Flower power coming to Hitchin greenspaces as wildflower meadows set to be created at Butts Close and other areas.

More wildflower meadows are being created at a number of sites in Hitchin to help increase local biodiversity in our fight against climate change. 

Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth – the more different types of animal, plant, and fungi in a given area, the better. It is the backbone of life itself providing so many things we depend on such as clean air, food and water. Restoring and improving biodiversity is our strongest natural defence against climate change.

The different plants in a wildflower meadow provide food and shelter for pollinators such as bees, as well as insects, birds, and small mammals like hedgehogs – all of which form a vital part of our ecosystem.

Areas of wildflowers, or any grassland, also help store carbon from the air which improves air quality and prevents it from being released into the atmosphere.

The council is working with Countryside Management Service (CMS), part of Hertfordshire County Council's Countryside and Rights of Way Service (CRoW), on the wilding areas at: 

Hitchin

Butts Close

Ransoms Rec

St John's Rec

Swinburn Rec