The Most Beautiful Flower Garden In The World Has No Visitors For The First Time In 71 Years And I Got To Capture It

The typical Dutch landscape is always rich in gorgeous flower bulb fields. The spring starts with crocus season, followed by daffodils and hyacinths, and finally, the tulips.

Tulips are the best-known Dutch flowers and the long spring season with cool nights makes the country the ideal place for their growing. From mid-March to the end of May, tulips turn vast areas of Holland into a colorful patchwork quilt.

Albert Dros, a 34-year-old popular photographer from the Netherlands, claims that he is “addicted to landscape photography and capturing the beauty of the world.”

The work of the passionate photographer has been published in the biggest media channels in the world, such as Time, Huffington Post, Daily Mail, and National Geographic.

He adores photographing flowers as a way to show the beauty of the Dutch flowers to the rest of the world. Tulips usually grow in the countryside, and everyone in photography loves snapping a photo of them, as they are almost perfect from any angle.

Have you heard of what many consider to be the most beautiful tulip garden in the world, Keukenhof? The magical 32-hectare Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse, Netherlands, is often referred to as the Garden of Europe.

This piece of heaven on Earth is visited by millions of tourists every year, or on average, by about 26,000 visitors a day. The garden is only open for 8 weeks a year, in spring, from Mid-March to mid-May.

Every year, dedicated staff at the park plant 7 million bulbs of different species. This year, like always, the hard-working and passionate gardeners made sure it looks stunning!

While it is mostly known for its lovely tulips, the park is abundant in various other flowers as well, including lilies, irises, hyacinths, daffodils, roses, and carnations.

They are all planted in aesthetically pleasing patterns and are often arranged to form larger shapes of flowers like the fan-favorite tulips and tea roses.

The visit to the majestic flower garden is a powerful visual therapy, an opportunity to enjoy the peace and calm and absorb an endless stream of positive vibes.

Yet, for the first time in 71 years, the garden is closed this spring.

Dros explained:

“I’ve been photographing the tulips since forever, mostly in the countryside. I photographed them from all angles you can possibly imagine, but there was one thing that I still wanted to capture one time in my life: Keukenhof without any other people. This seemed impossible, until this year’s April 2020.

With the COVID-19 virus keeping everyone at home and tourists away, I knew this was my only chance of making this happen. I contacted Keukenhof explaining what I had in mind and they were so kind to let me photograph the garden for a day.”

The spectacular series of photos aims to reveal the beauty of the park, so “too bad there’s no smell involved.”

Dros added:

“When I visited the park it looked at its best. Interestingly enough, we have experienced the sunniest April EVER in the Netherlands, making all the flowers pop very fast. Photographing in broad daylight with the strong sun was a challenge. But forget about the photography for a moment: walking around there all alone, with only the sounds of birds and the incredible smell of all these flowers, is an experience by itself.

I sometimes just sat next to the flowers and the water, enjoying nature for 30 minutes long. It was just a magical experience. Having no people in the park allowed me to photograph paths and angles in a certain way that you normally don’t get to see because of the crowds.”

As the park has no visitors, the zig-zag paths offer a detailed sight of the layout of the garden.