{"id":4917,"date":"2020-07-12T12:24:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T12:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?page_id=4917"},"modified":"2022-05-29T18:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T18:35:07","slug":"a-year-in-the-life-of-a-wild-flower-meadow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?page_id=4917","title":{"rendered":"A year in the life of a Wild flower Meadow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keep Kilkenny Beautiful are very thankful to Lil Dunne for her wonderful photographs of plant and wildlife at Dukesmeadows.\u00a0 We hope you enjoy this series of photographs.<\/p>\n

The area formed part of the river Nore drainage works in the early 2000. A considerable amount of fill from the river\u00a0 drainage scheme\u00a0 was placed in this area. This gave an opportunity to create a\u00a0 new wildflower and grassland area with copses of urban woodland. Following close cooperation between the local residents association, Kilkenny county council and OPW,\u00a0 the\u00a0 area was regraded to form a new riverside park of over 4 Ha. Extensive trees and bush planting in conjunction with wild flower areas and walks were put in place in line with an overall master plan which had been prepared.<\/p>\n

Over the last 18 years the planting\u00a0 is well-established. It has become an oasis for wildlife and insects. Grass cutting takes place only once a year for the majority of the meadow area allowing wildflowers to develop during the year. A number of grass walks have been established which are very popular with the locals. These are sanded on a biannual basis.<\/p>\n

Planting along the perimeter has been supplemented with a range of pollinator friendly\u00a0 fruit trees\u00a0 including apple, plum, pear, wild cherry, and also fruit bushes including gooseberries, black currants, red currants\u00a0 and Raspberry.<\/p>\n

Signage setting out information on the meadow\u00a0 has also been developed by the residents and is being erected at the\u00a0 main entrances to the park.<\/p>\n

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