Amazing Flowers Found at Veldheer’s Tulip Gardens
12755 Quincy St. Holland, Michigan 49424
Veldheer’s Tulip Gardens is the best place to buy tulips with over 5.5 million tulips and other flowers waiting for you. Started in 1950 when Vern Veldheer planted 100 red and 300 white tulips on this hobby farm. Now Veldheer’s plants over 5.5 million tulips for you to walk through, enjoy and even gives an opportunity to bring some home. Veldheer is so much more than tulips. You will also see 50,000 daffodils, 10,000 hyacinths and 20,000 crocus perfect for a continuous parade of color. Just perfect for any garden enthusiast or photographer.
Veldheer staff is extremely helpful and takes great pride in their customer service. Their Philosophy is that each client and their yards are important.
The best time to visit Veldheer’s Tulip Gardens is the last week of April until the middle of May to see the tulips. For more information on Hollands Tulips Time Festival click here https://visitwestmi.com/holland-michigan-tulip-time-festival/
If you are interested in ordering flowers online from Veldheer’s click here https://veldheerstore.com/
At Veldheer’s tulip Gardens you can also find American Buffalo. You can view 19 of these giant animals. Including the DNA test and certified identical twins named Wange and Nepa. You can also purchase Bison meat that is 100% grass fed, hormone free and antibiotic free. All USDA quality meat here. If you are unsure how to cook Bison just ask them they are there to help.
Price:
To see the garden and a closer view of the buffalo
- $15.00 per adult
- $8 per child 3-13
Pet Friendly:
Unfortunately because of the Bison, pets are not allowed other than service dogs.
De Klomps Wooden Shoe and Delft Factory
De Klomps Wooden Shoe and Delft Factory keeps the tradition of crafting wooden shoes and hand painted Delftware. It takes almost a full week to produce delftware and this is the only production factory in North America. They have over 400 different hand painted Dutch pottery items you can purchase. You also have the opportunity to talk to the artists as they hand paint these traditional dutch designs and glaze each item for the perfect shine.
At De Klomps you can also purchase wooden shoes from doll size all the way to size 14 adult shoes. These shoes are made on authentic Dutch machinery that was designed especially for making wooden shoes. But don’t worry they have a wooden shoe hand carver that was specially trained and received his diploma in wood carving from the Netherlands. Your purchased shoes can be customized with almost anything you can imagine and makes a great souvenir to remember the perfect vacation in Holland, Michigan.
Price:
It’s free to get in and learn about the History of the wooden clogs.
