During the October National Holiday Season , Oriental International Shanghai Floriculture Industry Development ltd ( ‘ OISF ’ ) launched the humans ’s big off - time of year tulip festival in Miao Village on Chongming Island , Shanghai . Close to 1.8 million tulips were pressure exactly into bloom for China ’s most important holiday time of year , the Golden Week which lasts from 1 to 8 October .
Preparations for this big consequence already started last year , with the output and sourcing provision from different partners and suppliers in China , Netherlands and New Zealand . “ We had to find solution against all seasons and odds , ” says Ms. Coco Yang , universal director of OISF . In the climate in Shanghai , with its hot and humid summer , it is unimaginable to implant tulip electric-light bulb in the assailable landscape painting . The bulbs necessitate a cool quiescency point of 3 to 4 months to spring up a strong root bases and high - timber flush . With the financial backing of local and abroad partners we managed to import 1.8 million tulip bulbs from New Zealand and plant them on deal in June and store them in cool rooms until mid - September . During 10 days about 50 motortruck make it at Chongming Island with the pre - rooted tulip from unlike locations across China . There over 400 worker planted the tulip into the landscape painting of the beautiful Zhongzhong Forest in Miao Town .
Mr. Ibo Gülsen ofIGMPR , a Dutch project development and pattern business firm of flowered attractions , festivals and parks , has been supporting OISF in this project from the very beginning in the provision , sourcing , quality restraint and project direction . The function of pre - rooted tulip , allows tulip garden and festivals to on the button time the blossom moment and extend the operation point . “ This is the first metre ever , it has been done on such a monumental scale leaf , and we were honored and proud to work on this project since last year . Despite the mankind - wide pandemic and challenges in supply chains and travel restrictions , we manage to persist on track and achieve a magnificent result , thanks to OISF and all pardner that were postulate . ”
Although visitation is capped at 1,000 visitant at any present moment in the park due to COVID-19 regulations , over 5,000 visitor visit the show on a daily basis , with superlative of even 10,000 . The show is also a warm - up for the coming 10th edition of theChina Flower Expowhich will be held on Chongming Island from May 21- July 2 in 2021 .
Mr. Michel Gauthier presenting the honor .
For this accomplishment the chair of theWorld Tulip Society , Mr. Michel Gauthier , acquaint via video message the laurels for the ‘ World ’s Largest Off Season Tulip Show ’ : “ This project has proven again that the tulip is truly an international flower that can take pleasure and joy to people at any time and place in the globe . ”
The tulip show was covered extensively in local , national and social media in China .
visitant at the tulip show .
For more informationIGMPRMr Ibo Gülsen , handle directorTel : +31 - 653651173E - mail:[email protected]http://www.igmpr.nl
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