For those who aren't gifted with the dutch language (its easy to learn for enlgish speakers. Its like german but with english syntax. logical spelling and grammar thats really not that hard)<p>Anyway, Tegelwippen is where you "flip tiles" and replace them with plants. The basic play is that it reduces flooding, and regulates temperature. Plus its pretty.<p><a href="https://interlace-hub.com/national-dutch-championship-%E2%80%98tile-tipping%E2%80%99-nk-tegelwippen" rel="nofollow">https://interlace-hub.com/national-dutch-championship-%E2%80...</a><p>The thing that makes its dutch, is that they don't tend to use asphalt in holland for paving, its mostly tiles. This means that you don't need anything other than hand tooling to make a change.
I live in the Netherlands and I got a couple of hundred bucks of grants for removing all tiles in my backyard (previous owners put them in) and replacing them with grass. Obviously that didn't cover all the cost (and put in a bunch of back breaking work myself) but it's still a nice idea.
In Utrecht, the municipality will lend you a bakfiets with all the equipment you need (soil, shovel, tile cutter) to replace a few tiles in front of your house with plants. You don't need a permit to do it. <a href="https://www.utrecht.nl/wonen-en-leven/parken-en-groen/zelfbeheer/geveltuin/" rel="nofollow">https://www.utrecht.nl/wonen-en-leven/parken-en-groen/zelfbe...</a>
Super lekker!
(That means love love love)<p>As an American who lived in Amsterdam for 3 years, to learn from their horticultural and eco leadership, I can say this is perfectly typical of the Dutch. Smart, easy, sustainable, beautiful.