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ABOUT KEUKENHOF Keukenhof is a Dutch name cially established by the town’s mayor to help the European flower
meaning kitchen garden with a history that stretches back to the growers could display their hybrids.
15th century when Countess Jacqueline of Bavaria, Jacoba van
Beieren gathered fruit and vegetables for the kitchen of Teylingen The mayor’s little project worked out well -- Keukenhof is now the
Castle. Over five hundred years later in 1949, the garden was offi- world’s largest flower garden – at least for a few months of each
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