Here is a summary of the council plans, more fully explained here on Thriving Greenspaces Our Nature Estate

• Edinburgh is shifting grassland management to boost biodiversity, building on the Living Landscape work and 2024 trials in selected western wards.
• Trial findings (with the University of Edinburgh) showed strong gains when mowing was reduced: +14 flowering plant species, +6,364 individual flowers, and a 4,167% increase in nectar, improving year-round structure and visual interest.
• For 2025/26, mowing will be set by plot need:
  • Sports areas: weekly.
  • Recreation/areas outside homes: every 2–3 weeks.
  • “Standard lower-flowering” plots: every 6 weeks.
  • Taller/diverse plots: every 10–12 weeks.
    Creative “shape-cutting”/islands will be used to keep sites looking intentional.
• Three new maintenance standards:
  1. Pollinator Plots – cut ~every 6 weeks to extend bloom time for low-growing natives.
  2. Enhanced Plots – cut 3× per year; contain taller species for structure/habitat.
  3. Standard Amenity Grassland – cut every 2 weeks for recreation.
• Benefits cited: healthier green spaces, lower carbon from less mowing, staff time freed for other biodiversity work, and ongoing training; programme continues data collection with UoE.
• Parks/sports fields stay regularly maintained; relaxed mowing applies mainly to selected residential/under-used plots.

For Corstoprhine, this may mean looking at all our grass areas and contributing to an overall plan.

Here is what has been done so far