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Monday, March 14, 2011

Stunning Tulip Fields in Holland

Would you have recognized what this picture is?


How about now?


I guess the windmill was a giveaway!


Beautiful rows of tulips, of course!


Those John Deere's are everywhere!


Stunning mixed colors field.


As far as the eye can see.

Take a look at the official website of the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions.

According to the Netherlands Embassy there are two markets for their bulbs:

"More than 75% of all the Dutch flower bulbs are exported. The largest markets are the
United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. There are two
types of markets for flower bulbs, and this is true both in the Netherlands and in other
countries. More than half of all the flower bulbs are used for the production of cut
flowers or pot plants; this is the forcing market. The other flower bulbs find their way
to gardens owned by individual consumers, and parks. This is the dry sales market."

Known at "The Garden of Europe", Keukenhof !



You could always pop over for this April's Flower Parade.