No Mow May: The Simple, Powerful Act That Could Help Save Our Pollinators

This May, don’t mow—grow. For the bees. For the butterflies. For the planet.

No Mow May is a growing movement here in Ireland, where biodiversity is under serious threat. By simply choosing not to mow your lawn for the month of May, you can create a haven for pollinators when they need it most.

And it couldn’t come at a more critical time.

Why It Matters in Ireland:

Ireland’s wild pollinators—including 98 species of wild bees—are in crisis.

According to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, one-third of our bee species are at risk of extinction.

Why? Because their habitats—wildflower meadows, hedgerows, and untouched grasslands—are disappearing fast.

• Lawns and verges cover hundreds of thousands of hectares across Ireland, most of which are cut regularly.

• Early-blooming plants like dandelions, clover, and daisies—crucial spring food sources for pollinators—are often removed before they can be used.

• A Trinity College Dublin study found that even small, unmown green spaces can significantly increase the diversity and abundance of wild bees.

Your garden could be part of the solution.

An Irish Story: One Garden in Dublin Sparked a Buzz

When Anna, a Little Green Growers customer in Dublin, skipped mowing last May, she wasn’t expecting much. “I was busy and figured I’d just leave the mower for a week,” she says. But nature had other plans.

“Suddenly, my lawn was full of bees on the dandelions, butterflies I hadn’t seen in years, and even a hedgehog came through!”

It caught the attention of neighbours—and within a few weeks, a handful of gardens on her street had joined the wild lawn trend. “It’s amazing how quickly it spreads. All it took was doing nothing!”

A pollinator visits cuckoo and dandelion flowers on a wild patch of our garden

How to Take Part in No Mow May in Ireland:

1. Skip the mow—or even just mow less.

2. Leave the dandelions, clover, and daisies—they’re food for native bees like the Red-tailed Bumblebee and Tawny Mining Bee.

3. Don’t feel pressure to tidy up—an untidy lawn is a pollinator paradise.

4. Let your neighbours know—put up a sign or share a photo on social media to spread the message.

   
   

Tag us @LittleGreenGrowers and use #NoMowMay so we can celebrate your impact!

Let Nature In: From Irish Gardens to Global Impact

At Little Green Growers, we believe Irish gardens can be powerful agents of change. No Mow May is a simple, affordable way to reconnect with nature, support our native species, and teach future generations that wild and beautiful can be one and the same.

So this May, put the mower away. Watch your lawn bloom—and feel your impact grow.

Together, let’s grow wild for Ireland.