Zandhoven summer flower cycling tour

This route is active during the summer months of 2021. Residents of the districts Zandhoven, Pulderbos, Pulle, Viersel, and Massenhoven sowed flowers in the spring that bloom throughout the summer and provide food for bees, butterflies, and insects. Zandhoven Natuurlijk mapped out several walking routes along the flowers and a number of interesting sustainable initiatives.
This bike ride connects all the municipalities and leads you past the main highlights of the walks.
We have listed them in order starting from the grain mill of Pulderbos, but you can start the bike route from any municipality!
Grain Mill Pulderbos:
Beehives 'The bee belongs'
Local beekeeping association
flower strip
This flower strip was sown by the Molenkring
Roosten 30
Bonnekes forest
Here you are immediately at the address of the home base of Zandhoven Natuurlijk! When 'Bonneke' is at home, she will gladly tell you more about her garden and about Zandhoven Natuurlijk! This year the garden has been enhanced with bee-friendly flowers, perennials, trees, shrubs, and a food forest full of fruit. The front garden is freely accessible for plucky children! Inspiration garden for those who wish to create a biodiverse garden.
Zandbeekstraat 24
Garden of today
At the border of Zandhoven and Pulderbos in Zandbeekstraat, a strip of wildflower meadow is being planted for the third consecutive year at number 24. From the road, you can see a large diversity of annual and biennial flowers against the Willeboerebeek at the back. A delightful banquet for bees, bumblebees, butterflies, and other insects. In 2020, together with the neighbors, a long wood edge was provided so that birds and small game can find shelter in the coming years. In a third phase, thoughtful planting of various trees and shrubs with edible fruits followed. It is wonderful to see what you can achieve when people work together!
Zandbeekstraat 33
Here lives a beekeeper
Liersebaan and Herentalsebaan: here you will regularly come across a sown plot of wildflowers. Our municipal gardening service has chosen a bio-mix of selected seeds from our own region.
Straateinde 78 Viersel
Experience farm The own being
Caring for people and caring for animals at farm 'Under the willow'
Cauwenberglei 80 Pulle
The Hoeve
This family dairy farm is located in an oasis of green. Take a seat on the beautiful terrace under the trees and enjoy the best ice creams our region has to offer.
Vroegeinde 10 Pulle
At Vroegeinde, you cycle past the bio vegetable garden of Jos Belmans. Prick up your ears and enjoy the clucking of the hens and the quacking of the Barbary ducks while listening to the buzzing of numerous bumblebees and bees collecting pollen and nectar from the unique collection of bee-friendly plants and trees. Son-in-law Bert expands the collection annually with his hobby beekeeping and tree planting Bij & Boom.
Dorpsstraat Pulle
Here is the Garden of the pastor. The ladies of Ferm! arrange the garden each season according to a specific theme.
Cauwenberglei and Blauwhoef Pulle
You pass by the Little Devils' forest, which the young footballers of KFC Pulle planted in 2019, and a wildflower meadow that was sown last year.
A little further up at “the plank” towards Pulderbos, the food forest of Oakland vzw is growing. Bruno, Kris, Luc, and numerous volunteers are transforming an old poplar forest into a valuable and future-oriented piece of nature reserve.
Elzenstraat 10 Pulderbos
Plant library
At Elzenstraat 10 in Pulderbos, you will find a plant library. It is a swap box where neighbors can make each other happy with seeds, plants, home-grown vegetables, herbs, flowers, plant books, and magazines. In short, it is a nice spot for anyone who wants to breathe new life into their little garden. Moreover, it often leads to new unexpected contacts, which is a nice bonus.
Beemdweg 16
Sown flowers in the front yard of a neighbor who has replaced a piece of lawn with a delicious bee buffet.
Hoge Dreef 7
inspiration garden 'Between forest and ponds'
At Hoge Dreef 7 in Pulderbos, you can stop to look at the garden Between forest and ponds.
Annie and Walter have long been avid gardening enthusiasts and have transformed their spacious garden of 35 ares into a true paradise.
Ring the bell and let yourself be guided through this vibrant oasis!
It is a naturally looking landscape lovers' garden with a wooded area, open area, and two large ponds.
The emphasis is on perennials, attractive for bees and butterflies, grouped in numerous mixed borders.
Trees and shrubs also play an important role. There are very many native species to be found in the garden. Welcome to their casual walking garden!
Boutersemdreef 12 Zandhoven
BarmHart: ecological joint gardening
In the beautiful Boutersemdreef at the Bautersemhof in Zandhoven lies the BarmHart garden. It is a place entirely situated in greenery where people garden together. There is plenty of planting, weeding, and harvesting done together, and those without green fingers can get a lot of tips to get on their way to gardening. For those who do not have their own garden but still love to garden, the BarmHart garden is a delightful place! The practical knowledge and skills of gardening are applied here in a very ecological way.
Rector de Ramstraat
Look for the house with the mailbox as shown in the photo. Here, a neighbor has sown flowers at the roadside!
Corner Rector de Ramstraat and Driehoekstraat
The vegetable garden of Gust and Jef Peeters
What a beautiful vegetable garden lies here! It is the pride of father Gust. Gust is now 85 and is assisted by his son Jef. Very important when you want to start your own vegetable garden is to make the soil as healthy as possible and to care for the soil.
Witte Hoeve 4
Philippe Persijn has sown the entire strip along the vegetable greenhouse full of flowers; expect a spectacular buffet of exuberant blooms that attract many bees and butterflies! You can go to Philippe for zucchini and potatoes.
Boskant 51
Carl is a beekeeper and sows here annually bio-friendly field flowers. He also protects the meadow from wind and sun by planting trees and shrubs along the boundary of the plot.