Keukenhof ( "kitchen garden", Dutch pronunciation: [køːkə (n) ˌɦɔf]), also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the largest flower gardens in the world. It is located in Lisse, the Netherlands. According to the official website for the Keukenhof garden, planted nearly seven million flower bulbs annually in the park, which covers an area of 32 hectares (79 acres).
Keukenhof is located in South Holland in the town of Lisse, south of Haarlem and southwest of Amsterdam. And it can be reached by bus from the train stations of Haarlem, Leiden and Schiphol. It is located in an area called the "sand dunes and the bulb area" (Duin- en Bollenstreek).
Keukenhof is open each year from mid-March to mid-May. The best time to view the tulips are in the middle of April, depending on weather.
Keukenhof is located on the hunting grounds in the 15th century. It was also a source of herbs for Jacqueline, Countess of Limburg in the castle, which is the source of the name Keukenhof (it helps to herbs for the kitchen castle). Rich traders took on after the death of the Countess's. He lived the commander of the VOC and the Governor Adrian Maertensz Block there in his retirement years in the 17th century in a country house (now known as the Keukenhof Castle), who had let built in 1641.
In the 19th century, the appointment of Baron and Baroness Van Pallandt landscape architect David Zocher January and his son, Louis Paul Zocher, who also worked on the Vondelpark, to design around the castle grounds.
Park was founded in 1949 by the then mayor of Lisse. The idea was to provide the Flower Show, where farmers from all over the Netherlands and Europe can show off hybrids - and to help its export industry, Dutch (Netherlands is the largest exporter of flowers in the world).
Keukenhof and includes a variety of different gardens and garden styles. For example, features English landscape garden winding paths and unexpected points of see-through (designed by Zocher in 1830, the architect of the Vondelpark park in Amsterdam, among other things). The historical park is a walled garden where you can see many of the old types of bulbs. It consists park nature park where water is combined with shrubs and perennial plants with bulbous plants. Japanese Garden is the country's non-traditional garden in the natural environment.
Keukenhof and do not contain the long fields of tulips and expects many visitors. However, there are tulip fields outside the park (mostly privately owned). These fields may have restricted access and are not included as part of the ticket Keukenhof.
Keukenhof is scheduled to be open from 24 March to 16 May 2016. The flower procession will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016.
Keukenhof Castle grounds are open year-round, and are often used for festivals such as Castlefest, and Winternight ladies, Exhibition Gala Christmas. Castle also includes classical music performances.
Many dignitaries have visited the Keukenhof. Queen Juliana was the sponsor. The daughters, princesses Beatrice, Erin and Margaret among the first visitors in 1950. The filmmaker passionate Prince Bernhard launched some movies unique. Other members of the Dutch royal family also visited the Keukenhof. In 2001 the Prince Willem Alexander and his girlfriend, Maxima, a visit to present themselves to the Dutch people. Planted EUROPEA Telia, and "Koningslinde".
In the autumn of 2003, Prince Willem-Alexander, along with the winners of Olympic medals Anke van Grunsven and Pieter van den Hoogenband, and planted the bulb first symbolic for the Olympic rings.
In 2005, the park was opened by Princess Margaret.
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