{
    "title": "De Annuntiatenstraat in Merksem vergroent met 19 nieuwe geveltuintjes",
    "modified_at": "2026-09-24 11:45:27",
    "published_at": "2026-09-24 11:30:00",
    "url": "https://pers.merksem.be/de-annuntiatenstraat-in-merksem-vergroent-met-19-nieuwe-geveltuintjes",
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    "subtitle": "24/9/2026",
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    "body": "<p><strong>Twee enthousiaste overbuurvrouwen uit de Annuntiatenstraat gingen een tijdje geleden deur aan deur in hun straat om promotie te maken voor het aanleggen van een geveltuintje. Liefst 19 bewoners waren enthousiast en het resultaat is een mooiere en groenere straat.</strong></p><p>Greet en Nienke hebben een hart voor groen en in hun ogen was hun straat veel te grijs. Ze zagen binnen de samenwerking tussen district Merksem en Klimplant vzw in de aanpalende Terlindenhofstraat meer dan 20 geveltuintjes ontstaan en besloten in hun eigen straat hetzelfde te proberen. Na hun deur-aan-deuractie vroegen 19 buren een geveltuintje aan. Maatwerkbedrijf Manus zorgde in opdracht van district Merksem voor de uitvoering.</p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-left release-content-image--wrap\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 480px\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/d7a408fa-c7a6-4f27-8686-18092e6bfb11/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                    srcset=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/d7a408fa-c7a6-4f27-8686-18092e6bfb11/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/ 1x, https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/d7a408fa-c7a6-4f27-8686-18092e6bfb11/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/ 2x\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"\"\n                id=\"image-d7a408fa-c7a6-4f27-8686-18092e6bfb11\"\n                data-id=\"d7a408fa-c7a6-4f27-8686-18092e6bfb11\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/d7a408fa-c7a6-4f27-8686-18092e6bfb11/-/inline/no/20260923+Annuntiatenstraat5.jpg\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/d7a408fa-c7a6-4f27-8686-18092e6bfb11/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"Story image\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"></figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<blockquote>Greet: &ldquo;We verdeelden en kochten inheemse en bijenvriendelijke plantjes en staken samen met de buren de handen uit de mouwen. Na de aanleg van de tuintjes genoten we samen van een hapje en drankje.&rdquo;</blockquote><blockquote>Nienke: &ldquo;Onze straat oogt met de geveltuintjes meteen een stuk gezelliger.&rdquo; </blockquote><p>Sinds dit jaar kunnen Merksemnaren gratis een geveltuintje laten installeren. In het voorjaar gebeurde dat op 23 adressen. In september kwamen er nog eens 27 bij. Samen met de geveltuintjes van het project met Klimplant vzw, werden er in Merksem in 2026 al meer dan 70 geveltuinen aangelegd. </p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/1f8bc4ae-ce23-4bff-b54e-5338784a22a0/-/crop/3000x1573/0,1595/-/preview/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                    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