The tulip garden in the Netherlands opened its doors

Keukenhof, one among the world’s largest flower gardens in the Netherlands, has began to welcome its guests once more.

The garden, situated in the metropolis of Lisse, had been closed for some time resulting from the coronavirus epidemic and opened its doors for the 73rd time this 12 months.

This 12 months’s theme at Keukenhof, which has an essential share in the nation’s tourism, was decided as “floral classics”.

7 MILLION tulip bulbs planted

With this theme, consideration will probably be drawn to the incontrovertible fact that the flower has been an essential component in artwork, structure and design for hundreds of years.

Keukenhouf official Britt Varkevisser said that roughly 7 million tulip bulbs belonging to 1600 species have been planted in the gardens.

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THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD

Varkevisser identified that the preparations for the garden, the place many species of tulips in the world are exhibited, took months. The Keukenhof garden is just open for 8 weeks resulting from the brief lifespan of the tulip.

In Keukenhof, which has the title of the largest tulip garden in the world, with an space of ​​roughly 32 hectares, totally different exhibitions and reveals are additionally held in accordance with the themes.

1 MILLION VISITOR EXPECTATION

In response to the promotional knowledge of Keukenhof, Germans, Individuals, French, British and Chinese language are in the first place amongst the guests, 80 p.c of whom are international vacationers, after the Dutch.

A million persons are anticipated to go to Keukenhof this 12 months. Keukenhof, which was based for the first time in 1949 with the thought of ​​holding a joint exhibition by 10 tulip producers, had been visited by 236,000 folks in its first 12 months.

MOVED FROM ANATOLIA

Keukenhof additionally has the function of a global platform the place Dutch tulip bulb and flower growers exhibit their merchandise.

In the promotional brochures of Keukenhof, which incorporates info that the tulip was delivered to the Netherlands from Anatolia and that the Ottoman sultans had a particular curiosity in the tulip, it’s defined how the tulip turned the image of the Netherlands over time.

THEY EXPORT TULIP

Producing greater than 4 billion tulip bulbs per 12 months, the Dutch export almost half of them. 25 p.c of them are despatched to the USA and 60 p.c to European nations.