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More Wisconsin communities are participating in Now Mow May. Does it actually work?

Noted: Do pollinators actually benefit from an unmowed lawn?

Sometimes. It depends on the lawn, say experts from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lawns with turfgrass don’t provide as many resources for pollinators compared with a yard containing an abundance of low growing flowering plants. Adding more flowering plants, shrubs and trees to your yard can increase benefits to pollinators.