple ‘cut and collect’ system in itself boosts wildflowers naturally and pollinating insects and other invertebrates thrive.

 Cut and collect saves the Council money!

 Moving to a ‘cut and collect’ system involves buying a new machine but has been shown to save council money after only a few years.* This is supported by Plantlife, Buglife and Butterfly Conservation. 

 On The Verge Cambridge calls on the County Council to buy the equipment needed and to follow Plantlife’s verge management guidelines.

 Save money, let flowers bloom and bees buzz in Cambridgeshire!  

 Please sign the petition. Many thanks

* Rotherham Council’s 8-mile ring road wildflower meadow saved up to £25,000 in mowing costs and improved biodiversity. Using cut and collect as part of a wider verge management strategy Dorset County Council saved over £100,000 per year.