Children from group 7/8 of primary school De Avonturijn in Berg aan de Maas rolled up their sleeves to plant 80 young summer lindens along the dike of the Julianakanaal. The new trees form a beautiful row along the recently renovated Eastern Canal Road.
These finishing works are part of the development plan with which Rijkswaterstaat is tidying up the area around the Julianakanaal for the future.
Trees return
Between Berg bridge and Obbicht bridge there were previously so-called canal-accompanying trees. Now that the Van den Herik construction site is no longer needed, the previously borrowed lands along the canal are empty again and ready for use by farmers.
Slowly but surely all storage locations and work sites are disappearing. In their place, among other things, these trees are now returning. Especially for De Avonturijn, IVN Stein-Elsoo and Stichting De Rollen also created teaching materials about the importance of trees in the living environment.
The school class was previously involved in the implementation of the canal widening. This was the conclusion of a mega project in their backyard.
Heart-shaped leaf
The summer lindens have the coming winter to further root. In spring, the characteristic heart-shaped leaf will be visible. The ‘Tilia platyphyllos’, as this linden species is called by its Latin name, emits a softly sweet scent in summer.
Lindens are ideal for avenue planting and in this case form a recognizable natural boundary between the water and the Eastern Canal Road. This road will be reopened for destination traffic at the end of 2025.
