European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Re % fill a a a a it # a a Ltd a. V. A #5 / of left two visitors wander past an Early season display of color while above a curious toddler can t resist the Aroma of a Blooming hyacinth. Quot / -. A a a to a ult a amp fee to Mfd time  puts on its perennial showy Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Hen you think you have enough film to capture Beauty of the Netherlands Premier Flower Garden it it and buy some More. Ven if you re not a Shutterbug who collects camera piment by the Pound you la Likely find it hard to Rise restraint when focusing on Keuken Hof Jen s breathtaking palette of colors and exquisite Ign. Even the most cynical tourist has to admit the Jen is More than Quot just a Bunch of  Utch bulb growers from the Lisse Region started the  Park in 1949 As a showcase for the Flowers that no from the bulbs they sell. Prior to that visitors could y View the Flowers in the colourful bulb Fields that form a Schwork quilt around the Park. About 800,000 visitors take in the Park s tulips and other Flowers during its two month season each year according to Keuken Hof spokesman Wijs Kooiman. Crowds could be even bigger this year because of the world horticultural exhibition going on about 25 Miles Southeast in Zoe Termeer. The exhibit called Floriada is held every 10 years. Among those beating the crowds by going Early this season were it. Col. Walt and Vickie Donegan and their daughters Annabeth and Erika. They were on a tour sponsored by the nato support activity in Brussels. Even though Only about one third of the Park s Flowers were in Bloom the air Force family gave it rave reviews. Quot it s Beautiful. The Flowers a and just the atmosphere is so pretty Quot Vickie Donegan said. Quot Well return again next year for sure Quot her husband said. Those who do return in subsequent years can expel t the Park to be totally changed Kooiman said. Quot you can test us Quot he challenged. Each year Green thumbed Crews representing 94 bulb growers join the Park s 25 full time gardeners to Plant More than 6 million new Flower bulbs in a completely different design drawn up by Keuken Hof s landscape architect. Each Section of the Park s meticulously groomed flowerbeds is marked with a Small unobtrusive Green sign bearing its name. You can visit with aristocrats or Stop to see Irma la Douce. If those Don t suit your Flower fancy you can Check out Lawrence of Arabia Lilac wonders or Spring beauties. The list goes on and on continued on Pae / -9