Floriade (Netherlands)

Visitors on "Spotters Hill" at Floriade 2002.

Floriade is an international exhibition and garden festival, held every 10 years in the Netherlands. All have been World Horticultural Expositions and listed as an A1 category exhibition by the International Association of Horticultural Producers^[1] and hence recognized by the Bureau of International Expositions. The next Floriade will be held in 2022 in Almere.^[2]

History

Prior to the Floriade in the Netherlands, flower and garden shows were called Flora Exhibitions held at Groenendaal park in Heemstede in 1925, 1935 and 1953, and earlier in 1910 in the Haarlemmerhout in Haarlem.^[3] The first Floriade was held in Rotterdam in Het Park with the Euromast being erected to mark the event^[4]

Organization

The Floriade is coordinated by the Dutch Horticultural Council. The Dutch Horticultural Council was founded in 1908 and aims to strengthen the image of the Dutch horticulture and to promote exports.The location varies and is awarded to a city after a bidding phase.

Editions

Floriade	City	Venue	Date	AIPH-edition	Motto
Floriade 1960	Rotterdam	Het Park	March 25 - September 1960	1
Floriade 1972	Amsterdam	Amstelpark and Beatrixpark	March 30 - October 1 1972	5
Floriade 1982	Amsterdam	Gaasperpark	April 8 - October 10 1982	9
Floriade 1992	Zoetermeer	Rokkeveen	April 9 - October 10 1992	13
Floriade 2002	Haarlemmermeer	Haarlemmermeerse Woods	April 6 - October 20 2002	16	Feel the art of nature
Floriade 2012	Venlo	Venlo Greenpark	April 6 - October 7 2012	19
Floriade 2022	Almere	Weerwater		23	Growing Green Cities

Recent Floriades

1992 Zoetermeer

The 1992 Floriade was held in Zoetermeer and ran from 9 April to 10 October. The event was held on converted pasture outside the newtown of Zoetermeer, covered 168 acres and had participants from more than 20 countries.^[5]

2002 Haarlemmermeer

The 2002 Floriade was held in Haarlemmermeer with a theme of Contribution of Horticulture in the quality of life in the 21st century. It ran from 5 April to 20 October, covered 65 ha and had 30 participating countries^[6]

2012 Venlo Floriade

The Floriade 2012 was held from April 5 to October 7, 2012 in Venlo. The sixth Floriade and nineteenth AIPH world horticultural exposition, the Floriade spanned 66 acres and hosted 25 countries.

2022 Almere

The 2022 Floriade will be held in Almere^[2] with design by MVRDV.^[7]

References

↑ "AIPH". AIPH. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
1 2 "Floriade Almere 2022" (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2013.
↑ "Flora-archief".
↑ "History - Euromast". Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ Raver, Anne (3 May 1992). "At Floriade, Tulips Are Just a Start". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
↑ "2002 Haarlemmermeer - Netherlands". Retrieved 20 October 2013.
↑ "Floriade 2022 proposal for Almere | MVRDV | Rethinking The Future | Rethinking The Future". Retrieved 28 November 2013.

External links

Official site - English version not up yet

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List of world expositions

Retrospectively recognized expositions

BIE recognized Universal Expositions

BIE recognized Specialized Expositions

BIE recognized horticultural exhibitions (AIPH)

Canceled

Rome 1942
Chicago 1992
Vienna & Budapest 1995
Metro Manila 2002
Seine Saint Denis 2004

Not BIE recognized

Asia	Nanyang 1910 Hangzhou 1929 Nagoya 1937 Shenyang 2006

Oceania	Melbourne 1866 Sydney 1870 Melbourne 1875 Brisbane 1876 Sydney 1879 Dunedin 1889 Christchurch 1906 Auckland 1913–14 Dunedin 1925 Wellington 1939–40

Europe	London 1756 Dublin 1853 Manchester 1857 Porto 1865 London 1871–74 Vienna 1873 Amsterdam 1883 Liverpool 1886 London 1886 Copenhagen 1888 Glasgow 1888 Frankfurt 1891 Prague 1891 Lyon 1894 Oporto 1894 Berlin 1896 Glasgow 1901 Cork 1902 Hanoi 1902 London 1905 London 1906 Marseille 1906 Dublin 1907 London 1908 Zaragoza 1908 London 1910 Dresden 1911 London 1911 London 1912 Lyon 1914 Cologne 1914 London 1914 Kristiania 1914 Malmö 1914 Semarang 1914 London 1921 Marseille 1922 British Empire Exhibition (1924–25) Antwerp 1930 Stockholm 1930 Paris 1931 Porto 1934 Glasgow 1938

North America	New York City 1826–1897 Bryant Park, New York City 1853 Atlanta 1881 Louisville 1883–87 New Orleans 1884 Atlanta 1887 San Francisco 1894 Atlanta 1895 Nashville 1897 Omaha 1898 Buffalo 1901 Charleston 1901–02 Portland, Oregon 1905 Jamestown 1907 Seattle 1909 Knoxville 1913 San Diego 1915–17 Bronx 1918 Philadelphia 1926 San Diego 1935–36 Dallas 1936 Cleveland 1936–37 Dallas 1937 San Francisco 1939–40 New York City 1964–65

South America	Buenos Aires 1910 Rio de Janeiro 1922

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