Keukenhof Garden - Tulip's Bulb Flowers 2011.
Welcome to Keukenhof, where spring bursts into bloom. In addition to being unique and world-famous, the park has also been one of the most popular attractions in the Netherlands for years.
Keukenhof is the most colourful and fragrant place you can visit, with over 7 million flowers forming a beautiful setting for the most fabulous photos. Come to Keukenhof and enjoy the ultimate spring feeling.
Keukenhof is the most colourful and fragrant place you can visit, with over 7 million flowers forming a beautiful setting for the most fabulous photos. Come to Keukenhof and enjoy the ultimate spring feeling.
At Keukenhof you can gain inspiration and relax in the beautiful surroundings. The 32-hectare park has 15 kilometres of footpaths. Keukenhof has surprises in store for visitors of all ages. Be sure to bring your camera along on this unique experience.
History
Where Keukenhof is situated now, was a hunting area in the 15th century. Herbs for the kitchen of the castle of Jacoba van Beieren were also collected here; hence the name Keukenhof.
The current park was a section of the sizeable estate of Slot Teylingen, with beautiful untamed bushes and dunes. After the decease of Jacoba van Beieren Keukenhof fell into the hands of rich merchant families. Baron and baroness Van Pallandt invited landscape architects J.D. and L.P. Zocher, designers of the Amsterdam Vondelpark, to make a design for the garden around the castle. This design, in the English landscape style, has always been the basis of Keukenhof.
At the moment the estate belongs to a Foundation. On the initiative of the Lisse mayor of that time and a number of leading flower bulb growers and exporters, an open air flower exhibition was organised here for the first time in 1949. This expanded to an annually recurring event that has always drawn great numbers of visitors from all over the world. This is how Keukenhof became the park that we now know.
The most beautiful Spring Garden in the world.
In the 15th century Countess Jacqueline of Bavaria was the owner of the estate. In these grounds she hunted and in the court next to her fortress “Teylingen”, she grew herbs and vegetables for the kitchen. That is where the name Keukenhof comes from: Kitchen Garden.
This year Keukenhof celebrates its 62nd anniversary.
We have welcomed more than 51 million visitors since the opening.
The total area of the park measures 32 hectares (about 80 acres).
Every year 7 million flower bulbs are planted in more than 1600 different varieties.
Every year most of the grass (especially under the trees) is removed and about 7000 kilos of annual grass is sown. Not to be walked on!
In total there are 15 kilometers of walking paths.
In 2011 the theme is: Germany, Land of Poets and Philosophers
A German theme route goes from one entrance to the other
Highlight is a flower mosaic of the Brandenburger Gate in Berlin
The beech trees of the Beech Tree Lane are over 160 years old.
At Keukenhof there are more than 2500 trees in total in 87 different varieties.
The total covered area is 15,000 m2 and there are 4 different indoor pavilions.The Willem Alexander Pavilion has over 80,000 tulips on display, in more than 600 varieties and 120 varieties of daffodils.
During the last week of opening, from May 12 till May 20 the largest indoor lily exhibition in the world can be seen here with more than 300 different varieties of lilies
The Flower bulb Information Pavilion provides information about bulb growing.7 Inspirational gardens give garden ideas and tips for the consumer.
New this year for our smallest visitors is Miffy’s garden.
There are 280 benches, 15 fountains and 32 bridges in the park.
There are 5 restaurants, 6 souvenir shops and 3 flower bulb selling points.The windmill from 1892, is in Keukenhof since 1957 and is on the Dutch Monument List
Every year 12 swans are leased for the duration of the opening period.
Organisation
The Keukenhof Association is managed by the Board of Management; the management has a policy determining role, the policy preparing and execution lies with the organization.
Keukenhof (office)
Stationsweg 166a
2161 AM LISSE
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0) 252 465 555
Fax: +31 (0) 252 465 565
Keukenhof, how to get there..
Keukenhof is situated between Amsterdam and The Hague in the Bulb region. From the highway and major roads the route to Keukenhof is clearly indicated.
By car to Keukenhof
From Apeldoorn: follow the A1 to Amsterdam. Follow the signs ‘Schiphol’; you will then reach the A4 heading for The Hague. Take exit 4 and follow the N207 towards Lisse. In Lisse, follow the signs ‘Keukenhof’.
From Utrecht: take the A2 to Amsterdam and then the A4 heading for The Hague. On the A4 take exit 4 and follow the N207 towards Lisse. In Lisse, follow the signs ‘Keukenhof’.
From Rotterdam: follow the A4 to The Hague-Amsterdam and take exit 4 and follow the N207 towards Lisse. In Lisse, follow the signs ‘Keukenhof’.
From The Hague: follow the A44 and take exit 3 Noordwijkerhout/Lisse. Then take the N208 to Lisse and follow signs ‘Keukenhof’.
Public transport.
The most environmentally-friendly way to visit Keukenhof is by public transport. Connexxion bus company has a lot of buslines to Keukenhof. From 24 March 2011 a direct bus will run to Keukenhof from Schiphol, The Hague and Leiden.
From Amsterdam centre.
From the Leidseplein/Museumplein you can take the red Sternet bus 197 to Schiphol Airport (busses run 5-6 times per hour). At the Airport you can change to the Keukenhof bus 58.
You can buy your combitickets at the Tourist Information desk at the Trainstation and at Leidseplein
From Schiphol Airport
The bus 58 runs on Monday till Friday 4 times an hour and in weekends even 8 times an hour and leaves Schiphol from platform B1/ B3 at the Schiphol Plaza bus station. The journey to Keukenhof takes 35 minutes. The last bus back to Schiphol leaves at 19.22. International trains from Paris, Berlin and Brussels also stop at Schiphol.
To view some more snaps for the Day you can click on below Url
https://picasaweb.google.com/a2yshindephotography/TulipGarden?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLuEucuR7PmxdA&feat=directlink
