The Canadian Tulip Festival Has Grown Into The Largest Tulip Festival In The World

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Ottawa, Ontario (PRWEB) March 15, 2006 -

Tulips Galore! What is more synonymous with spring, than Tulips. You cannot find a more beautiful spot to celebrate the arrival of spring than Ottawa. The Canadian Tulip Festival this year celebrated in Ottawa from May 4-22 has grown into the largest tulip festival in the world and is an event not to be missed.

In the fall of 1945, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands presented Ottawa with 100,000 tulip bulbs. The gift was given in appreciation of the safe haven which Holland’s exiled royal family received during the Second World War and in recognition of the role which Canadian troops played in liberating the Netherlands.

The tulips have become an important symbol of international friendship and the beauty of spring. They also have special meaning to the people of Canada’s Capital Region. During the war, the Dutch royal family was hosted at Government House in Ottawa. Princess Margriet was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. The floral gift that began in 1945 has established this region as “The Tulip Capital of North America.”

A few years after the Dutch tulips arrived in 1945, they became a strong attraction. Stunning pictures were appearing in newspapers nationwide. More and more events began to center around the annual bloom of tulips.

The first Canadian Tulip Festival was held in 1953. The Ottawa Board of Trade, at the suggestion of world renowned photographer Malak Karsh whose photographs have immortalized the tulip, formalized the Canadian Tulip Festival to coincide with the tulip’s annual bloom. In the next 10 years the Festival grew in size, with a staggering display of over two million flowers.

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