Spring at Keukenhof gardens ~ part two

Keukenhof as we saw it last April.

The Japanese garden.

Despite the vibrant colours, this garden has a sense of harmony and peacefulness, 

so different from the rest of the gardens. I loved it.

Anemones with a magic touch, the first picture I took after entering Keukenhof gardens,
after I had been overwhelmed first by the colours, the diversity and the sheer amount of flowers everywhere.

Such pretty and extraordinary daffodils

 

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More magic in the woodland gardens, and familiar looking flowers as well.

Poet's daffodil, always been one of my favourites.

Such elegance.

Magic in the trees.

The sun did come out to play for just a second.

This is just a small part of the enormous variety of Spring flowers you could find at Keukenhof this year. Keukenhof looks different every year and always works around a theme, this year's theme was Vincent Van Gogh, as this year it's 125 years ago Vincent Van Gogh died.

It's clear a lot of work goes into creating and maintaining these

wonderful gardens.

The colour palette is amazing.

There's a surprise behind every corner.

Really loved this blue flower field.
Something I'd love to recreate in smaller proportions next Spring.

A view on the flower fields and the area around Keukenhof.

The hyacinths were really stealing the show
at the time we visited Keukenhof,
so it's only fair to end this series of
pictures with hyacinths,
here in different shades of purple,
one of my favourite colours.


In next post, I'll show you the flower fields we saw in
the direct surroundings of Keukenhof.


Have a lovely day!
It's supposed to be a really warm day here
and then a thunderstorm to end it with.
One of those typical Belgian 'end of Spring' weeks,
starting off with Autumnlike weather, ending with
hot Summer weather and then a thunderstorm
to level it all out again. Not the best thing
for the roses though. Think I might cut some
to protect them from being battered just as they
start to bloom.


Enjoy your weekend!




Marian