Differentiated management

Since 2019, the Environment Technical Centre of the City opts for differentiated management in the green spaces of Neuilly-sur-Marne. If some areas seem unkempt to you, they really aren't: it's actually a way of preserving biodiversity.

It is not uncommon, when browsing the city's many parks and flower-filled streetsThis is one of the main reasons why people are more likely to stumble across tall grass and plants protruding from the medians. This is part of an environmental approachThe ETC also keeps a watchful eye and intervenes where necessary, in particular to clear roadside verges and pavements. The ETC keeps a watchful eye, however, and intervenes if necessary, in particular to clear roadsides and pavements.

Four levels of maintenance

• The first, says "prestigiousconcerns high-traffic areas Mowing, pruning and weeding are carried out with particular care throughout the year.
• The second level receives less intensive but regular maintenance, two or three times a week.
• Next comes the known as "rustic "where the Environment takes place two to four times a year.
• And finally.., certain natural areas remain virtually untouched. Visit ETC only carries out a late mowing in early summer, giving the plant time to follow its natural development cycle.

  
This controlled mowing allows other plants to develop, including species with a bad reputation such as nettles and chickweed. And yet they are highly beneficial: they help to provide food or shelter for certain animals and insects. The nettle, for example, is a host plant for around thirty species of butterfly. When the CTE organises events in schools, the children are delighted to see caterpillars, ladybirds, butterflies and a whole range of life that had been lost sight of for a while because of mass weeding.