Caring for the Environment

hbcadmin, 6 February 2017

Think Global Act Local

Hyndburn Borough Council Parks department takes environmental issues and the prospect of climate change very seriously.

The measures taken by the parks department include:

• Restricted chemical use including herbicides and pesticides.
• Avoiding the use of peat and peat based products.
• Consideration of planting drought tolerant species and a mixture of tree species, to deal with predicted climatic changes.
• Tree planting
• Wildflower planting recently undertaken at Milnshaw Park with the help of the Hyndburn Butterfly Project.