A few drops of rain on Saturday, but mostly sunny and warm. The 40th edition of Kom in de Kas (Enter the greenhouse) could hardly have wished for better. Throughout the country, more than 200 greenhouse horticultural companies opened their doors to audiences, livened up with bands, bouncy houses, candy floss, chips stands and more. Moreover, the organisation has had a record: 236,000 nonnative inhabitants came to see, smell and taste.
Search ‘Kom in de Kas’ in your browser, and you could lose an entire day looking at the photos and video impressions. And we also like to add to that. In response to our call of last Friday to send in photos, we received snapshots from all corners of the country. We have put these in a photo report that can be viewed HERE.
Lots of media attention
You’d think people in the Westland would be familiar with it all, but nothing could be further from the truth. Ted van Luijk from the organisation Kom in de Kas Westland, counted about 30,000 interested, he told Omroep Westland.It was no different in the Rijsberg and Roelafarendsveen region. “Huge crowds,” was the headline in the Leidsch Dagblad. People could visit various companies by means of small boats.
In the Uden region there was a rush on Saturday, according to the Brabants Dagblad, and the event caused traffic jams.
In Flevoland, six growers in Luttelgeest and 14 in Almere Buiten opened their doors to the audience. Omroep Flevoland says they also had massive crowds, at Tas Paprika, for example. “Tas Paprika had hundreds of people in their greenhouses in just the first hour after opening.”
Another example: According to BN DeStem, who visited growers in Plukmade, it must almost be the case that De Efteling, a Dutch theme park, had hardly any visitors. The newspaper estimated the attendance at 10,000.
In Groningen, seven growers opened their doors. In Sappermeer and Zuidbroek, the most important greenhouse horticultural areas in the province, cars were parked in the shoulder for miles along the National Highway-Oost in Sappermeer (this was for the Smit Kwekerijen company: the largest horticultural company in Groningen, with 14 hectares). This was according to Dagblad van het Noorden.
KomInDeKas app
And this year also featured the KomInDeKas app, which was trending in the Dutch Apple app store for a short time, according to the organisation. Children could use the app to participate in interactive hunts through the greenhouses.
In recent days, we asked you to send in your best photos, and you certainly did! Thank you all very much for all the awesome pictures. They can be found, along with our own report, by clicking this link.