I would imagine it is not about cuts, rather about having managed grasslands. Very fashionable across the country, but genuinely good for encouraging and supporting ecology in urban areas. It creates a habitat for all sorts of animals and insects which are good for our environment.
I took my granddaughters to the swing park yesterday and the grass in there was a foot long. Also saw a kiddie on the rope slide who was wearing a Palarse shirt, does it make me a bad person that I hoped he fell off?
I would imagine it is not about cuts, rather about having managed grasslands. Very fashionable across the country, but genuinely good for encouraging and supporting ecology in urban areas. It creates a habitat for all sorts of animals and insects which are good for our environment.
Appreciate this in areas that are a bit more "rugged" but parkland etc should be mown. Even the football pitches down by Hall Place are overgrown
I have been away for the weekend and we have a council by election coming up. Over the weekends both Labour and the Tories have put leaflets through the door. The Tories are boasting on their leflets about the parks, no mention of the grass within them.
My local park Stephens is a joke. Rarely cut and when it is it's not raked when cut making it a right mess. We go on about obesity in this country, but we don't even provide at times even the most basic of environments for people to play sport in.
They are selling them all off for housing as they are not being maintained (unless they are behind the leaders house) https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=bexley is bonkers I thought Greenwich was poorly run until I moved here!!
Some of the Boroughs most prestige gardens are now maintained by volunteers. Like the old English garden in Danson Park. If not the council intended to turf over all the flower beds. Even in here the grass is not cut. Bexley council disgrace ,!
I took my dogs to small park near me, threw the ball once and it took me and the dogs half an hour to find it in the grass, by which time it was time to go home.
Was driving on a dual carriageway the other day and on the approach to a roundabout there was a grass verge between the two carriageways. The grass was so bloody tall that I could barely see any vehicles already on the roundabout. Granted I am a shortarse but if it carries on growing even normal people are going to struggle!
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Makes it difficult for a kick about with my son. I need a perfect playing surface to demonstrate my tricks.
My local park Stephens is a joke. Rarely cut and when it is it's not raked when cut making it a right mess. We go on about obesity in this country, but we don't even provide at times even the most basic of environments for people to play sport in.
I needed a machete just to wade my way through the grass verge outside AFKA Towers yesterday.
live opposite martens grove and that's quite well looked after.
I run with one of the Bexley Parks and Recreation top officers on a Wednesday, so I'll try and find out what I can from him and report back...