Dublin’s Trinity College Is Converting Its Front Lawn Into a Wildflower Meadow

The flowers will include native Irish annuals and perennials, and feature bulbs and rhizomatous plants like wood anemones.

According to professor John Parnell, the chair of Trinity’s grounds and gardens committee, “The meadows will flower from spring to autumn and be left untouched over the winter months when pollinating insects, such as butterflies, hoverflies and bees, are not active. The green space outside our iconic Front Gate may look a little less tidy than it once did but will be more colourful and serve as a constant reminder of what nature looks like while underlining the increasingly important role we all have in protecting our environment.”

The goal of the project is to create space for nature in urban areas and increase the range of plant species available for pollinators.