In Search of Wild Tulips - interview with Brett Wilson

Audio Tour of the Showroom of Folckert Dircksz Coornhert

The second exhibition of the Ninetynine Tulips Collection is hosted at the Tulip Experience Amsterdam. Visitors to the Experience can delve into the history of bulb growing, wander through a tulip field in full bloom, dine at the onsite restaurant, explore shops filled with tulip-themed gadgets, pick their own bouquet of tulips at the indoor tulip field, and visit the Showroom of Volckert Dircksz Coornhert, where ninety-nine of his personally grown tulips are displayed in painted form.

Audiotour van de Showroom van Volckert Dircksz Coornhert

De tweede tentoonstelling van de Negennegen Tulpen wordt gehost in de Tulip Experience Amsterdam. Bezoekers van de Experience kunnen zich verdiepen in de geschiedenis van de bollenteelt, dwalen door een tulpenveld in volle bloei, dineren in het restaurant ter plaatse, winkels verkennen gevuld met op tulpen geïnspireerde gadgets, hun eigen boeket tulpen plukken op het overdekte tulpenveld, en de Showroom van Volckert Dircksz Coornhert bezoeken, waar negenennegentig van zijn persoonlijk gekweekte tulpen in geschilderde vorm worden tentoongesteld.

In Search of Wild Tulips - interview with Brett Wilson

Join us for a special edition of the 99 Tulips podcast as we celebrate MuseumWeek 2023. Today's theme is the environment, aligning with World Environment Day. In this episode titled "In Search of Wild Tulips," we explore the impact of climate change on these tulips. I interview Brett Wilson, a conservationist and scientist, who shares his experiences and the importance of preserving wild tulips in their natural habitat. Brett Wilson, a renowned conservationist, scientist, and photographer, joins us to discuss the challenges faced by wild tulips due to climate change. With his extensive research and expeditions in Central Asia, Brett highlights the beauty and diversity of these tulips and emphasizes the need to gather data for their conservation. This podcast episode is our contribution to MuseumWeek's environment-themed day, Ninetynine Tulips is aiming to raise awareness about the threats to wild tulips and inspire action for their preservation.

Tulipfever! - account of the status of 99 tulip paintings

Creating 99 paintings was quite a task. I talk about the proces of creation, research, challenges and developments toward the exhibition which opened at the 18th of March 2023.

Tulip entrepeneurs - IGMPR Imagineering Horti Culture, with Ibo Gülsen

In the podcast we talk about serval featured projects, of which the Dafeng Holland Flower Park in China, the Culture of Flowers Festival Myanmar and the Tulip Time Festival in Holland Michigan USA.   And don't miss it: In the end we have a talk about the Tulipa Acuminata - the so called Istanbul tulip!