13:01 22.02.2011
Dutch Flower Park opens new season
Photo from keukenhof.nl
In the famous Dutch flower park Keukenhof March 24 opens a new season. This world-famous royal park of flowers located on the coast between Amsterdam and The Hague in the small town of Fox. Its territory stretched on the area of 32 hectares, is filled with many blooming tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, freesias, orchids and other bulbous plants. Here, festivals and flower shows, flower growers compete in creating floral arrangements. An unforgettable experience from park visitors leave the stunning colors and smells. Among this visually stunning splendor of colors are available as unusual works art.
The name Keukenhof, which translates as "kitchen garden", was due to the fact that the place of modern fleet once collect grass and seasonings for the kitchen of the castle by Jacob van buyers. Landscape architects YD and LP Zoher that sponsored the project for the Amsterdam "Vondelpark" received an order to design for the garden around the castle in 1840. This design, made in the English landscape style, and to this day is the basis of Keukenhof. In 1949, for the first time organized an exhibition of flowers in the open. This show has gradually become an annual event. Over 60 years, Keukenhof has become one of the major tourist attractions in the Netherlands. He was visited by nearly 45 million people. The largest garden bulb flowers in the world is also the most photographed place in the world.
Each new season in the park is dedicated to any country. In 2011 this country was selected as Germany. Keukenhof will give his "colorful" attention main export market of flowering bulbous plants, the country, giving the park the largest number of foreign visitors. A key target will be the spectacular mosaics in the form of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, created using more than 100 000 flowering bulbous plants. Open season of 2011, whose theme of "Germany: the land of poets and philosophers, on March 24 will come Bettina Wolfe, wife of German President Christian Wulff. Julian Hall draw visitors' attention on the relationship between the Netherlands and Germany, representing the Centre experience the Netherlands and Germany: three rooms in which relations between the two countries are in the spotlight. Visitors enjoy the atmosphere of relations with the images, light, sound and scenery.
Royal Park Keukenhof flower is under the patronage of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Her name is named one of the pavilions, which are held annual exhibitions colors. This year it will host an exhibition of orchids. Orchid has about 25,000 species, and thus constitutes the largest-size family plants on Earth. On the area of 1000 m ² will be on display hundreds of exotic flowers and plants, with magnificent colors and species. Starting from the opening day exhibition, and up until closing time, you can admire the Bromeliads and anthurium.
from 12 to 20 May in Hall Willem Alexander will be the world's largest exhibition of lilies, where visitors will see more than 30 000 300 different varieties of lilies.
1, 2 and 3 April Keukenhof decorates not only flowers, but hundreds of people dressed in Dutch national costumes, coming to the festival of national costumes.
And on Saturday, April 16, the Keukenhof will be one of the most important events - Flower Parade «Bloemencorso Bollenstreek» - a procession of different compositions, composed of flowers. He will proceed from Noordwijk to Haarlem (40 km) and completes its path during the day, passing along the boulevard Park «Keukenhof Corso Boulevard». This floral procession called "Lick Spring". The procession consists of more than 50 cars, richly decorated with flowers, accompanied by the following different orchestras.
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