Mini forest at Nijmegen primary school returns after blunder

The company that accidentally mowed away a ‘mini forest’ at a primary school in Nijmegen will pay for the construction of a new mini forest. This is reported by the parties involved, including the company that supplied the mower and primary school Child Center Aquamarijn.

Students from the school who helped build the destroyed grove are going to replace it tiny forest design with an architect.

It tiny forest became last week reduced to rubble. The forest was almost the size of a tennis court and was planted two years ago by the primary school children. There were all kinds of native plants and trees that were now 1.5 to 2 meters high. The costs of the construction of the mini forest amounted to 22,000 euros.

Today, agreements have been made for a new mini forest. “The parties are pleased with the current approach and will do their utmost to make the new mini forest a success,” they write in a joint statement. A spokesperson for the municipality of Nijmegen late Broadcasting Gelderland know it was a good conversation. “The atmosphere is positive and we are going to solve it.”

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