Keukenhof Gardens in Spring 2009, Lisse NL.

[Lvandelft]

Some more impressions from Week 3

[Gerdk]

Most beautiful impressions Luit!

Especially the last pic from week 3!

Gerd

[annew]

I'm enjoying your tours, Luit. Thank you!

[Lvandelft]

Some pictures of week 4.
Mostly we go for a visit early in the morning or later in the afternoon to
avoid the crowds.
This week we had one day so beautiful weather and we decided to cycle through
the area and make a short visit too.
When we arrived the parking areas were almost full, but for bicycles there
is always a place just near the entrance.

Now I can show you how the garden looks with many visitors.
I show some pics too, how it looks after 5 p.m. on a not so nice day to compare.

Keukenhof 4 01a                               
Keukenhof 4 01b
Keukenhof 4 02a
Keukenhof 4 02b
Keukenhof 4 vijver 1                           
Keukenhof 4 vijver 2     
Keukenhof 4 Tulipa Honky Tonk                               
Keukenhof 4 Tulipa Red Hunter

[Lvandelft]

People from all over the wordld visit the place, so there is an original
windmill to visit too. On nice days there is a long queue to climb the windmill.

Keukenhof 4 molen 1                                 
Keukenhof 4 molen 2                             

Keukenhof 4 vijver 3                         
Keukenhof 4 vijver 4       
Keukenhof 4 Tulipa Kaufm. Ice Stick
Keukenhof 4 Narcissus

I showed in the first week a flowerbed how it was planted in October and how it
looked in the first week.
Here you see the progress after 3 weeks again

Keukenhof 1 47 K
Keukenhof 4 025

[arillady]

Luit, Marvellous photos of beautiful gardens - another world to what we are like at the moment here in South Australia

[Armin]

Luit,
simply beautiful

[David Nicholson]

Gorgeous Luit. We really must try to visit next year.

[Lvandelft]

David, for your calendar: 2nd half of April is the best time..

Last batch Week 4:

The first two pictures in the last batch show October '08 and this week.
Only the spring picture is taken from the other side.

Keukenhof oct. K 05
Keukenhof week 4 05

Keukenhof 4 013                                 
Keukenhof 4 014                               
Keukenhof 4 Fritillaria raddeana 

On some lawns it is allowed to walk or sit and this seems to be a good place for a rest.

Keukenhof 4 Magnolia

We preferred to sit on a bank out of the heat with this view:

Keukenhof 4 026                                         

Some dogs are allowed on the lawn too:

Keukenhof 4 040                               
                       

[Gerdk]

What a beautiful place - I feel just as walking around there.
Thank you for these impressions Luit!

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

These visits give us great pleasure .... while it is lovely to see so many people enjoying their day out in the sunny gardens, I must admit I like it better in the early hours when it is so calm and quiet!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

They should pay you for all this free publicity Luit ! 
You're a great ambassador ! 

Lovely pictures by the way ! 

[Lvandelft]

I don't like it either to visit such places when over crowded.
From week five I mostly show pictures from early in the morning.
The garden opens at 8 am (M.E.T.) and this week the sun was just giving some warmth.
That is shown in the early taken pictures which look a bit 'foggy'.

[Lvandelft]

Week 5, batch two

[annew]

Fantastic display, beautifully photographed, Luit.