If the municipality mows verges in the polder more often and immediately removes the clippings from some of them, fewer nutrients will enter the soil there. Harmful plants such as reed, thistle, Japanese knotweed and hogweed will then have less chance, while other, more welcome herbs will eventually provide more biodiversity. According to alderman Ten Have, this mainly concerns verges along the roads in the northern part of the polder, which has been designated as a nature reserve.
Eemnes wants poor verges in the polder: ‘Good for soil life’
