Don't Mow Let It Grow

This exciting project is led by Causeway Coast to focus on the conservation of semi-natural grassland over the next three years.

Verges & Grasslands

Joey Dunlop Centre

This area of the playing fields has been intensively cut from many years so we are hoping that some of the meadow flowers are still in the seedback and will return to this grassland. Flowers such as red clover, cuckoo flower, buttercups, orchids, fine grasses and sedges. … [Read more...] about Joey Dunlop Centre

Riverside Park, Ballymoney

This park is in the centre of Ballymoney and has a few natural wet areas, four of these areas are going to be managed as wet meadows, we are hoping to see cuckoo flower, ragged robin, buttercups and sedges. A fifth area, which is dryer is excellent for butterlies and bumblees and has flowers such as knapweed. … [Read more...] about Riverside Park, Ballymoney

Ballykelly Rd

This is a small sloped area at the base of a native hedgerow that has been intensively cut, we are hoping that some of the hedgerow species might return such as stitchwort, vetches and cow parsley. … [Read more...] about Ballykelly Rd

Greysteel Glens

This park has been intensively cut from many years so we are hoping that some of the meadow flowers are still in the seedback and will return to this grassland. Flowers such as red clover, cuckoo flower and buttercups. There are two patches of grassland within the Greysteel Glens that are included in this project. … [Read more...] about Greysteel Glens