Keukenhof is a paradise for flower lovers and especially for those ones who are into tulips. Keukenhof is located in province of South Holland in Netherlands in town of Lisse. One of the reasons people spend money and travel here from all around the world is a blooming season of tulips.
I actually learnt a few interesting facts about tulips here. Like the origin of tulips comes from South Caucasus. And of course I practiced my photography skills here.
In short: Keukenhof is the most beautiful spring garden in the world. More than seven million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths fill over 32 hectares with color and fragrance. Read more: www.keukenhof.nl/en or read more about Keukenhof at the end of this photo post.
In total I made about 1000 photos here, I would love to add them all to blog, but just 136 survived to you. I believe this is the largest (longest) photo story I have ever created (yet)
Parking lot at Keukenhof
It wouldn't be a Holland if there were no cyclists, right?
Keukenhof Holland
You may notice a portrait of all time great painter there of Vincent Van Gogh, this year (2015) it was a year of Vincent Van Gogh at Keukenhof
Parking at Keukenhof
Price per parking EUR 6.00 and is valid for all your stay at Keukenhof
Entrance at Keukenhof
Ticket price per adult - EUR 16.00
Tulips and other flowers at Keukenhof garden
I must admit I'm not a flower expert at all. I was more into improving my photography skills back there taking this photo. Now looking to those lovely flowers not a piece looks like a tulip for me, those yellow one at the left side looks more a daffodils for me.
Tulips at Keukenhof
According to the plates attached here - these are tulips 'Cool Crystal' and 'Gold Dust'
At Keukenhof
My flower knoweledge ends here - Have no idea what those blue ones are - if you have an idea, please leave me a comment.
Flower Garden
Tulips at Keukenhof garden
This garden at Keukenhof is a paradise for macro photographers
Tourist trying to take a photo
Some 'fire' tulips
At Keukenhof's Flower garden
Did find a nice perspective with... trees
Macro of a tulip
Plenty of visitors at Keukenhof
This year Keukenhof's flower gardens were opened to public from March 20 - May 17 (2015), during our visit here at the end of April it all bloomed and florished that's why there were so many tourists
Flower garden
Tulips and other flowers
Tulips and other flowers
Did you know that tulips oringaly were imported to Netherlands from Southern parts of Turkey? Probably from Caucasus? I learnt this on site here at Keukenhof.
Love room at one of the expo halls
Each year they are changing exposition here at Keukenhof, this year a new thing was introduced - a selfie room giving a name of Loe room. So people were making zillions of selfies here.
Love Room at Keukenhof
Manakin at Love room
Heart at Love room
A lot of flowers
They are actualy inserted in the mirror box, so they are mirroring back
Flowers at Keukenhof's Love Room
Dutch wooded shoes
Another Dutch thing - wooden shoes
Blooming tree at Keukenhof
A cafeteria located in Keukenhof's garden
Well I believe this one is a lovely photo
A naked woman
Could be some relict back from Dutch colonoliasm times. Do not know for sure.
Blooming tree's and a channel
Windmills
Just another Dutch thing
Tulips and those... blue ones
Tulips and daffodils
At Keukenhof's flower garden
Channel and a tulip field
In total there are 32 HA of tulip fields in Keukenhof's flower garden
Some installation at garden
Multi colour tulips
Pink blooming tulips
Red and Yellow tulips
Those one probably could be the "Gold Dust"
Some installation at park
Some other installation at park
Willem Alexander expo at this garden
Hydrangeas
At least so I believe they are called a Hydrangeas - this is a new word I just learnt in English
At Keukenhof's garden
Fox tails
Hydrangea
At least I believe so
White and Yellow tulips
Looks like an orchid for me, but probably is just another variation of tulip
Blooming tulips at Keukenhof
Pink tulips
Another variation of a tulip
Another variation of a tulip
Blooming tulips at Keukenhof
Tulips at Keukenhof
More tulips
Yellow tulips with red stripes
Tulips at indoor hall at Keukenhof
Tulips at indoor hall at Keukenhof
Yellow and Pink tulips
Another variation of tulips
Colourful tulips
Pink tulips
Gold Dust tulips
More tulips
Blooming tulips
Yellow and Red tulips
White tulips
More tulips
...and more
...and even more
Yellow tulips with red stripes
...
They all looks so great I just couldn't stop photographing them
Yellow tulips with red stripes at Keukenhof
Pink tulips with white edges
Yellow tulips
More postcard style images
Lets agree on following - tulips here at Keukenhof looks so good, that many of pictures I managed here looks like a postcards. At least for me.
Orchids at Keukenhof's garden
Flower expo hall at Keukenhof
Tulips
A macro photographer at Keukenhof
Well.. as said Keukenhof is a paradise for macro photographers
Tulips at expo hall
Amaryllis at Keukenhof
Amaryllis at Keukenhof
Amaryllis at Keukenhof
Another macro photographer
Well I can agree on following - everyone was smiling back there in Keukenhof's garden
Amaryllis
Indoor cafeteria at Keukenhof
Well thanks god they hae it here - after a few hour walk it wa my favorite place during our rest stay at Keukenhof's garden
Daffodil
Daffodils
Tulips
Looks like a tea roses for me
Looks like a tea roses for me
Wooden tulips for sale at Keukenhof
Blooming tulips at trees at Keukenhof
A swan in a channel
Tulips and swans
Tulips and swans and Keukenhof
Tulip garden
Keukenhof's Park garden
Keukenhof's Park garden
Grandson and Granfather
Anther cafeteria at Keukenhof
At Keukenhof's park garden
Vincent's Van Gogh room
At first I red: Share your love with Russia, instead of Rosa
Vincent's Van Gogh room
Vincent's Van Gogh room
Vincent Van Gogh room
Vincent Van Gogh room
Vincent Van Gogh room
Garden landscape at Keukenhof
Tulips
A cow in Keukenhof's garden
Did find some similarities from Tbilisi Cheese Festival here
Landscape
At garden
At garden
At garden
Couldn't resist to play with aperture here
At garden
At garden
Channel at Keukenhof's garden
River of Flowers at Keukenhof's garden
River of Flowers at Keukenhof's garden
River of flowers
River of flowers
Blooming trees
At garden
Please don't walk on the grass sign
Blooming tree
Photo of trees
Now, this is another experiment me trying to photo trees. Looks good for me.
Tulips and a channel
Tulips and a swan in background
Keukenhof's garden
Swans at Keukenhof
Tulips and a blooming tree
Another channel
Did spent here some time to make a decent photo.
Paint tube installation
Keukenhof's garden plan
More tulips
Author of this blog captured in action
Ahh, this was a long photo post, I managed to add 136 pictures here... What else I can add to this? You must DEFIANTLY visit Keukenhof's tulip gardens at tulip blooming season to experience a real Holland (Netherlands).
About Keukenhof
The history of Keukenhof, the name of meaning "kitchen garden", goes back to the 15th century. Countess Jacqueline of Bavaria, Jacoba van Beieren (1401-1436) gathered fruit and vegetables from the woods and dunes her for the kitchen of Teylingen Castle. Keukenhof Castle was built in 1641, and the estate grew to an area of over 200 hectares.
Landscape architects Jan David Zocher and his son Louis Paul Zocher, who also designed Amsterdam's Vondelpark, redesigned the castle gardens in 1857. That park, in the English landscape style, still forms the basis of Keukenhof.
In 1949 a group of 20 flower bulb exporters came up with a plan to use the estate for a permanent exhibition of spring-flowering bulbs, signaling the birth of Keukenhof as a spring park. The park opened its gates tot he public in 1950 and was an instant success, with 236,000 visitors in the first year alone.