[199] No Mow May with Sarah Shuttleworth from Plantlife

Did you know we have lots 97% of our species rich graslands in the UK since the 1930s? This has had a huge knock on impact to the rest of the food chain that are relaint on that habitat, things like our insect pollinators especially, but also our birds and mammals that were part of this ecosystem.The good news is that this is something most of us can do something about! If you have a garden, or have local green spaces, we can use them to recreate some of that lost speices rich grassland, and you don't need masses of space to be able to do it.AND this is one of those very rare things - a sustainability action that actually requires LESS effort than the status quo, because to make it happen, we're being asked to mow LESS!In today's episode I'm chatting to Sarah Shuttleworth, Specialist Botanical Advisor at Plantlife, all about their No Mow May campaign, and how we can all get involved, even if we don't have a garden, and/or the rest of the family aren't keen on having an entirely unmown lawn for the whole of the summer!Have a listen, and then head over to the Plantlife website to sign up to take the No Mow May pledge . There are links to all of the fab No Mow May resources on the Plantlife website, including things like downloadable signs you can print out to let the neighbours know what you're doing!Sarah Shuttleworth<img decoding="async" class="tve_image tcb-moved-image wp-image-73014" alt="" data-id="73014" width="289" data-init-width="1536" height="217" data-init-height="1152" title="Bee-Orchid-Sarah-Shuttleworth-1536x1152" loading="lazy" src="https://www.asustainablelife.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Bee-Orchid-Sarah-Shuttleworth-1536x1152-1.jpg" data-link-wrap="true" data-width="289" data-height="217" style="aspect-ratio: auto 1536 / 1152;" data-css="tve-u-19d77e5d7cf" srcset="https://www.asustainablelife.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Bee-Orchid-Sarah-Shuttleworth-1536x1152-1.jpg 1536w, https://www.asustainablelife.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Bee-Orchid-Sarah-Shuttleworth-1536x1152-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.asustainablelife.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Bee-Orchid-Sarah-Shuttleworth-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.asustainablelife.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Bee-Orchid-Sarah-Shuttleworth-1536x1