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Flower Meadow in the Making – Langen Akker

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Flower Meadow in the Making – Langen Akker

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Flower Meadow in the Making – Langen Akker

Name: Flower Meadow in the Making – Langen Akker
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Location: Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands

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1. Boundary Marker 23 – Countryside Around Noorbeek loop from Mheer

8.45km

02:20

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2. View of the Noor Valley – View of 's-Gravenvoeren loop from Noorbeek

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04:29

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3. Path Through the Fields – View of the Noor Valley loop from Mheer

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03:42

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Miranda 🥾 TriA© / Johnny

June 23, 2025

Extra information brochure under the information board.
If not present, the relevant information is below:

Restoration of chalk grasslands and water systems in the Noordal

The Noordal is one of the most enchanting Natura 2000 areas in the Netherlands. In the coming period, we will be carrying out work to strengthen this unique area.

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Miranda 🥾 TriA© / Johnny

June 23, 2025

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Rare nature is given plenty of space again in the Noordal
In the Noordal, marshy hayfields and swamp forests are interrupted by high-stemmed orchards and dry slopes. This makes it a home for all kinds of plants and animals. In the coming period, we will be working on the restoration of chalk grasslands and water systems in this special area.

Poor soil, rich nature
You rarely come across chalk grasslands in the Netherlands. Well-developed chalk grasslands are full of flowering herbs in spring and summer, such as hairy rattle and guinen primrose. You traditionally find them on dry, poor slopes where the chalk is shallow in the soil.

Research
Many of these chalk grasslands have become so nutrient-rich that the typical species hardly grow there anymore. Natuurmonumenten has conducted research in the Noordal into possibilities for restoration. Often the enrichment of the soil is so great that restoration is no longer possible. But fortunately there are also promising locations.

Working on recovery
In places where recovery is possible, we scrape the soil by about 15 to 35 cm. This causes the nutrient-rich top layer to disappear. At a number of strategic points, small earth banks are constructed and hedges are planted. This gives rainwater more time to seep into the soil, which helps prevent flooding and desiccation. Some of the scraped-off areas remain open for pioneer plants, which like to grow on bare spots. We apply grass cuttings to another area,

Smart water management
Heavy rain showers increasingly cause flooding, also in the Noordal. This is because long periods of drought and rain alternate. After a dry period, the soil absorbs water poorly. Rainwater flows over agricultural land and roads to the Noor. In the stream, the water flows so quickly that the bed continues to erode, which not only causes flooding but also desiccation.
Protection
That is why we are closing off or making some side streams of the Noor less deep. Rainwater then flows less quickly to the Noor. The groundwater will rise locally. In this way we protect, among other things, the Noorbeemden, a nature reserve along the Noor with limestone tufa springs, wet hayfields and special wet forests.

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Miranda 🥾 TriA© / Johnny

June 23, 2025

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Strong together for nature
Natuurmonumenten is working on a rich and resilient nature in the Noordal. We do this with the support of the Nature Programme for Natura 2000 areas, with which the province and the national government support the restoration of vulnerable nature areas. In this way, we work together to preserve nature.

Natuurmonumenten is also working with the Limburg Water Board, the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, the Province of Limburg, LLTB and Rademacher / De Vries to make the water system in the Noordal future-proof. The 'Liquid Commons' project addresses water nuisance, drought and water quality.

Want to know more?
Scan the QR code
natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebieden/noordal/projecten/natuurherstel-in-natura-2000-gebied-het-noordal
for excursions and more information about nature restoration in the Noordal. Or ask your question by email: zuidlimburg@natuurmonumenten.nl

Nature needs you
We cannot live without nature. And nature cannot live without people who protect it. As a member of Natuurmonumenten, you belong to the largest nature movement in our country.
Together we work towards a more natural Netherlands.

Choose your membership at: natuurmonumenten.nl/word-nu-lid

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Distance 610 m

Uphill 30 m

Downhill 10 m

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Flower Meadow in the Making – Langen Akker

1. Boundary Marker 23 – Countryside Around Noorbeek loop from Mheer

2. View of the Noor Valley – View of 's-Gravenvoeren loop from Noorbeek

3. Path Through the Fields – View of the Noor Valley loop from Mheer

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