Tile lifting 2025
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Neighbourhood event: Tegelwippen 2025
Tiles out, plants in!
It's that time again! On Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 12:00 to 16:00, our annual tile swap event will take place. Bring your tiles and receive free plants!
During the fourth edition of our neighborhood event, you can exchange tiles from the pavement in front of your house or your garden for beautiful plants. Drop off your tiles at the container in front of the Trefcentrum/Library Duinoord, Sweelinckplein 42 (corner of Reinkenstraat), and swap them for greenery!
Where can the tiles come from?
- Front and back gardens
- Sidewalk in front of your house
- Everyone is welcome to remove one and a half sidewalk tiles (45 cm) along the entire façade and turn it into a small front garden. The front garden should not extend to your neighbor’s property, unless you have their permission. Be sure to leave at least 1.5 meters of walking space on the sidewalk.
- Consider other locations as well, such as neighborhood gardens, playgrounds, or a shared inner courtyard.
What can you expect on Saturday, May 10, 2025?
- For every tile you bring, you’ll receive a native plant from an organic grower. Native plants are great for biodiversity.
- Advice from an ecological gardener on the dos and don’ts of creating and maintaining a green facade garden.
- Help from an enthusiastic neighborhood team with tile removal, moving the tiles, and creating the facade garden.
- A friendly atmosphere with the chance to meet your neighbors while enjoying a cup of coffee or tea.
How can you sign up?
- Ready to swap some tiles? You’ll need to sign up in advance so we can determine the size of the container and order the right number of plants. Sign-up is open until May 6, 2025.
- Please indicate how many tiles you plan to bring
And what else is there to experience?
- Pick up a climbing plant and green up your façade. Over the past two years, the Groen Duinoord Working Group has distributed climbing plants on Tweede Schuytstraat and Obrechtstraat. They’ll continue this initiative. Who in Obrechtstraat is interested? (For more information, visit the Groen Duinoord working group website or email vhekking@kpnmail.nl)
- Mini Information market cork-sedum roofs. In 2024 a pilot, Duinoord under the cork, took place, the results of which are shared. You will also find examples available and information about the possibilities
Did you know that…?
… that facade gardens are crucial for biodiversity in the city? Recent research by Leiden University shows that they are home to birds, insects and other animals. The study found 235 plant species and 154 insect species in just 100 m2 of facade garden. That’s even more than in some natural areas.
… that from March 21 to October 31, 2025 the
National Tile-Lifting Championship (NK Tegelwippen) will take place? Municipalities across the Netherlands will compete against each other: who will lift the most tiles? The Hague is participating again, including Duinoord.
… that in the past two years, more than 60 households have participated and together we have lifted over 1300 tiles? It would be amazing if, with your help we could achieve even more this year. Will you join us? Sign up!
