Netherlands: Amsterdam flower fair impresses Ugandan farmers
Just after touching down, the farmers visited the Keukenhof flower show and exhibition. Keukenhof is rated as the most beautiful flower centre in the world. More than 7 million tulips, daffodils and hyanciths on a 32-acre piece of land. The Netherlands is rated as the leading grower and exporter of flowers in the world. Growing Tulips at Keukenhof started over 400 years ago in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The centre only opens twice a year to visits of tourists from all over the world. It is one of few places in the Netherlands where flowers open up in early spring. Flowers open up much later, but at Keukenhof, it happens much earlier.
The show goers include Asians, Europeans and Americans. “When you look all around here, you see a lot of smiles, thanks to the many colors here,” said John Edwards who comes from England every year for the flower show.
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