New wildflower meadows to be created in Nature Positive partnership

As part of our “Nature Positive University” commitments, we are pleased to share our latest news.

The first stage of the creation of new wildflower meadows outside the Joseph Banks Laboratories will begin tomorrow, Friday 13 September, in partnership with the Lincoln Science and Innovation Park.

Mark Schofield, from the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, will be onsite this weekend to scarify the lawn area directly in front of the building. Seeding the meadow will take place at a later date and will include harvested seeds where possible from site.

We will invite staff, students and members of the public to a future planting event early next year. The creation of these meadows will provide important connectivity between green spaces on the Brayford Pool Campus for pollinators.

The Nature Positive University initiative is a growing network of people from over 500 higher education institutions across the world, working together to promote nature on our campuses, in our supply chains and within our cities and communities.

If you’d like to find out more about biodiversity at Lincoln, visit: https://estates.lincoln.ac.uk/sustainability/biodiversity/ (opens in a new tab).

Please send any queries to: environment@lincoln.ac.uk.

Story submitted by Alexandra Foxley-Johnson
afoxleyjohnson@lincoln.ac.uk