{"id":46199,"date":"2026-05-23T21:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/?p=46199"},"modified":"2026-05-24T23:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:49:49","slug":"gras-is-meer-dan-groen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/en\/gras-is-meer-dan-groen\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond green lawns\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46199\" class=\"elementor elementor-46199\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60598e3b elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60598e3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ec63157\" data-id=\"1ec63157\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d94222 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d94222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gestreepte-Witbol_Gras.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Gestreepte Witbol_Gras\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDYyMTAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0ZXItYW1zdGVsLm5sXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNVwvR2VzdHJlZXB0ZS1XaXRib2xfR3Jhcy5qcGVnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gestreepte-Witbol_Gras.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-46210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gestreepte-Witbol_Gras.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gestreepte-Witbol_Gras-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gestreepte-Witbol_Gras-768x572.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gestreepte-Witbol_Gras-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651c11a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651c11a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ILLUSTRATION (Jan Kops, c. 1800): The striped white ball thrives in almost any habitat<\/p><p>and can therefore rightly be called an invasive plant. So watch out for its cute little tufts!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b265f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9b265f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Beyond green lawns\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de9805 ha-has-bg-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1de9805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>A shameless war is raging at ground level at Wester-Amstel<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-20bcfc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20bcfc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-14509e0\" data-id=\"14509e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef60f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ef60f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MOST PEOPLE only know grass from the little lawn beneath the tree at that aunt and uncle\u2019s place in Laren, or, at the other extreme, from the elephant grass in which Meryl Streep attempts to hide in the rather sultry 'Out of Africa'.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>And then there\u2019s a generation (mine) that knows no better than that you\u2019re mainly supposed to smoke the stuff. But I never imagined that a highbrow game like croquet (a sort of golf for the motorically challenged), on the website of \u2018Pollennieuws\u2019, would set me off in search of the Striped White (<em>Holcus lanatus<\/em>). Or that I\u2019d be marvelling at the diversity of grass on Wester-Amstel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a303b5\" data-id=\"8a303b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e44382b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e44382b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Advanta-Ravot_Graas.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Advanta Ravot_Graas\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDYyMDksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0ZXItYW1zdGVsLm5sXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNVwvQWR2YW50YS1SYXZvdF9HcmFhcy5qcGVnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Advanta-Ravot_Graas.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-46209\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Advanta-Ravot_Graas.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Advanta-Ravot_Graas-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Advanta-Ravot_Graas-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Advanta-Ravot_Graas-12x12.jpeg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo: Advanta Ravot for a finer lawn.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ec719a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ec719a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The pitch on which the '<em>1st Wester-Amstel Croquet Tournament<\/em>took place had, in fact, been generously reseeded with <em>Advanta Ravot<\/em>beforehand. Not to be confused with <em>Advanta Tredvast<\/em>, which was sown on an obscure patch of ground by our entrance gate, or <em>Advanta Highway B3<\/em>, to be found on \u201c<em>the sunnier parts of the orchard lane<\/em>\u201d.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The question arises as to whether we have been using these seed mixtures for years, or whether a new \u2018Green Deal\u2019 is behind this. If the latter, I have a bad feeling about this. After all, we\u2019ve spent countless years hoeing ourselves senselessly, trying to keep the grasses out of the gravel of the central avenue. Now there\u2019s every chance that, thanks to this \u201creseeding\u201d, we\u2019ll soon have to hack our way through the park.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b676fc4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b676fc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festuca_rubra_-_Rot-Schwingel_Ableg.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Festuca_rubra_-_Rot-Schwingel_Ableg\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDYyMTEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0ZXItYW1zdGVsLm5sXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNVwvRmVzdHVjYV9ydWJyYV8tX1JvdC1TY2h3aW5nZWxfQWJsZWcuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1216\" height=\"988\" src=\"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festuca_rubra_-_Rot-Schwingel_Ableg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-46211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festuca_rubra_-_Rot-Schwingel_Ableg.jpg 1216w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festuca_rubra_-_Rot-Schwingel_Ableg-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festuca_rubra_-_Rot-Schwingel_Ableg-1024x832.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festuca_rubra_-_Rot-Schwingel_Ableg-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festuca_rubra_-_Rot-Schwingel_Ableg-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/wester-amstel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Festuca_rubra_-_Rot-Schwingel_Ableg-1200x975.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo (Ecopedia | Konrad Lackerbeck): Red fescue (Festuca rubra) requires little maintenance, but is oh so bold!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709c613 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"709c613\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;xMidYMid meet&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 126 26&#039; fill=&#039;black&#039; stroke=&#039;none&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M111.9,18.3v3.4H109v-3.4H111.9z M90.8,18.3v3.4H88v-3.4H90.8z M69.8,18.3v3.4h-2.9v-3.4H69.8z M48.8,18.3v3.4h-2.9v-3.4H48.8z M27.7,18.3v3.4h-2.9v-3.4H27.7z M6.7,18.3v3.4H3.8v-3.4H6.7z M46.4,4l4.3,4.8l-1.8,0l3.5,4.4l-2.2-0.1l3,3.3l-11,0.4l3.6-3.8l-2.9-0.1l3.1-4.2l-1.9,0L46.4,4z M111.4,4l2.4,4.8l-1.8,0l3.5,4.4l-2.5-0.1l3.3,3.3h-11l3.1-3.4l-2.5-0.1l3.1-4.2l-1.9,0L111.4,4z M89.9,4l2.9,4.8l-1.9,0l3.2,4.2l-2.5,0l3.5,3.5l-11-0.4l3-3.1l-2.4,0L88,8.8l-1.9,0L89.9,4z M68.6,4l3,4.4l-1.9,0.1l3.4,4.1l-2.7,0.1l3.8,3.7H63.8l2.9-3.6l-2.9,0.1L67,8.7l-2,0.1L68.6,4z M26.5,4l3,4.4l-1.9,0.1l3.7,4.7l-2.5-0.1l3.3,3.3H21l3.1-3.4l-2.5-0.1l3.2-4.3l-2,0.1L26.5,4z M4.9,4l3.7,4.8l-1.5,0l3.1,4.2L7.6,13l3.4,3.4H0l3-3.3l-2.3,0.1l3.5-4.4l-2.3,0L4.9,4z&#039;\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-595adea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"595adea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Text by<\/strong>: Ruud Vrielink<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ILLUSTRATIE (Jan Kops, ca 1800): De Gestreepte Witbol voelt zich in bijna elk biotoop thuis en kan daarom met recht een invasieve plant worden genoemd. 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