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Amsterdam Green! Festival (100% Pesticide-Free!)

Why are pesticide-free and native plants so important for biodiversity? And where in Amsterdam can you buy them? These questions and more will be answered on Sunday, 26 May, during the free Amsterdam Green! Festival, from 11:00 to 18:00 at the city nursery Noorderbloemen. Expect an organic (plant) market, workshops & lectures from green experts, music, and a pop-up café.

Free entrance

Amsterdam Green! Festival (100% Pesticide-Free!)

Dates
Sun 26 May11:00 - 18:00
Location
Kwekerij Noorderbloemen
Heggerankweg 61
1032 JC Amsterdam
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Speakers and Workshops

Here is a list of people coming to speak about nature/gardening and biodiversity; the entire program and schedule can be found on the website.

  • Katja Staring, Slowflowers book, about poison-free flower cultivation.
  • Elise Groothuis or Miss in 't Groen, ecological garden designer.
  • Nicky Castricum from Butterfly Garden Mot in Mokum.
  • Koen Wonders, urban ecologist Bird Atlas Amsterdam.
  • Wildflowers Amsterdam, workshop 'Biodiversity in your own organic flower picking garden'.
  • Diana Jurgens from tuinvrouwen.nl, tips & tricks of urban gardening.
  • Caspar Janssen, 'The Bee Balcony'.

Of course, the Amsterdam growers also have their say:

  • Alies Fernhout from De Tuinakker nursery.
  • Paul Wiering from Kwekerij Wiering.
  • Dagmar van Wijngaarden and Daniel Naamani from Noorderbloemen.
Free entrance

Amsterdam Green! Festival (100% Pesticide-Free!)

Dates
Sun 26 May11:00 - 18:00
Location
Kwekerij Noorderbloemen
Heggerankweg 61
1032 JC Amsterdam
Contact
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