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What could be better than enjoying a green garden when the weather is nice? Did you know that turning your garden, balcony, and street into a green oasis has immediate positive benefits for you and your environment? We list six benefits for you!
1. Enjoy birds, butterflies, and other critters
A green flowering garden provides a home for birds, hedgehogs, bees, and butterflies. They find food, shelter, and nesting facilities in a green garden. This is not only fun to watch and listen to, but also useful, because bees pollinate plants. In addition, insects, birds, and hedgehogs ensure that your garden remains healthy and free of pests. So you improve the biodiversity in your own garden!
2. Plants and trees collect rainwater
A green garden ensures that rainwater is better absorbed into the soil. You can disconnect your downspout so that the water no longer flows to the sewer but to your garden. This way you prevent the sewer from becoming overloaded so that streets and the tiled part of your garden are less likely to be flooded. In this way, clean rainwater no longer needs to be purified unnecessarily.
3. Staying well in hot summers
A green garden retains heat for much less time than a tiled garden. As a result, the environment heats up less quickly and it is cooler around your house in hot summers. So it works as natural air conditioning.
4. Better air quality and traffic noise are muted
A green garden captures more CO2, produces oxygen, and filters particulate matter. In addition to the fact that plants provide better air, it also produces less noise nuisance. Plants are very good at dampening sound. For example, a single tree can dampen up to 10Db of sound.
5. A green garden makes you happy
A green garden is good for your health, according to various studies by, among others, the university in Wageningen. It makes you happier, it helps you relax better, and reduces stress. And who wouldn’t be happy with all those cheerful flowers, birds, butterflies, and bees around you?
6. Subsidy for a green garden
Are you convinced to replace the tiles with green? There is a good chance that your municipality will collect it from you for free. Always check this with your own municipality to be sure. You can also apply for a subsidy from many municipalities for the construction of a green roof, the disconnection of the drainpipe, or the replacement of tiles.
In short, you can make your garden, balcony, or street bloom. And that is not only good xx1toto for the climate and biodiversity, but also for your health. And no, you don’t need a green thumb. So get started.
