The town of Tillsonburg was one of the 140 communities selected from the more than 400 applications received by the Canadian Garden Council. The garden was erected by Tillsonburg Horticultural Society. Each of the 140 new 70th Anniversary Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Gardens across the country will consist of 700 red and white tulip bulbs (350 of each colour) donated by Vesey’s Bulbs in Prince Edward Island.
The Garden was planted in fall 2015. In Southern Ontario tulip bulbs generally bloom between the end of April and the beginning of June depending on the type of tulip and where it’s planted.
The memorial is dedicated as a living monument in recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the original Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden planted in Ottawa at the end of World War II in 1945. The memorial is in appreciation of the safe haven that members of Holland’s exiled royal family received during World War II, and in recognition of the role Canadian troops played in the liberation of the Netherlands.
