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Keukenhof ("Kitchen garden"), also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens. It is situated in Lisse, the Netherlands. According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park, which covers an area of 32 hectares (79 acres). More than 7 million bulbs are planted in Keukenhof?s 32 hectares (79 acres), which are supplied, for free, by 100 bulb growers.
There are about 30 full-time gardeners, who work year-round at Keukenhof.

. Each autumn, the gardeners plant the bulbs, by hand, in a completely new design. It takes about 3 months. The bulbs are selected to bloom throughout the eight-week opening period.

10. The bright green grass, around the park, is a special quick growing variety, needed to cope with the shady trees. It is reseeded each year

The gardeners dig out these bulbs, at the end of each open season, and destroy them (by order of the growers). Most are used as food for livestock.;

The park is open from mid March to mid May: during these 2 months, about 1.2 million visitors come to the park: a mean of 20000 daily!