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The procession consisted then of a couple with flower garlands and flower lingers, decorated trucks and handcarts. The local band preceded. The first flower parade of the bulb region dates back to the year 1947, while it was Willem Warmenhoven, an amaryllis grower from Hillegom, who was the creator of the first adult float in the shape of a ...
These flowers are often grown primarily for the bulb, not the flower. After they have bloomed, the flowers are decapitated. The flower may be used in floral wreaths. In the summer the bulbs are dug out and the plant remains are burned in the fields. The bulbs are sorted, the bulbs large enough to flower being sold and the smaller bulbs replanted.
This area, which includes Keukenhof flower garden, is the best known flower region. There are a few flower fields in the area south of Leiden (Wassenaar and Voorschoten) There are a few flower fields on the South Holland islands of Voorne-Putten and Goeree-Overflakkee. These fields are found in the sandy clay ground behind the dunes.
Bulb flowers and especially tulips and lilies were for Flower Auction from its inception important products. Other flowers were auctioned from about 1927. In 1980, the new auction complex was put into operation just outside Katwijk on the municipal boundary with Oegstgeest.
The Aalsmeer Flower Auction building is the ninth largest building by floor area in the world, covering 999,000 square metres (10,750,000 sq ft; 247 acres). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Flowers from all over the world — Europe , Israel , Ecuador , Colombia , Ethiopia , Kenya , and other countries — are traded every day in this gigantic building.
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Keukenhof, the park as it is now known, was established in 1949 by a consortium of bulb growers and flower exporters to showcase their products and support the export industry. The garden opened to the public in 1950 and received 200,000 visitors in its first year. [ 13 ]
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