The famous Keukenhof gardens in South Holland, Lisse, the netherlands, have more bulbs to plant in order to prepare for the erratic tracking temperature spikes and dips in the winter months. The number of planted bulbs over the past few years, about 30 per cent. There are several different types of bulbs will be planted in order to visitors between mid-march and mid-may, the colourful fields to be able to guarantee it. That tells the 'Keukenhof' managing director, Bart Siemerink, in a conversation with NU.nl.
"We are seeing that with the winter weather over the past few years, a lot of wispelturiger has become," says Siemerink. "Tracking temperature spikes and troughs alternate with each other at high speed. And nature is responding as follows: it is currently 12 degrees outside, the first leaves are coming up out of the ground. It was at the beginning of January, so that it is, indeed, relatively early in the morning."
at The Keukenhof gardens should be in these developments and to anticipate it. "Every year, between mid-march and mid-may, one and a half million people visit Lisse, the netherlands, and who have to rely on the colourful flower bulb fields," explains the director.
"that's Why we have all of the plants in the last few years, partly changed. We have more different species of plants that are early or late in the season to bloom. And we are planting 30% more bulbs in order to ensure that the fields are not in compliance, and during the weeks that we are open, not the beauty of the flowers offer a great value for people to come in."
Check out the Keukenhof gardens in bloom from the air, the Seven million flowering bulbs in three months planted and
It is quite possible that, in February or early march is still a cold period occurs, says Siemerink. "Well, we take care for crocus, early blooming and more resistant to the cold," according to the Keukenhof gardens and the managing director.
"But if, on the other hand, a hot februarimaand is, that crocus already in full bloom when the park opened. In addition, we are in for more of the flowers, which only bloom in may, as we promised, the pomp and circumstance in the last few weeks of the two months that we were open."
Keukenhof covers 32 acres of land where seven million flowering bulbs have been planted.
Dronevlucht above the Keukenhof gardens makes for beautiful pictures, "opening hours, two years of pre-planned'this task is to have forty employees from the beginning of October and end of december for a full-time job. The balls one by one manually in the ground to stop. A ball of flowers for about a week and a half. For this reason, in the fields of multi-layers of bulbs, one below the other will be planted, so that the deeper layers of spheres to get to when the group was in full bloom.
in The opening period of the Keukenhof gardens in the past few years, something changed, so going to the park this year, on the 10th of may to be closed, one week prior to close in 2019. "However, it does not allow you to a lot of the unpredictability of the weather," explains the director. "We need to find the opening hours for about two years before recording it for the internet. A lot of people from other countries come specifically to the Keukenhof gardens in the Netherlands. It has to be an attraction for a lot of people on the "bucketlist" is, so this type of travel is relatively long, pre-planned."
The famous Keukenhof gardens in the figures, The Keukenhof was opened in 1950 on the initiative of the local bulb growers launched. The park is 32 hectares wide and it has more than seven million flowering bulbs. Within two months of each year, a million visitors are drawn to it. About 20 percent of the visitors are from the usa, 40 per cent are from Europe. Furthermore, many of the guests are from the United States of america, Asia, and Russia. The bulbs will be in three months, will be planted by the forty gardeners. The Keukenhof is open from 21 march to 10 may. The flowers in the Keukenhof gardens in full bloom
Date Of Update: 16 January 2020, 01:02
