1. Pick a flower on National Tulip Day. Each year on the third Saturday of January, Amsterdam’s central Dam Square comes alive with around 200,000 tulips that make up a temporary garden.

You can see tulips, the iconic flower of the Netherlands, in Amsterdam and Lisse, and during events like the Bollenstreek Bloemencorso in 2025.

Although Amsterdam has more museums than any other city, my wife and I came for one thing: the tulips. At world-famous Keukenhof , you can find over two million of them at peak season.

He adores species or wild tulips for their low-fuss, perennial nature. He’s been growing uber-rare Tulipa sprengeri from seed indoors for two years, sourced from a client’s collection.