My 14 Photographs Of The Holland Flower Park In China
I'm a Dutch photographer and have been capturing tulips in my homeland from every possible angle for more than a decade. So I asked myself: What's next?
Recently, the Dutch Tulip Society, an international network of tulip parks and festivals, contacted me with the direct answer to that question: They asked me if I wanted to photograph tulips outside of the Netherlands, all around the world!
The first stop was Yancheng, China, to the Holland Flower Park in Dafeng. I didn't know what to expect. But once I arrived, I was amazed! Not only did they have a crazy amount of tulips, but they also had many Dutch buildings. They have a whole Dutch-themed village called Holland Village. The backstory to this is that 100 years ago, a Dutch water engineer supported the local community in creating arable lands, on which nowadays millions of tulips are showcased for the public to enjoy!
In this photo series, you can see this incredible place, complete with many flowers, windmills, and even a spectacular church building!
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14 PHOTOS
#1 Top Down 1
Top-down view of the park taken with my drone. The park looked absolutely stunning from above.
#2 The Locals
Locals come from all around to dress up and take photos with the flowers.
#3 Top Down 4
#4 Evening Church Building
#5 The Windmill
Part of the park as seen by drone. You can see the Dutch buildings as a backdrop and the windmill in the foreground. All the lines of flowers are carefully planted in beautiful patterns, which look spectacular from the sky!
#6 Endless Tulips
The long, curvy rows of tulips look spectacular from the ground. When I visited, most of the park was at its best regarding the tulip bloom, with very similar timing to that in the Netherlands. The climate around Dafeng is quite similar to that of the Netherlands in spring. It can get a little bit warmer, but the tulips come out around the same time: mid-April.
#7 The Perfect Picture
Of course, they had a real windmill in the park. It's funny that as a photographer, we always try to find that perfect photo of a beautiful tulip field with a windmill in the background. This is different each year as the fields are always slightly different. In Dafeng, they know what people want, and they just put the windmill right there where people want it. The paint is a little over the top for me, but awesome nonetheless.
#8 The Hobbit
When you spend a long time in such a park, you start to notice all the little details and 'hidden' corners, like the photos above. They kind of remind me of movies like The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, which they are probably inspired by.
#9 Happy People
Every day the park was extremely crowded with people enjoying the blooming tulips. It’s always so nice to see how (dutch) flowers around the world spread happiness.
#10 The Park
Keywords: Photographs | Holland Flower Park | China | Beautiful flowers | Tulips | Nature | Beauty of nature