Day 9, April 22, 2017 Keukenhof Gardens --World's greatest tulip display.

Yes, there is not doubt, that Keukenhof is the most spectacular if not the largest (85 acres) of tulip garden in the world. I will let them speak for themselves without much comment, and only to say that they originally came from Persia when the royalty went there and asked the Sultan for a few to take home.  The story takes on a more serious nature when the gardener didn't want to give any back to the King. He was robbed, however,  of all the bulbs and from then on they were in the public domain so to speak.

So here are a few photos for you .

1,000 buses bring some 50,000 folks, Attendance today
was around 70,000

The crowds were just getting started at noon.

The entrance.

The fields adjacent to the Park. They donate the bulb each year.

                                           There are over 7 million bulbs planted each year

                                       These bulbs in the fields will be cut after they bloom
                                                       to save the energy for the bulbs.

Finally!-The Keukenhof features a variety of different gardens and garden styles. For example, the English landscape garden features winding paths and unexpected see-through points (designed by Zocher in 1830, the garden architect of the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, among others). The historical garden is an enclosed garden where you can see many old types of bulbs. The nature garden consists of a water garden where shrubs and perennials are combined with bulbous plants. The Japanese country garden is a non-traditional garden in a natural environment.^[5]

The Keukenhof doesn't contain the long fields of tulips many visitors expect. However, there are tulip fields outside the Garden (mostly privately owned). These fields may have restricted access and are not included as part of the Keukenhof ticket.