Dutch masters; a virtual visit to the Dunsborough Park tulip festival
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 Published On Apr 21, 2020

In any usual year you would join the growing queue outside some unassuming wooden gates and wonder quietly to yourself whether you had come to the right place. The brick courtyard beyond opens to a series of magnificent old glasshouses and the intriguing stone lion's head begins to spike your curiosity.

But this is not any usual year, this is the year that the gates of Dunsborough Park's much heralded tulip festival have been locked to the public as part of the government's Coronavirus precautions. Behind them, the treasure chest of 20,000 tulips and the dream-like tulip meadows lie undisturbed. Owners Rolf and Caroline, in lock down in Holland are, like us, only able to make a virtual visit to what has been their passion for over twenty years. Join Caroline now as she shares the gardens from afar...

Find out more: https://ngs.org.uk/dunsborough-park-t...

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The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,000 exceptional private gardens in England and Wales, and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities. During the lockdown of 2020 our ever resourceful garden owners created films of their gardens so we could keep the garden gates open online.

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