If you don’t want to mow your lawn this month, that’s OK with the city.
College Park has waived the usual 12-inch limit for the height of grass, weeds and other lawn cover for No Mow April in an effort to allow native pollinators like bees and butterflies to feed and find habitats.
“Pollinators need floral resources in order to get the energy they need to build their broods up, especially early in the season,” said Daniel Gruner, a professor of entomology at the University of Maryland (UMD). “By pledging to not mow our lawns in April, we can make those scarce floral resources more available for pollinators.”…