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Flower Calendar 2018

Do you love flowers and are you traveling to the Netherlands? We try to provide the most complete calendar of all flower activities in the Netherlands.

This list has been checked more than twice, please make sure you check the dates for yourself before you travel. The program of the festivities can change, a parade can be cancelled or moved to another day. Check the dates with the organization of the activity. The web address is provided.

When are you traveling ? Please select the month:

All year round

  • Flower Auction Aalsmeer – Website
  • Flower Market Amsterdam – Website
  • Amsterdam Tulip Museum – Website
  • Museum de Zwarte Tulp – Website

January

  • National Tulip day – Pop up tulip picking garden at Dam Square in Amsterdam
  • Westerkogge Flora – De Goorn
    • 26 January – 28 January 2018 – website

February

  • Drieban Flora- Venhuizen
    • 8 February – 11 February 2018 – website
  • Lenteflora – Lisse
    • 16 February – 19 February 2018 – website

March

  • In March some of the flower fields with early spring flowers can start blooming!
  • Lentetuin Breezand
  • Opening Keukenhof
    • 22 March 2018 – 13 May 2018 – website

April

  • In April flower fields spring flowers can start blooming
  • Tulpenfestival Noordoostpolder
    • 21 April – 6 May 2018 – website
  • Tulpenroute Dronten
    • 21 April – 6 May 2018 – website
  • Keukenhof *
    • 22 March – 13 May 2018 – website
  • Floralia Brussels (Belgium)
    • 6 April – 6 May 2018 – website
  • Hortus Bulborum – Limmen
    • 6 April – 13 May 2018 – website
  • Bloemencorso Bollenstreek Keukenhof * – website
    • 18 – 20 april 2018 – Building of the floats
    • 20 april 2018 – Evening Parade Noordwijkerhout
    • 21 april 2018 – Day Parade from Noordwijk to Haarlem
    • 22 april 2018 – Display of floats in Haarlem
  • Bicycling through the flower fields – Zijpe (bring your own bike!)
  • Bloemendagen Anna Paulowna *
    • 28 April – 2 May 2018 – website

May

  • In May we are getting towards the end of springtime
  • Tulpenfestival Noordoostpolder *
    • 21 April – 6 May 2018 – website
  • Bloemendagen Anna Paulowna *
    • 28 April – 2 May 2018 – website
  • Tulpenroute Dronten
    • 21 April – 6 May 2018 – website
  • Keukenhof *
    • 22 March 2018 – 13 May 2018 – website
  • Floralia Brussels (Belgium)
    • 6 April – 6 May 2018 – website
  • Hortus Bulborum
    • 6 April – 13 May 2018 – website

After the Keukenhof has closed its doors, there are no tulips or tulip fields left until next springtime 2019!

June

  • Harvest of the flower bulbs – months June and July
  • Aalsmeer Flower Festival

July

  • Harvest of the flower bulbs – months June and July

August

  • Visit a Flower Farm Day*
  • Gladiolenfestival in Laag Soeren*
    • 12 & 13 August + 19 & 20 August 2017 – website
  • Varend Corso Westland *
  • Rijnsburgcorso *
  • Gondelvaart Belt-Schutsloot
  • Bloemencorso Leersum
  • Sint Jansklooster Bloemencorso
  • Bloemencorso Rekken
    • 23, 24 and 25 August 2017 – website
  • Winterswijk, Bloemencorso Winterswijk
  • Bloemencorso Vollenhove

September

  • Bloemencorso Eelde
    • 2 and 3 September 2017 – website
  • Bloemencorso Zundert, the largest flower parade in the world *
  • Bloemencorso Beltrum
  • Floraliacorso Frederiksoord
  • Bloemencorso Lichtenvoorde, second largest flower parade in the world *
  • Bloemencorso Loenhout (Belgium)*
  • Bloemencorso Valkenswaard
  • Bloemencorso Voorthuizen
  • Gondelvaart op wielen Drogeham
    • 22 – 23 September 2017 – website
  • Flower Bulb Market at the flower farms
  • Bloemencorso Winkel

October

  • Flower Bulb Market Keukenhof
  • Flower Bulb Market at the flower farms
    • TBA

November

No tulip activities

December

No tulip activities

And are you organizing an activity with (spring)flowers as main focus? Please let us know! Send an email with all the information to Tulips in Holland.

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