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In the Netherlands there's a national campaign to encourage residents to remove the tiles from their gardens in favor of adding patches of grass and plants. Fro

by rapnie 3y ago

In the Netherlands there's a national campaign to encourage residents to remove the tiles from their gardens in favor of adding patches of grass and plants. From the website (translated with Deepl.com): > From 21 March to 31 October 2024, the NK Tegelwippen will take place again! Everyone can participate by bouncing tiles in their own front, back or façade garden and municipalities will compete against each other. > Of course, the championship is not just about rivalry, but has a higher, common goal. When tiles are replaced by grass, flower beds, trees and façade gardens, the Netherlands becomes more climate-proof, more comfortable for insects and animals, cooler on hot days and much more beautiful! https://www.nk-tegelwippen.nl/ https://www.nk-tegelwippen.nl/

zoover2020 3y ago
I love this. Also, beautiful way to cater to both adults and kids by their cheeky language such as "heel Holland wipt", or " wipper van de maand"
yurishimo 3y ago
This is a side rant, but as a newcomer to your wonderful country, it’s depressing how many homes for sale have completed tiled backyards. I totally get it from a maintenance perspective, especially when they are so small already, but at least get fake turf or something! Hopefully in another twenty years there will be more grass :)
- ragebol 3y ago
  There's a whole Twitter/Mastodon account dedicated to this, with many before/after comparisons when a house gets sold. Really depressing sometimes when beautiful trees get cut down for example https://mastodon.social/@onderhoudsarmoe https://mastodon.social/@onderhoudsarmoe The name is pun, directly translated it's 'maintenance poverty'
nomercy400 3y ago
Although a good initiative, it has been the trend in the Netherlands by project an city planners to build new neighborhoods without a front lawn, directly next to the small walking street, followed by a parking spot and then street. There are no longer trees, grass, greenery or shrubberies being planted by the city council, like they did in the 80s. And the trend recently is also 'verdichting', which basically transforms existing city greenery and open spaces into more housing, because that is more profitable for the city council.

by rapnie 3y ago

zoover2020 3y ago

I love this. Also, beautiful way to cater to both adults and kids by their cheeky language such as "heel Holland wipt", or " wipper van de maand"

yurishimo 3y ago

This is a side rant, but as a newcomer to your wonderful country, it’s depressing how many homes for sale have completed tiled backyards. I totally get it from a maintenance perspective, especially when they are so small already, but at least get fake turf or something! Hopefully in another twenty years there will be more grass :)

ragebol 3y ago
There's a whole Twitter/Mastodon account dedicated to this, with many before/after comparisons when a house gets sold. Really depressing sometimes when beautiful trees get cut down for example https://mastodon.social/@onderhoudsarmoe https://mastodon.social/@onderhoudsarmoe The name is pun, directly translated it's 'maintenance poverty'

nomercy400 3y ago

Although a good initiative, it has been the trend in the Netherlands by project an city planners to build new neighborhoods without a front lawn, directly next to the small walking street, followed by a parking spot and then street. There are no longer trees, grass, greenery or shrubberies being planted by the city council, like they did in the 80s. And the trend recently is also 'verdichting', which basically transforms existing city greenery and open spaces into more housing, because that is more profitable for the city council.