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Reaction Peter Kinsler
Thank you so much for the lovely welcome which you gave to my wife and
myself on Tuesday of this week ahead of the actual opening of your
wonderful garden.
Opening Hortus 2012
Turkish consul general opens Hortus Bulborum
Thanks to Dutchmen tulips back in Istanbul
Within the framework of 400 years diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey (then the Ottomans’ Empire) Mr Togan Oral, consul general for Turkey in Rotterdam, performed the official opening of the Hortus Bulborum in Limmen. To that preceding he told something concerning the relations between the Netherlands and Turkey and the importance of the tulip.
Opening 2012
The Consul-Generaal of Turkey, Mr Togan Oral, performs the official opening of the Hortus Bulborum in Limmen on Thursday 5 April. With this opening of the historical bulb garden - a garden in which the tulip plays an important role - is given attention to the celebration of 400 years trade relations between the Netherlands and Turkey.>
Floriade 2012
Our conservator Mr Joop Zonneveld has selected an assortment of historical spring-flowering bulbous plants and of which Jaqueline van der Kloet has made a selection which has been planted at the historical farm on the Floriade.
Planting October - 2011
On October 25th the bulbs were planted again. The soil temperature dropped below 10 degrees Celsius and the weather was wonderful to work outside. Only a small and firm rainfall gave some initial discomfort. At first the daffodils were planted, followed by the hyacinths, fritillaria, and the crocusses and finally the tulips . All species were split into groups and then alphabetically planted.
August 2011
After a heavy period of rain in the weekend of week 29 ( 50 mm) our volontears got digging the bulbs. The daffodils had been 3 years in the soil and they developed heavy roots. The profits where huge. Loonbedrijf Kramer had lifted the daffodills first, after that the digging could begin. However it was a considerable tough job for our harvesters, for the remaining roots were still a lot of sand down.
Bloembollenvisie 28-07-2011
In the "Bloembollenvisie" of july 28th 2011 you can read the next article about Joop Zonneveld and his passion for the Hortus bulborum (not in English)
Make it cosy - 2010
Hortus Bulborum reprints unusual booklet of recipes with historical bulbs, tubers and other simple ingredients
About a year and a half ago the Hortus Bulborum in Limmen received an unusual request. Were there still some Darwin tulip bulbs available? It did not matter which cultivar. The planting season was already past… On the face of it not such a strange question for the only bulb garden museum in the world. It turned out that the inquiry was made for the reissue of a historical cooking booklet to be issued as business relationship gifts by the Workgroup to Reduce Archival Backlog of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. It was published by the Workgroup in Rotterdam.