
Happy Friday, GPODers!!
For the past several weeks we’ve been enjoying spring gardens all across North America, but today we’re joining Kielian DeWitt on her recent trip to one of the most iconic locations for spring flowers: the Netherlands.
Kielian has shared her stunning garden in Montana many times in the past (Seasons in a Montana Garden, More Months from Kielian’s Garden, Kielian’s Garden in Montana, Kielian’s Montana Garden in Autumn, and More from Kielian’s Garden to name a few), and last year she treated us to an incredible assortment of photos from the annual Bitterroot Secret Garden Tour™ she helps facilitate as president of the board. If you missed that series, be sure to check it out: A Nurseryman’s Expansive Garden; Meticulously Maintained Urban Garden; An Eco-friendly, Native Plant Garden; The Alice in Wonderland Garden; and Rural Garden on a Montana Ranch. In her latest submission she is sharing two very different sites she visited in the Netherlands—the first is the world’s largest floriculture marketplace, and the second is a very famous botanical garden.
Hello from Holland!
Royal FloraHolland is the largest international marketplace for flowers and plants. It is a cooperative of 3,800 flower and plant growers that allows buyers to purchase cut flowers and plants through a digital marketplace auction system. Over 5,300 suppliers offer 23,000 different flowers and plants for auction. During a typical day, 46 million flowers are sold at a €22 million daily turnover. Roses are the number one seller throughout Europe, with tulips coming in second and phalaenopsis orchids coming in third.
After bids are made and accepted, electric carts carry the sold flowers to lanes labeled for the different buyers. Within one day, the flowers are shipped to and received by each European country.
There is a film at the end of the photographs showing the hectic but organized chaos of a typical working day.
Above is the video that Kielian mentioned in her introduction. This transport line that allows plants and flowers to move throughout the warehouse is 18 kilometers (11.18 miles) long. It’s like a giant plant highway!
Next up is just a small selection of the photos shared from Keukenhof Park in Lisse, Netherlands. I will be sharing a full post of this iconic garden on Monday, but I wanted to end our Friday with some of these outrageously colorful flowers.
And this is only a taste of what Kielian captured at Keukenhof, so keep an eye on your inbox Monday to learn more about this iconic spring display and see more fabulous photos.
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Comments
Kielian, I have always wanted to see the flower market in action. I bet that was amazing.
Thanks for sharing this post- it brought back so many memories! The Netherlands really are the "flower capital" of the world! When on a train through the country, while visiting Amsterdam we saw so many huge greenhouses it was amazing. And in Amsterdam it is so common for shops to have big vases of fresh flowers at the counter. And of course the Bloemenmarkt along the Single Canal- the most amazing flower market I've ever seen anywhere!
Wow... it's a beauty overload!
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