Keukenhof - world's largest flower gardens

Keukenhof is the world's largest flower gardens with about 7 million bulbs planted. Situated about 40 minutes from Amsterdam the gardens are open from March to late May and because this year Holland had a late start to Spring,  we were able to see the gardens in their full glory. The gardens cover over 32 hectares and many themed gardens are covered such as Japanese and English styles. Also large areas are natural bushland with the bulbs planted amongst the trees.
Adjacent to the gardens are private bulb fields that are a wonderful and colourful sight .
When we arrived at Keukenhof there would have been at least 30 tourist coaches in the car park, but as the grounds are so large it did not seem crowded.
The plantings were spectacular and as you turned each corner a new combination of bulb plantings greeted you.

Entrance to the gardens

Tulips

The adjacent tulip fields

Highlighting the red tulips only

The adjacent tulip fields used for bulb production

Mixed plating of tulips

Flowering bulbs amongst the manicured lawns

One on the many varieties of daffodils

Planting of hyacinths

Sculpture amongst tulips

More tulips

Tulip bulb sculpture

Daffodils, jonquils and tulips

Grape hyacinths

Daffodils amongst the Birch trees

Striped tulips

The windmill shot!