Spring in the Netherlands

€“ is the one of the best places to view the abundance of spring flowers in the South Holland region of the Netherlands

e, the lowland area by the North Sea is carpeted with fields of gladioli, hyacinths, lilies, daffodils, crocuses... and, of course, tulips

 to the current trends and in collaboration with a number of gardening magazines

on is Germany: Land of Poets and Philosophers

ps originated in the east and were brought to Holland from the Ottoman Empire in the mid 1500s

menmarkt - set on the capital's Singel canal and said to be the world's only floating flower market - has a score of stalls where you can buy all sorts of plants, flowers, bulbs and seeds