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"We want to replace Trinity Lawn with a wild meadow."

Trinity College are asking people in a poll as part of the university's response to Ireland’s b...

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12.00 2 Mar 2020


"We want to replace Trinity Lawn with a wild meadow."


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Trinity College are asking people in a poll as part of the university's response to Ireland’s bio-diversity crisis.  Lawn-mowing, ground preparation and pesticide control can disturb insects that feed and nest in the soil. Planting wildflowers and minimising interference supports bio-diversity and provides a habitat for native insects and food for pollinators in the city centre. The area in question is on College Green, right outside the front gate beside the Luas tram line. 

Henry McKean met up with John Parnell, Chair of Trinity grounds and gardens committee, he also works in the botany department, originally from Scotland he had been living in Ireland since 1981. John tells me about the lawn that has been there 150 years.


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