Keukenhof (Keukenhof) is known as the most beautiful spring park in the world, and it is also the largest bulb flower park in the world. The most beloved place in the city.
Let us walk into Keukenhof today and learn about its success.
Current status of Keukenhof
Keukenhof area map
Keukenhof Park was originally the seat of Countess Jacob Hof (HOF means the courtyard in the castle), used for hunting and growing vegetables and herbs for kitchen meals, Kuken (KEUKEN means kitchen), it is said that this It is the origin of the name of Keukenhof, the Flower Park opened in 1949.
It is the largest tulip park in the world, covering an area of 32 hectares. It is located in the central city of Lisse, which is rich in bulb flower fields, and it is also the only way to pass through the annual flower parade.
Surrounded by colorful flower fields, Keukenhof is an ancient park that is spectacular. Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and various bulbs form a lush color, just like a spring garden located in the middle of the tapestry. It is said that there are more than 6 million flowers in the garden, and there are many rare varieties. .
There are various styles of pavilions and pavilions in the garden, and exhibitions of various plants and rare flowers are held. Visitors can enjoy this visual feast here and appreciate high-level art in a dazzling world.
The prototype of the modern Keukenhof Park was designed in 1840 by the German landscape gardeners Zuo Heter and his son. The overall landscape design of the park is mainly in British style: tall trees, winding paths, green lawns, and secluded pools. Some of the trees planted at that time are still growing in the park today. Careful maintenance by managers.
Every five years, a small plane will fly over the park to take infrared photos. Take photos to check that all trees are healthy.
The flower suppliers jointly participate in the operation of the park to ensure the continuous effect of the park’s cycle. This is what we commonly call the concept of gardening with gardens. Now every year from the end of September to the first frost, various flower suppliers will select their latest and best bulb flower varieties, and plant them according to the pre-planned location and pattern of Keukenhof Park.
In the spring of the following year, in the 32-hectare park, more than 6 million flowers bloom together, of which there are more than 1,000 varieties of tulips alone. Colorful flowers decorate Keukenhof into a sea of flowers. The charming and magnificent scene is difficult to describe in words, and people can’t help but be intoxicated when they are in it, so it enjoys the reputation of “the most beautiful spring garden in Europe”.
creative activity theme
Various themed activities
The park has a creative theme every year. In addition to enjoying the natural beauty, the park can also experience and interact well. The park provides various activities such as cycling, boating, market, children’s play, art garden, float parade, natural restaurant, etc. Cultural and creative planning to enrich the theme content of the park.
1. Rafting activities
Every spring, a flower show will be held here for about eight weeks. At the same time, many related activities are also arranged, including workshops on gardening and flower arrangement, and exhibitions on various themes. The most eye-catching event here last year was the exhibition of flower hats, which showcased the use of flowers in hat design.
2. Flower exhibition at the workshop
The “Golden Age” theme is primarily a tribute to the intrepid explorers of plants. During the exploratory phase of the trade routes, botanists were constantly looking for new species and recording them in books. Although the environment at that time was very harsh, these plants and flowers were brought back for planting, and they were displayed in the botanical garden and flower house as they were then.
golden age theme
The Delft Blue Sea of Flowers uses more than 100,000 varieties of flower seeds to cultivate a 250-square-meter flower sea to commemorate the once prosperous era of trade, science and art in the Netherlands. 100,000 tulips, blue hyacinths and saffron are used in the sea of flowers, and the mosaic is mainly outlined by Delft blue, showing the great achievements of the Netherlands in maritime trade in the past and the famous Amsterdam trade port in the Netherlands.
Delft Blue Sea of Flowers
Specialization of Park Functionality
Garden – Inspiration Garden
There is a special area in Keukenhof, near the windmill, called the Inspiration Garden. The place has 7 gardens of various shapes and sizes, each with a different theme and character. The dimensions of the gardens are designed according to the average size of a Dutch garden, ranging from 50 to 120 square meters.
Every garden begins with a basic frame of trees, shrubs, hedges, wooden walls or fences that don’t change, but where gardeners replace the perennials and flower bulbs planted each year. Besides that, every spring, the containers and garden furniture are replaced, creating a completely different style.
Featured theme park
garden
In addition to the inspiration garden and the beautiful tulip theme park, there are also many special theme parks for tourists to enjoy
Vegetable Garden: Bring out the greenest and freshest spring features.
Romantic Garden: Create a romantic garden with colorful flowers.
Beach Garden: Step on the soft sand to enjoy colorful flowers.
Product System Diversity
Flower Show
The world’s largest orchid exhibition: exhibit precious orchids in the 1,000-square-meter “Queen Beatrix Exhibition Hall”.
The world’s largest lily exhibition: held in the 6,000-square-meter “Prince William-Alexander Exhibition Hall”, there are more than 300 varieties and a total of more than 35,000 lilies on display.
flower contest
Not only that, but flower competitions are often held in other exhibition halls, and finally the best quality garden products are selected. The submissions are judged by the Permanent Evaluation Committee (VKC), and the best flower of each variety is awarded the Keukenhof Prize.
In addition, there are indoor flower exhibitions and outdoor activities such as rose exhibition, hyacinth exhibition, and narcissus exhibition. People who love flowers should not miss it.
Hyacinth Exhibition
Art Keukenhof
As the most beautiful spring garden in the world, Keukenhof also holds art exhibitions every year in addition to countless blooming flowers. Keukenhof is the largest sculpture park in the Netherlands, where many famous artists have exhibited their sculptures. In Keukenhof, apart from enjoying the flowers, you might as well appreciate the beauty of art.
Sculpture Exhibition
In addition to flowers, more than 30 species of birds and small animals are stocked in the park. There are swans swimming leisurely in the pool, peacocks strolling lightly on the lawn, and squirrels jumping happily among the trees. In addition, various themed gardens, various flower exhibitions in the exhibition hall and flower cultivation demonstration activities also attracted many tourists. There are also adventure tours, garden mazes, pastures, etc. specially designed for children.
garden maze
garden ranch animals
Every garden begins with a basic frame of trees, shrubs, hedges, wooden walls or fences that don’t change, but where gardeners replace the perennials and flower bulbs planted each year. Besides that, every spring, the containers and garden furniture are replaced, creating a completely different style.
Colorful flower fields under the sky
The plane took off slowly from DeHelder Airport, and the ground fell instantly, and the vertical and horizontal waterways divided the land into neat puzzles; like a jigsaw puzzle, a colorful carpet, or a palette full of watercolors.
The blossoming tulips and hyacinths all turned into orderly colorful squares and rainbows on the ground. The plane flew from north to south, along the way, in addition to the colorful flower fields, there were also green fields, embankments and the blue North Sea.
Looking out from the plane window, the colorful flower fields stretch as far as the eye can see. Windmills, houses, and rivers are like ornaments inlaid on the flower fields, and the small plane is very cute.
A romantic journey on a steam train
Take a small retro steam train and see the sea of tulip flowers: between the two small towns of Hoorn and Medemblik in the northwest of the Netherlands (only a 32-minute train ride from Amsterdam), there is the only existing steam train line in the Netherlands that is still in operation.
In addition to passenger transport, trains in the past also had an important function of transporting mail and parcels. Gradually, automobiles replaced the postal function of steam trains, and townspeople also chose new and faster trains for travel. Most of the steam trains in the Netherlands have withdrawn from people’s vision, and only H&M, a small town, still can’t let go of their love for steam. Little train emotions.
Take a small retro steam train to watch the flowers quietly… As a sightseeing route, the steam train is not in a hurry, so you have enough time to take pictures of the beautiful scenery outside the window!
Not only the flower fields, but also Dutch windmills and Dutch cows will appear in the field of vision. What’s even better is that you can get off at any station along the way to take pictures of the beautiful scenery, or go to the old station to visit the scene where people delivered postal parcels back then. If you are lucky, you may even have a pleasant time with the Dutch people dressed in country gentleman and lady style.
historic windmill
In addition to tulips, the windmills in Keukenhof Park also have a long history of more than 100 years. When you climb up the windmills and look far away, the colorful colors come into view. You will find that this is the best angle to appreciate Keukenhof.
Case Analysis Conclusion:
1 The development of industrial towns must be professional and dedicated to the ultimate pursuit of quality.
The Keukenhof Gardens are only open once a year, which lasts for two months. In the remaining 10 months, 7 million flower bulbs will be cultivated for the next year’s flower show, which ensures the quality of the flowers used in the next year’s flower show. Keukenhof Gardens only focuses on creating a spring bulb flower landscape dominated by tulips. Focus on professionalism and the ultimate pursuit of quality have become the business card logo and brand image of the tulip economic industry in Keukenhof Park, which has opened up the world market for it and created economic benefits that have attracted worldwide attention.
2 The development of industrial towns must have distinctive functions to avoid homogeneous competition.
The creation of the seven characteristic functional areas of Kurhof Park not only prolongs the industrial chain system and expands the revenue-generating space of the business model, but also avoids homogeneity with other countries that develop the flower sea industry and even other regions in the Netherlands. problem of competition.
3. The development of industrial towns requires the construction of a characteristic product system through creative thinking.
Different from other places that develop flower sea tourism, Keukenhof Park introduces different creative themes every year, develops curatorial and experience activity plans for each year through the combination of humanities and creativity, and builds every The creative theme of the year, so that the product innovation and sustainable tourist attraction of the park can be realized.
Source: Cultural Tourism World News
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