Wildflower scheme given go-ahead by Moray Council
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Several areas cared for by Moray Council will be now set aside for the planting of wildflowers.
Councillors today gave the go-ahead for up to eight areas of grassland to be sewn with a mixture of seeds to improve biodiversity.
Work will now get underway to identify suitable sites.
The areas that will be considered include road verges, open spaces in housing estates, parks and cemeteries.
Today's decision by the council's Economic Growth committee follows a trial at Lossiemouth Esplanade in 2016, when flower and shrub beds were replaced with wildflowers.
A report to the council's economic growth committee stated that its open spaces, parks and cemeteries have an increasingly important part to play in providing a place for nature.
The report said: "A past trend in society towards perfectly green and uniform lawns has resulted in a few grasses dominating and low-growing flowers, sometimes referred to as weeds, being removed.
"An immaculate lawn provides little resources for bees, flies, moths, butterflies, wasps and beetles which rely on a rich diet of pollen and nectar and there is little structure for insects and other invertebrates to shelter."
