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August 27th, 2006

Flower power parade

Posted by Lifecruiser in Photo, Nature
Mrs Lifecruisers flower parade pic
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I’ve always heard of all the flowers in The Netherlands, so I decided we would go there to actually see them and not only hear about it. I booked a trip for us to Amsterdam and Haarlem in the end of April 2005.

We had heard of a special flower parade we wanted to see. It’s amazing floats made of flowers, all unbelievable creations in the annual flower parade called Bollenstreek in North Holland. It starts in Noordwijk and ends in Haarlem (about 40 km long).

They said it was 1,5 million hyacinths and thousands of narcissus and other flowers used in the parade. Hundreds of volunteers are busy for months making the floats as beautiful and striking as possible.

It truly was amazing what they had done. Fantastic creations. Even people who aren’t interested in flowers are bound to be impressed and amazed over this!

There was very nice festivities around the parade too. People were out enjoying themself. Haarlem is a very nice little town - enjoyable even without the flower parade.

It was a little bit early in the spring though to actually see a lot of Tulips, which I wanted, so I guess we have to go there some time again…. *lol*

Lifecruisers photos from the flower parade 2005

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Cruise list: Flower parade fan, Christine, Lynn Tucker, Pam, Lucy, Ma, Deb, Fruitful Spririt, and Kasia.

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  1. Kasia said:

    I love flowers too. I just don’t like them at home. (I just feel sorry them standing in the vase and probably crying) But the meadows - oh, they can be really free there. :)))
    And the famous tulips:))) Actually it is a great idea to go the Netherlands to see so many of them. :))

    Lifecruiser: Yes, then you can see whole fields of them. Must be very beautiful from the air. I missed that view since it was to early in the spring, so I have to go there some more time :-)

    August 27th, 2006 at 10:19 am

  2. Fruitful Spririt said:

    Here in the USA the Rose Parade on New Years Day is the same. Incredible floats all made using some part of the flower. I have never been to it , it is in California, but have watched it on TV many times. The people who do the floats are true artists!

    Lifecruiser: Yes, they truly are! What an achievement to build these. They’re sure are admirable. There are many flower parades I ewould love to visit, I hear… *lol*

    August 27th, 2006 at 2:26 pm

  3. deb said:

    It’s amazing how they do that!

    Lifecruiser: Yes, it really is a lot of creative work put into it!!!

    August 27th, 2006 at 2:58 pm

  4. Ma said:

    Looks like a beautiful parade. Very colorful and bright. Great photo.

    Thank you for stopping by my photo hunt.

    Lifecruiser: Well, I guess every flower parade is beautiful, almost impossible not to be whith such a creations :-)

    August 27th, 2006 at 3:51 pm

  5. Lucy said:

    I always wonder what they do with all these flowers after the parade. My oh my. But they are gorgeous.

    I’d love to see the the tulips in Holland someday. Wonder how they keep the critters out of them - :roll:. I planted 75 tulips one year and none - NONE came up. Moles or voles had a feast.

    I joined GTS midweek. Enjoyed your post. Thanks for sharing.

    Lifecruiser: Welcome to the GTS - I’m rather new at it myself. Ooops, yeah they really had a feast then! You’d better go to Holland to see Tulips then ;-)

    August 27th, 2006 at 7:47 pm

  6. Pam said:

    What a great photo and story. Thanks for sharing.
    I played this week too.
    ♥Pam

    Lifecruiser: Thanks. Funny, I think we were on each others blog’s at the same time :-)

    August 27th, 2006 at 11:03 pm

  7. Lynn Tucker said:

    It is great learning about festivals of other cultures.
    We always hear about Tulips, but we don’t realize that Tulips are just the first flowers that crops up in Holland. The rest of the year we can probably see all those types of flowers all over the Netherlands.
    Very beautiful!

    Lifecruiser: Yes, that’s one of the reasons I love to travel :-)

    August 28th, 2006 at 12:10 am

  8. Christine said:

    That’s amazing 1.5 million Hyacinth. I can only imagine the sweet smell of the floats, with that many! WOW!Thanks for sharing your pic and story! I love finding out about new festivals.

    Lifecruiser: Yes, it truly were magnificent both to see and smell :-)

    August 28th, 2006 at 12:47 am

  9. flower parade fan said:

    Here a reaction from holland.

    If you think this is amazing, you should take a look at www.bloemencorsosintjansklooster.nl

    And se what we really can do with flowers..

    Lifecruiser: Thanks for the link, there really was soe awesome creations there! Maybe we have to go there next time instead :-)

    September 25th, 2006 at 10:43 am

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