GPOD on the Road: Keukenhof Garden Park, Part 1

Visiting an iconic spring display in the Netherlands with millions of bulbs at peak color

Happy Monday GPODers !

If you saw our post on Friday ( Check it out here if you miss it : Kielian in the Netherlands ) , you know which iconic garden we ’re visit today . Thanks to Kielian DeWitt , who made a late sojourn to the Netherlands , we ’re enjoying the famous spring bulb display atKeukenhof Parkin Lisse , Netherlands .

Over 7 million flowering tulip , daffodil and other bulb flowers can be seen every outflow at Keukenhof Garden Park , the largest flower garden in the globe . locate in the Netherlands , the commons is only open for 8 hebdomad a year from March to May when tourists can visit 79 acres of riotous spring plantings . The tulip farm in endearing belt of colour in a originative landscape painting design which deepen every year . At the end of every bound time of year , all of the medulla oblongata are dug up and every fall , new lightbulb are planted .

Keukenhof can be go steady back to the 15th century , first being used as hunting earth forTeylingen Castle , but became the garden we know today in 1950 after 20 head flower light bulb growers and exporters transformed the landed estate into an exhibit for spring - flowering bulbs .

As Kielian mentions above , a signature factor of the pattern at Keukenhof is immense swaths of color . One cultivar of a special mintage will be used in mass to create , bold , dramatic shapes .

These mass are planted with such preciseness and order , that the designers are able to create incredible human body and composition . Keukenhof has an awful drone video of the garden on their YouTube channel that gives a great perspective on how all these beds flow together : A bird ’s eye view of Keukenhof 2021 .

But even from Kielian ’s photos , you’re able to see the immaculate rows that create boundaries and steer you through the space .

In our household gardens , we often render to endeavour for diversity , for the welfare of our designs and the benefit of our ecosystem . In this specific mise en scene , however , the sameness creates something so spectacular and celebratory . It ’s like a festival for these harbingers of natural spring . It also honors the national flower of the Netherlands , the tulip . While many species of spring bulbs are on display , tulips are unquestionably the most abundant and most wide-ranging . Above is a sensational lily bloom ‘ Claudia ’ ( Tulipa‘Queensday ’ , Zones 3–8 ) .

Of course , mass is n’t the only figure trend utilized . As we saw in a duo of thephotos yesterday , different type of spring bulbs in gorgeous colouring material palette are mixed with adequate precision .

Here , crown imperial ( Fritillariaimperialis , geographical zone 4–8)—an often under - appreciated medulla oblongata — are highlighted in beautiful borders around schematic carving .

While the diverse array of bulbs and combinations has been expansive , this is just the backsheesh of the iceberg . As Kielian mentioned in her introduction , Keukenhof is 79 land of bounce bulb blooms . With verbatim access tothe wealthiness of bulbsin the “ Flower Capital of the World ” and top producer and exporter of tulip in the public , the possibilities are sempiternal .

Luckily for us , Kielian was very generous with her exposure , and we have even more of this vast garden to enjoy . condition back in to Garden Photo of the Day tomorrow , because we will be returning to Keukenhof to see more of these fabulous floral designs .

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GPOD on the Road: Keukenhof Garden Park, Part 2

GPOD on the Road: Kielian in the Netherlands

GPOD on the Road: Keukenhof, Part 2

GPOD on the Road: Keukenhof

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