To help support our statutory duty to address climate change we began a trial of alternative maintenance at some of our parks and open spaces in 2021.
This webpage provides a record of the sites which were chosen for trial at that time. Some of these maps may since have been superseded by later versions which may show differences in maintenance.
Areas included within the 2021 trial
| Long grass trials 2021 - Maintenance plans | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberfeldy | Victoria park | Victoria Park Aberfeldy (PDF, 642 KB) | Cease cutting/strimming around trees. |
| Aberfeldy | Entrance to Aberfeldy | Aberfeldy Entrance (PDF, 421 KB) | Cut a verge margin at the edge of roadside for pedestrian's and keep the visibility splay clear for motorists. |
| Abernethy | Powrie Park | Powrie Park, Abernethy (PDF, 553 KB) | Cease cutting/ strimming around trees as long as not causing any sight-line issues. |
| Alyth | Market Muir Park | Market Muir Park, Alyth (PDF, 476 KB) | Leave a margin around the trees on the boundary of the site. |
| Alyth | Jubilee park | Jubilee park Alyth (PDF, 800 KB) | Reduce cutting around trees and outside margins, help catch water and increase biodiversity value of the less well used areas of the Park. |
| Carsie | Blackloch Court | Black Loch Carsie (PDF, 267 KB) | Cut margins, and cease cutting/strimming round trees to increase biodiversity value. |
| Crieff | Sauchie Park | Sauchie Park, Crieff (PDF, 661 KB) | Leave outside margins and around trees, allowing full access into and around play area and kick-about area. |
| Errol | Errol Park | Errol Park (PDF, 725 KB) | Leave outside margins and around trees, allowing full access into and around play area and kick-about area and skate park. |
| Guildtown | Guildtown Park | Guildtown Park (PDF, 490 KB) | Around trees, cease hand cutting and spraying for approximately 3 metres. Allow water safety margin to establish along the length of the burnside and the back of the multi court. |
| Kinross | Davis Park | Davis Park Kinross (PDF, 845 KB) | Stop cutting around trees within Park, one side of path stop grass cutting were woodland area is at back of park. |
| Kinrossie | Kinrossie Park | Kinrossie Park (PDF, 482 KB) | Cease cutting and leave an uncut margin. |
| Luncarty | Langlands Park | Langlands Park, Luncarty (PDF, 878 KB) | Stop cutting around trees in Park. |
| Muthill | Highlandman Park | Highlandman Park Muthill (PDF, 688 KB) | Leave outside margins and around trees to increase biodiversity value. |
| Muthill | Coronation Park | Coronation Park Muthill (PDF, 550 KB) | Leave outside margins and around trees to increase biodiversity value. Area is historically wet and difficult to cut. |
| Perth | Glenearn Road - beside Craigie Park | Glenearn Road (PDF, 488 KB) | Cut a margin beside pavement, leave the rest uncut, but cut path from gate of park entrance. |
| Perth | Edinburgh Road | Edinburgh Road (PDF, 1 MB) | Area to be left uncut, apart from a margin cut alongside the pavement and a path width cut for residents to use. |
| Perth | Darnhall Park | Darnhall Park Perth (PDF, 674 KB) | Leave bankings uncut, cut margins at top, leave trees uncut |
| Perth | Ettrick Drive, Western edge | Ettrick Drive, Perth (PDF, 773 KB) | Leave margin cut at pavement area, rest of area uncut, also keep margins clear at pathway. |
| Perth | Seven Acres, Letham | Seven Acres Perth (PDF, 620 KB) | Stop strimming/ cutting around trees in Park, keep amenity area. |
| Perth | South Inch and lesser Inch | South Inch (PDF, 1 MB) | No spraying or cutting around any trees |
| Perth | Dunkeld Road at Argyll Road | Dunkeld Road Perth (PDF, 1 MB) | Cut path through area leading to properties, cut margin at pavement. |
| Pitcairngreen | The Green | The Green, Pitcairngreen (PDF, 588 KB) | Stop cutting around trees in Park keep amenity area. |
| Pitlochry | Pitlochry Recreation Ground | Pitlochry recreation ground (PDF, 394 KB) | Leave South side with Tree belt long up to the park terracing. |
| Pitlochry | Ballinlochan park | Ballinlochan Pitlochry (PDF, 632 KB) | Reduce cutting on open space, area is historically wet. |
| Rattray | Rattray common | Rattray common (PDF, 451 KB) | Selected areas not cut, as per map. |
| Rattray | Davie Park | Davie Park Blairgowrie (PDF, 1020 KB) | Leave outside margins, around trees and establish a safety margin around the pond area. |
| Scone | Goshen Park | Goshen Park (PDF, 677 KB) | Cease cutting/strimming around trees and extend the uncut margin running along the burn edge of the park. |
| Scone | Scone Park | Scone Park (PDF, 334 KB) | Leave margin uncut around Scone Pond. |
| Wolfhill | Wolfhill Common | Wolfhill Common (PDF, 576 KB) | Cease cutting and cut a margin and access path to the play area. Also leave margin around the edge of the kick about area. |
Last modified on 02 September 2024
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