NO MOW MAY
we Invite residents to participate in No Mow May by signing out a sign at the Municipal Office in Cannington and committing to not mowing the lawn until June 1.
Other Ways to Participate/What you can do after May?
Whether you can participate in No Mow May or not, you can help pollinators throughout the spring and summer by:
- Planting a pollinator garden. Choose a variety of native flowering plants, such as Asters, Bee Balm, Milkweed and Coneflowers, with varying bloom times that last from spring until fall in order to provide food sources all season long.
- Choose a section of your lawn that can remain uncut all summer long.
- Decrease mowing frequency throughout the mowing season. Let your lawn grow a little longer than normal, ideally mowing only once or twice per month.
- Mow at the highest setting. This allows low lying flowers to continue to grow and decreases re-flower time for those that are mown.
The Canadian Wildlife Federation has a similar initiative underway. You can also learn more about the David Suzuki Foundation Butterfly Way initiative, here.