Henk van Drie from Emmeloord is a tulip enthusiast in heart and soul. He has been collecting tulips in his variety garden for 35 years. He now has 1850 varieties. Every year, he plants and harvests them by hand, a time-consuming job in which he is helped by a number of volunteers. Also, the tulip species garden, like the other tulip fields, is not in the same place every year; in 2025, the garden can be found at Espelerpad 16.
Henk's species garden features new but also very old unique varieties. Every year, a number of varieties are added to the collection. You will also find about 100 so-called primal or botanical tulips in the variety garden. So these are the uncultivated or improved tulips. These tulips can also be found in the wild around Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc., the countries of origin.
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Henk van Drie from Emmeloord is a tulip enthusiast in heart and soul. He has been collecting tulips in his variety garden for 35 years. He now has 1850 varieties. Every year, he plants and harvests them by hand, a time-consuming job in which he is helped by a number of volunteers. Also, the tulip species garden, like the other tulip fields, is not in the same place every year; in 2025, the garden can be found at Espelerpad 16.
Henk's species garden features new but also very old unique varieties. Every year, a number of varieties are added to the collection. You will also find about 100 so-called primal or botanical tulips in the variety garden. So these are the uncultivated or improved tulips. These tulips can also be found in the wild around Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc., the countries of origin.
Want to learn more about the tulips in this species garden, or tulip cultivation in the Noordoostpolder? During the Tulip Festival Noordoostpolder , guides will be on hand on weekends between 1pm and 4pm to show you around and answer questions about cultivation. On nice days, you can even buy beautiful tulips here and Monibarista's vintage bus will also be present with delicious fresh coffee and some goodies to go with it.
