Lawnmower maker John Deere has teamed up with four leading British environmental charities to encourage lawn owners to leave their grass longer to cope with changing weather conditions and help wildlife.

Full details will be launched on the John Deere stand at Chelsea Flower Show with supporting comments from the RSPB, the Association of Wildlife Trusts, The National Gardens Scheme and The Green Organisation.

“Lawn owners are facing challenges from changing weather patterns during the grass growing season. In Britain we cut our grass much shorter than anywhere else in Europe. As part of our National Gardens Park programme, a campaign designed to help protect lawns from being dug up, we are encouraging customers to change their lawn mowing habits,” says John Deere’s Joedy Ibbotson.

“We recognise that the traditional British lawn of low-cut stripes is not particularly valuable to wildlife. We want to encourage greater bio-diversity among lawn owners. And our changing weather patterns mean that we should all revise the way we mow.

“The main message at this year’s show will be to explain to gardeners how to maintain their lawns in a way that is kinder on the environment, attracts more beneficial wildlife to the garden and can cope with weather that swings from drought to torrential rain.”

For more information or to sign up for free to show your support for garden lawns visit www.johndeere.co.uk/nationalgardenspark

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