{"id":371005,"date":"2026-07-13T11:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/371005\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:50:13","slug":"wildflower-meadows-need-mowing-austintexas-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/371005\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildflower Meadows Need Mowing | AustinTexas.gov"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Our Operations and Maintenance Division will begin mowing wildflower meadows in mid\u2011July 2026. We don\u2019t choose a specific date for mowing. Instead, we base the timing on the condition of the wildflowers and other vegetation. Before mowing begins, staff review several factors:<\/p>\n<p>How many wildflowers have produced mature seeds that can spread naturally for next year\u2019s growth.Whether unwanted or invasive plants \u2013\u00a0such as Johnson Grass, Bastard Cabbage, and other noxious species \u2013 have not yet gone to seed. Mowing early helps reduce the spread of these plants.The availability of mowing crews who must complete this work along with their regular mowing responsibilities across more than 375 parks.<\/p>\n<p>Because we had a longer and wetter spring this year, some wildflowers may still be blooming. This means a few flowers may be mowed before they are fully finished. However, mowing is needed to prevent invasive plants from spreading their seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Mowing will continue from mid\u2011July through August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our Operations and Maintenance Division will begin mowing wildflower meadows in mid\u2011July 2026. We don\u2019t choose a specific&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-371005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}