Awareness is growing about the importance of re-wilding spaces, instead of just having pristine, monoculture lawns
Giving the lawn over to wildflowers provides habitat and food source for insects
The University of Canterbury are the latest to make plans to re-wild fifteen hundred (1500m2) square metres of campus grounds to increase biodiversity
Sustainability manager at the University of Canterbury Dr Matt Morris talks to Jesse.
From lawn to luxury insect lodgings, this area of UC’s grounds is ready for conversion to a rewilding meadow as part of plans to increase campus biodiversity. Photo: supplied
