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Bee-friendly plants! Ten favourite flowers for bees and other insects!

  • 1 April 2026

More and more people are putting up bee hotels in their gardens or on their balconies. A brilliant idea, of course, but without flowers, bees won't benefit much from them...

The Bee Arch: How to Provide Flowers for Bees All Year Round

  • 1 April 2026

Plant a few bee-friendly plants in your garden, that's a great start. But did you know that bees need food from early spring until late autumn...

Visiting the hedgehog sanctuary!

  • 6 March 2026

In winter, it is a regular feature in the news: the hedgehog shelter is full. Volunteers sound the alarm, as more hedgehogs come in than...

Why stoking a wood stove or fire is not a good idea

  • 4 March 2026

Sitting by the fireplace during a cold winter's evening or a fire in the garden on a summer's evening, it feels cosy. We thought so too....

Feeding birds: why you should always get bird food from a net

  • 26 January 2026

Well-meaning, of course, such nets of bird food to help the birds in the garden. But those nets can be dangerous. Birds can get tangled in them...

Painting job? Check out Moose Färg!

  • 29 December 2025

At thegreenlist.nl, we regularly get questions about painting. Because yes, how do you tackle such a paint job in a more sustainable way? Paint is pretty heady stuff after all: chemical...

Pure Charcoal by Big Green Egg: barbecuing without a plume of smoke

  • 8 September 2025

If you like to barbecue on charcoal at home, we have a tip. There is a new type of charcoal that not only burns cleaner, but also burns significantly...

Sustainable outing in Amsterdam: Mot butterfly garden in Mokum

  • 19 May 2025

We have another one: a hidden gem. And this time in Amsterdam-North. There you'll find Butterfly Garden Mot in Mokum, where butterflyman Nicky works with...

Food banks for bees: free native flower seeds

  • 13 April 2025

Have you picked up your free bag of native flower seed yet? Every year around mid-April, you can collect it from one of the bee food banks....

Have you heard of the seed library?

  • 9 April 2025

We read in the local paper about something we liked so much that we had to share it with you: the seed library. In more and more...

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