An experiment was set up in Rotterdam to find the optimal mowing method for the municipality to enhance biodiversity. Urban ecologists have called this ‘mosaic mowing’. This type of mowing is used for broader roadside verges with nutrient-rich soil. With […]
4.5 Forest Garden
An edible forest garden is a forest ecosystem related to permaculture gardening, in which a wealth of edible or otherwise usefull species is laid out. Although the principle is ancient and can be found in many cultures, it was reintroduced […]
4.5 Permacultuur
Het begrip permacultuur is geïntroduceerd door de Australische biologen Bill Mollison en David Holmgren. Aan de basis staat het ecologisch ontwerpen en onderhouden van een tuin met als doel voedselvoorziening, verbetering van de waterhuishouding en bodemecologie, productie van biobrandstof of […]
3.2 Fledermausturm
A change of function for buildings that have become obsolete is no exception nowadays. But reuse of a residential building as a flat for bats is unique. The German town of Meiningen was home to a colony of approximately six […]
4.7 Crinkle Crankle wall Distripark Eemhaven
A crinkle crankle wall is a winding masonry wall that used to be placed in orchards to protect the trees. The wall provides sheltered spots in the bends where wind-sensitive species and those that require a slightly higher temperature can […]
4.6 Eco-Wadi
Een wadi (Arabisch voor een droogstaande rivierbedding) is een in Nederland vaak toegepast techniek, vooral in buitenwijken met veel groene zones rond de woningen, die zorgt voor tijdelijke buffering van overvloedig regenwater. De omgeving van de wadi wordt daarmee omgevormd […]
3.2 Bat Bridge
The Vlotwateringbrug, popularly called the ‘bat bridge’, is part of the Poelzone, a new green recreational corridor with nature-friendly banks and spawning grounds for fish. Because the bridge is located on the flight path of different bat species, it was […]
4.2 City garden Kempkensberg
The garden of the government office Kempkensberg in Groningen is not only there to enjoy for the approximately 3,000 employees of the Education Executive Agency and Regional Tax Office, but for all the people in the city. Covering an area […]
4.8 Circulair breeding groud De Ceuvel
For a period of ten years, the site of the former shipyards De Ceuvel-Volharding in Amsterdam is home to workplaces, offices, workshops and a café. A winding jetty connects the different units. Under the jetty and between the units, there […]
4.2 Polder roof / NIOO-KNAW
Vegetated roofs can play an important role as oases where plants and animals (especially birds and insects) feel at home. By now, many versions have been developed, each with its own specific merits. In Wageningen, there is an experiment with […]