Keukenhof Netherlands

The history of Keukenhof goes back to the 15th century. Countess Jacoba van Beieren (1401-1436) obtained fruit and vegetables from the Keukenduin for the kitchen of Teylingen Castle. Keukenhof Castle was built in 1641 and the estate grew to an area of ​​over 200 hectares. Landscape architects Jan David Zocher and his son Louis Paul Zocher, later also the designers of the Vondelpark, redesigned the garden around the castle in 1857. That park, in English landscape style, still forms the basis of Keukenhof. In 1949, a group of leading flower bulb growers and exporters devised the plan to create an exhibition of spring-flowering flower bulbs on the estate. The Keukenhof spring park was a fact. The park opened for the first time in 1950. It was an immediate success: 236,000 visitors. The 74th edition will take place in 2023. Over the past 73 years, Keukenhof has grown into a global concept. In eight weeks Keukenhof shows what Dutch floriculture has to offer. In the park, t