Floriade 2002

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#999933" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="041006e0ddwnfv.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mizu-randa</B></FONT><B>     </B><B> -  </B><A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holiday"><U><B>Holiday</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mizuranda"><U><B>|  </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mizuranda"><U><B>  HOME </B></U></A><B>    |    </B><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome"><U><B> WELCOME</B></U></A></FONT><B> </B></div> <div> <B>Floriade 2002</B>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grasse"><U>Grasse</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Expo 2000"><U>Expo 2000</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rotterdam"><U>Rotterdam</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" background="042bec00esnpes.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0fc8c830.gif" border=0 width="140" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>back to page</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holiday"><U><B>Holiday</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Floriade 2002</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="163" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 162 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="479969c0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Floriade is an international horticultural show that's being helt every 10 years, somewhere in the Netherlands.</div> <div> Usually a complete new park is grown in the ten years between the shows.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="239" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 87 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="466e1510.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="81" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> This year however </div> <div> they used an already </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="133" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 170 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="47b78a40.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="164" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> existing park as the basis for the exhibition.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Of course there were a lot of plants to be shown so </div> <div> the park was extented considerably with gardens, lakes etc.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="163" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 90 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="46a96540.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="84" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> The show is open from June to October so several types of flowers are planted to guarantee a 'blooming'</div> <div> visit to everyone.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="133" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 166 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="47078a00.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Most trees shown were still young and exhibited in pots but nice to see anyway.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="183" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 110 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="472aa680.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> As the show is open to the public</div> <div> a lot of attention is given to general environmental issues as well. Not just about how individuals can help but also about how growers and breeders can change their traditional ways. A lot of research in this field is being done by our Agricultural University.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="173" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 167 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="47da2a10.jpg" border=0 width="162" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> There's also a large greenhouse that's filled for about 1/3 with tropical plants like orchids and cactusses and such.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="133" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 167 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="47f76a10.jpg" border=0 width="118" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Another 1/3 is filled with large flower arrangements and indoor ponds like you'll find in the entrance hall of a big office building or in a hotel lobby.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="123" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 167 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="48170a10.jpg" border=0 width="112" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> The last 1/3 is for vegetable growers and they make quite an exhibition of it, I was really surprised by their arrangements and displays. It was all so colourfull and yet so tastefully done that it could easily have been displayed in a hotel lobby too.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Floriade 2012 will probably be near Rotterdam.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>