diff --git a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/default.xml b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/default.xml
index 5420e6b2..1bce396f 100644
--- a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/default.xml
+++ b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/default.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@
         <m k="landuse|natural|leisure|amenity|tourism">
             <!-- kind of more like landuse imho -->
             <m k="leisure|landuse" v="nature_reserve">
-                <area use="greens2" />
+                <area src="assets:patterns/nature-reserve.png" stroke="#6fc18e"
+                    stroke-width="0.2" />
                 <m zoom-min="14">
                     <line cap="butt" fix="true" stroke="#abe29c" width="1.0" />
                 </m>
diff --git a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/mapzen.xml b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/mapzen.xml
index 3be8656c..3323854b 100644
--- a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/mapzen.xml
+++ b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/mapzen.xml
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@
         <m k="kind">
             <!-- kind of more like landuse imho -->
             <m v="nature_reserve">
-                <area use="greens2" />
+                <area src="assets:patterns/nature-reserve.png" stroke="#6fc18e"
+                    stroke-width="0.2" />
                 <m zoom-min="14">
                     <line cap="butt" fix="true" stroke="#abe29c" width="1.0" />
                 </m>
diff --git a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/newtron.xml b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/newtron.xml
index 4452ee8b..7fe54869 100644
--- a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/newtron.xml
+++ b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/newtron.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
         <m k="landuse|natural|leisure||amenity">
             <!-- kind of more like landuse imho -->
             <m k="leisure|landuse" v="nature_reserve">
-                <area use="greens2" />
+                <area src="assets:patterns/nature-reserve.png" stroke="#6fc18e"
+                    stroke-width="0.2" />
                 <m zoom-min="14">
                     <line cap="butt" fix="true" stroke="#abe29c" width="1.0" />
                 </m>
diff --git a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/openmaptiles.xml b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/openmaptiles.xml
index 30e0d801..f3afd579 100644
--- a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/openmaptiles.xml
+++ b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/openmaptiles.xml
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@
     <m k="layer" v="park">
         <m k="class">
             <m v="national_park|nature_reserve">
-                <area use="greens2" />
+                <area src="assets:patterns/nature-reserve.png" stroke="#6fc18e"
+                    stroke-width="0.2" />
             </m>
         </m>
     </m>
diff --git a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/tronrender.xml b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/tronrender.xml
index a4c24ea6..99b80a00 100644
--- a/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/tronrender.xml
+++ b/vtm-themes/resources/assets/vtm/tronrender.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
         <m k="landuse|natural|leisure||amenity">
             <!-- kind of more like landuse imho -->
             <m k="leisure|landuse" v="nature_reserve">
-                <area use="greens2" />
+                <area src="assets:patterns/nature-reserve.png" stroke="#6fc18e"
+                    stroke-width="0.2" />
                 <m zoom-min="14">
                     <line cap="butt" fix="true" stroke="#abe29c" width="1.0" />
                 </m>