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mscmphotography · 10 months

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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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mscmphotography · 10 months

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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.

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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