Muestra de flores y tulipanes cultivados en Holanda

1. SPRING….like you've never seen it
before !

2. Keukenhof – known as the Garden of Europe – is the one of the best places to view the
abundance of spring flowers in the South Holland region of the Netherlands

3. Amsterdam's flower market – the Bloemenmarkt
– reflects the country's passion for cut flowers and plants

4. Around seven million bulbs are planted each year in the park at Keukenhof,
in an area of 32 hectares

5. The Bloemenmarkt - set on the capital's Singel canal and said to be the world's only
floating flower market - has a score of stalls where you can buy all sorts of plants,
flowers, bulbs and seeds

6. The mild climate of Holland, with its wet springs makes
it an ideal place for bulb cultivation

7. Tulips originated in the east and were brought to Holland from the Ottoman
Empire in the mid 1500s

8. In springtime, the lowland area by the North Sea is carpeted with fields of gladiol
hyacinths, lilies, daffodils, crocuses... and, of course, tulips

9. Keukenhof - literally 'kitchen garden' - is part of the hunting grounds
of the ancient Teylingen estate

10. This year, the theme for the Keukenhof exhibition is Germany: Land of Poets
and Philosophers

11. The patchwork quilt of colours in the Keukenhof park, just outside Lisse in
South Holland, is a veritable feast for the eyes

12. The bulbs of Keukenhof are re-planted each year according to the current
trends and in collaboration with a number of gardening magazines

13. Spring in Keukenhof is one of the main tourist attractions of the Netherlands

14. The best way to appreciate the full glory of the Dutch spring is to hir ea
bike and cycle one of the tourist routes among the bulb fields