Spring reaches its colorful crescendo at Keukenhof with a striking floral exhibit by JUB Holland : a bold incandescent lamp planting design as a coloured still life . style A orphic Dutch Still Life , this year ’s theatrical edge was created by garden and landscape painting designer Carien van Boxtel . plentiful in detail , the design invite visitor to zoom in and research , challenging the eye and sparking the resourcefulness . Van Boxtel drew intake from the 17th - one C still sprightliness of Willem van Aelst – a victor of imbalance , chiaroscuro , and poetical windlessness .
In a Keukenhof season where seven million flower bulbs break into bloom across 79 acres in an eight - calendar week botanical spectacle , JUB Holland once again abide out with a typical planting vision . " As one of Keukenhof ’s earliest contributor and settle just down the route in Noordwijkerhout , we see the common not only as an international showcase , but also as a practical test garden , " says Robbert Uittenbogaard , Director of JUB Holland . " It ’s where we present our newest mixture and establish how flower bulb designs can be artistic , thoughtful , and enduringly attractive in public landscapes . "
A design like a paintingSince 2019 , Carien van Boxtel has been the originative force behind JUB ’s Keukenhof edge . latterly named an RHS Bulb Expert , she crowd her own boundaries this year with a presume colour palette of deep red , Au , white-livered , and porcelain white . The planting is still in full bloom now , featuring dark - toned tulips such as ' Sarah Raven ' , ' Queen Rania ' , the fiery Tulipa acuminata , the painterly ' Rem ’s Favorite ' , and the late - flower Narcissus poeticus recurvus . The composition immediately paint a picture the dramatic play of the Dutch Masters . " It ’s like compose with time , " Van Boxtel explains . " I treat flowering moments like Federal Reserve note on a musical score – a boring crescendo , culminating now , in this final week , in a optical culmination . "
Planting as an art formWhat makes the design truly remarkable is not only its aesthetic top executive but also its superimposed complexity . Van Boxtel play with height variations and architectural social system and employ the leafage of anemones and daffodil , as well as the seed pods of Fritillaria persica and Fritillaria imperialis , to make calendar method and eternal sleep . " Sometimes you need to ' cool down down ' the flowers with greenish , " she explains . " So the whole composition breathe – almost like a pointillistic wild flower hayfield . "
In doing so , the focus shifts beyond the plants themselves to the trade of planting : the interplay of form , color , blossom clip , and circumstance . The cognition gain through these purpose is directly translated by JUB Holland into applicable mixes for public light-green outer space – from urban verge to bespoke landscape task .
From show border to urban greenEach class , JUB ’s show design are made commercially available after their Keukenhof debut . These unique medulla commixture are now wide used by landscape professionals across Europe . With cautiously staggered bloom chronological sequence and a centering on biodiversity , the figure are not only beautiful but also forward - intellection .
" A expert bulb mix lead off with flowering , but it only win when everything comes together – the rhythm of the landscape painting , the sustenance , the biodiversity , " Uittenbogaard says . " That ’s what we plan – based on practical knowledge . " He adds , " We ’re seeing that the account behind a design – the maneuver of color , prime timing , the cultural base – truly resonates with landscape architects , municipalities , and green space managers . We require to inspire them and endure them with ready - made solutions that are visually impactful and ecologically good . "
One more calendar week of full gloryA Mysterious Dutch Still Life can still be viewed in full bloom at Keukenhof until Sunday 11 May . Just next to it , the Bulb Mania Mix – a collaborative border featuring bulbs and perennials co - developed by JUB Holland and Rijnbeek Perennials – is also in flower for the second year running . Behind the scenes , homework for a newfangled idea , a new story – and a novel challenge – are already underway .
For more entropy : JUB HollandRobijnslaan 432211TG , NoordwijkerhoutTel . : +31 ( 0)252 373762[email protected]www.jubholland.nl
