Browsing Gallery: Keukenhof, The Netherlands

Keukenhof is the world's largest flower garden, spread over 32-hectares and attracting over 800,000 visitors each year. This number is very impressive since the gardens are only open for a few weeks each year. The beauty of these gardens and the brilliant bulb flowers just cannot be adequately captured in pictures. The flower gardens at Keukenhof were the idea of the 1949 mayor of Lisse. He worked with about a dozen prominent Dutch bulb growers and exporters to develop the gardens. Their objective was to have an open-air flower exhibition where growers could showcase their latest hybrids, and consumers could view and buy a wide range of flower bulbs. Keukenhof is one of the most photographed sites in the world