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  2. Keukenhof - Wikipedia

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    Keukenhof is situated on the 15th-century hunting grounds of Slot Teylingen; it was the castle's kitchen garden (in Dutch: keukentuin), providing game, fruit and vegetables. The most noted inhabitant, and beneficiary of the garden was Countess Jacoba van Beieren (1401–1436). [ 8 ]

  3. 12 spectacular things to do in Amsterdam in spring - AOL

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    During the Tulip Festival, blooming tulips can be seen all over the city at around 85 locations. Why do it in spring? Spring is the peak of tulip season, and the festival occurs annually from ...

  4. National Tulip Day - Wikipedia

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    National Tulip Day, 2013. National Tulip Day (Dutch: Nationale Tulpendag) is an annual event in January that preludes the tulip season in the Netherlands. The event has been held on the Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam since 2012. In 2021 and 2022 it was cancelled because of the Covid pandemic.

  5. Amsterdam in tulip season is short and sweet - AOL

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    Amsterdam in tulip season is short and sweet – but may be the most incredible time for a city break. Alison Kershaw. May 18, 2024 at 3:32 AM ... a show garden with more than one million tulips ...

  6. Tulip mania - Wikipedia

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    Tulip mania (Dutch: tulpenmanie) was a period during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels. The major acceleration started in 1634 and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637.

  7. Tulip festival - Wikipedia

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    Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, celebrates Tulip Festival in the month of April in the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, situated over an area of 30 ha on the banks of world famous Dal Lake, considered to be the largest Tulip garden in Asia. Tonami, Toyama, Japan holds a tulip festival with over 2.5 million tulips in over 600 varieties ...

  8. Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] About 1.7 million tulip bulbs, all in multiple colours, were brought Keukenhof tulip gardens of Amsterdam. [6] Besides tulips, there are 46 varieties of flowers, including hyacinths, daffodils and ranunculus which were also brought from Holland. [7] The tulip garden is home to around 73 varieties of tulips. [8]

  9. Floriade (Canberra) - Wikipedia

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    Floriade was the idea of Christiaan Slotemaker de Bruine, Landscape Architect with the Department of Capital Territory in Canberra. He commenced the design in 1986 and based it on the world famous 'Keukenhof' garden in The Netherlands. He orchestrated the construction with Peter Sutton, Holticulturist and Manager of Commonwealth Gardens.