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It’s very hard to choose a fav tulip bed combination. They’re were so many lovely combinations. But I’m thinking this was my fav this year. Purple, & yellow R complimentary colors & the pops of red makes this a pretty great color mix. I wish I had spent more time photographing this color bed to get some macros.

Each year there is a theme so diff colors are selected to plant in the fall for the spring festival. Ottawa decided to honour the Royal gift by holding a festival. The NCC (National Capital Commission take care of all public parks, gardens, government land & heritage properties of our National capital region. They are official gardener who plants 100 tulip varieties, in 120 gardens in 30 locations in our national capital region, (Ottawa On & Gatineau Québec. These photos were all shot in 1 park of which has 30,000 tulips. Did U know there are 3,000 varieties of tulips & tulip cultivators produce more varieties.

The Dutch Royal family has been sending Canada a gift of 10,000 tulips every year for the last 78 years. There are 4 reasons for this gesture.

1 The Dutch Royal Family & the people of the Netherlands are grateful for Canada sheltering the Royals during WWII.

2 They commemorated the birth of Princess Marguerite here at that time. Our Prime Minister deemed the maturity rooms extraterrestrial so she could be born of Netherlands.

3 The Netherlands are thankful & remember the Canadian military who fought & lost their lives in helping their liberation of the Netherlands during WWII.

4 Commemorate the lasting friendship of our two countries.

Captured at Canadian Tulip Festival(the larges of its kind in the world), Commissioners Park, main site, Mothers Day May 14, 2023.

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Hard 2 believe this is a tulip, it sort of looks like a rose or peony. In fact this is a double late peony tulip. The Canadian Tulip Festival is our 1st festival 2 kick off the tourist season since Covid. It was packed Mother’s Day at Commissioners Park.

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Through the Royal gift of tulips there is commemoration of 4 things. from the Dutch Royal family.

1 It commemorates our Canadian military who fought & those who lost their lives in the Liberation of the Netherlands 🇳🇱 (end of WWII May 5, 1945).

2nd Recognizes the gratitude of the Dutch Royal Family for sheltering them during WWII.

3rd It commemorate HRH Princess Marguerite’s birth in Canada.

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4th Commemoration is the friendship between our countries.

HRH princess Marguerite’s birth is the only Royal personage 2 have ever been born in Canada. Our prime minister at the time declared the maternity ward of the Civic Hospital Dutch soil so she could B born in her own country. This is an annual 10 day festival in May. Hats off 2 the tulip festival team 4 their hard work & new surprises 2 the festival this year. Hats off 2 the @NCC_CCN 4 the amazing job they do planting & keeping our public green spaces so beautiful all over the National Capital region every year. Captured at Commissioners Park, Tulip festival, Mothers Day, Ottawa Canada May 14, 2023.

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