Tulip picking garden open

What is not permitted anywhere else is permitted at the Tulip Picking Garden in Marknesse: picking your own tulips. As soon as the first tulip blooms, which is expected to be on 8 April, you are welcome to stroll through the garden, enjoy the flowers and pick your own.

The fun starts as soon as you arrive at the Tulip Picking Square. You will receive picking advice and can buy a bucket to fill with tulips. The Tulip Picking Garden covers 5,000 m2 and an average of 500,000 tulips are planted each year. As soon as the tulips bloom, there is a veritable explosion of colour. And during the flowering period of about three weeks, new buds and colours appear every day.

In the middle of the Tulip Picking Garden is a 5-metre-high observation tower with a view over the polder and the old harbour town of Blokzijl. Among the tulips are several picnic areas where you can enjoy the peace and quiet, a tasty snack or a drink. In the Boerenbol of the Tulip Picking Garden, you can order coffee baskets or picnic bags.

Finished picking? At the Tulip Picking Square, you will find the “De Boerenbol” restaurant. It has a terrace with a view of the tulips, a trampoline and toys for the children. Here you can buy coffee/tea with a snack, sandwiches, ice cream and, of course, the first fresh Dutch strawberries from the polder.

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