![]() Prior to the introduction of tractor mowers in the 1950s, livestock were a much more efficient way to keep the grass neat than mechanical mowers. During Grazing Week, rare breed sheep commute in daily from Mudchute Park and Farm on the Isle of Dogs to graze, just a short walk from the gates of Buckingham Palace.Ī hundred years ago, grazing sheep were a common sight in the Royal Parks. While The Green Park doesn’t have formal flowerbeds, the park’s landscape includes several wildflower meadow habitats that provide important food and shelter for bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other invertebrates, as well as many birds and small mammals. Each summer we’ve joined forces with Mudchute Park and Farm and the Rare Breeds Survival Trust to graze rare breed sheep and cattle on one of our wildflower meadows, helping to research the effects of grazing on meadow biodiversity. The Green Park Grazing Week forms part of our Help Nature Thrive summer roadshows, and has been running since 2017 thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Have you met our grazing sheep? Livestock grazing is a great way for conservationists and land managers to improve the biodiversity of meadows and grasslands. Budding environmentalists can join between 11 and 3 daily to discover all about the wonderful wildlife that can be found in London’s Royal Parks. The Royal Parks Nature Roadshow will still be going ahead in The Green Park from Tuesday the 16th to Thursday the 18th of August. Due to the recent adverse weather affecting grazing conditions, the Mudchute sheep unfortunately won’t be joining us this August. ![]()
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