Alan Titchmarsh urges gardeners to avoid common job on Sundays
Gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh is urging gardeners to stop mowing their lawns on a Sunday morning, in bids to give our beloved green spaces some peace and quiet.
Alan Titchmarsh has urged gardeners to avoid mowing their lawns on Sundays due to gardens needing "some space to breathe".
The gardening expert has become a household name and go-to person when it comes to the best tips and tricks for gardening. At 75 years of age, he's still sharing his expertise on ITV 's Love Your Garden.
Alan is asking gardeners to avoid mowing the lawn and using other powerful tools, such as leaf blowers and strimmers on Sunday mornings. He even suggested not mowing the garden during the month of May. He believes in dedicating one day a week to keep the peace in any garden space, which is fair.
Writing in the BBC Gardeners' World magazine, he said: "It's clear to me the rarest thing in any garden is silence. It appears to be the one commodity money can't buy. I was worried I would sound holier-than-thou when I explained that I never use power tools on a Sunday,' he added.
Alan also mentioned the importance of implementing one day of the week to provide tranquillity to the garden spaces, adding: "I believe profoundly there should be at least one day in the week when we could go out into our gardens and experience a bit of peace and quiet."
As also reported by The Express, the gardening guru noted the growing interest in people wanting to hear more natural sounds, like birdsongs and the rustling of trees, implementing that the loud noises from these electric garden tools disrupt those connections. I mean, no one wants to wake up to the sounds of a blasting mowing machine in the last resting day.
When it comes to power tool usage, regulations apply to those working in construction rather than those simply undertaking gardening jobs. Construction sites are prohibited from using certain tools on Sundays, with work-restricted hours during the week and in the morning on Saturdays, Devon Online reports.
Local councils have also stated that DIY noise at home should only take place between Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, and those doing it beyond those hours may well constitute antisocial behaviour.
Interestingly, No Mow May is an event happening every year, encouraging gardeners to not mow or cut the grass for the entire month of May. The initiative is in order to support vital pollinators, such as daisies and buttercups relying on glass and wildflowers.
Therefore, those who mow their lawns every Sunday morning might want to step back, sit and relax for a peaceful and restful day of no gardening tasks.
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