One thing that I really really like about living in Amsterdam, is that we have trees and plants everwhere. Also, for 2 years now, city stopped cutting most of the plant growth in parks and on the side of roads. Its so beautiful green and colourful now and insects are having a great time. I counted this year already 6 different sorts of humblebees in my garden.

Also us Dutchies have this thing called "tegelwippen":

https://www.nk-tegelwippen.nl

It's a competition about which municipality can remove most pavement tiles & replace with greenery.

People do this on their own too - guerilla gardening style. It's not uncommon to ride through a city street, and see a strip of pavement tiles removed & some flowers in there. Or some plants dangling from a pot attached to a street light. As long as postal workers & elderly people with strollers can still pass, most municipalities support this.

This is a good reminder that "green" does not have to mean perfectly manicured