Subject: FW: First Day of Spring Like You've Never Seen it Before...
From: "Char Olson" <[email-masked]>
To: "Kirchstein Jim" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 09:30:20 -0500

From: JoAnn Eckstein [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 7:52 PM
To: JoAnn Eckstein
Subject: First Day of Spring Like You've Never Seen it Before...

 

 

First Day of SPRING Like You've Never Seen it Before !

Description: Dutch Tulips

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.

Description: Bloemenmarkt, 

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

Description: Keukenhof Tulips 

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

Description: Bloemenmarkt, 

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.

Description: Keukenhof Tulips 

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

Description: Bloemenmarkt, 

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

Description: Orange Tulips 

In springtime, the lowland area by the North Sea is carpeted with fields of
gladioli, hyacinths, 

lilies, daffodils, crocuses... and, of course, tulips.

Description: Keukenhof Tulips 

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

Description: Keukenhof Tulips 

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

Description: Keukenhof Tulips 

The patchwork quilt of colours in the Keukenhof park, just outside Lisse in
South Holland, 

is a veritable feast for the eyes.

Description: Keukenhof Tulips 

The bulbs of Keukenhof are re-planted each year according to the current
trends and in 

collaboration with a number of gardening magazines.

Description: Keukenhof Tulips 

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

Description: Dutch tulip field 

The best way to appreciate the full glory of the Dutch spring is to hire a
bike and cycle one 

of the tourist routes among the bulb fields.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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