VATICAN CITY — Earlier this year, some Dutch Catholics were dismayed to learn that a 37-year Easter tradition would not continue in 2022. The Netherlands, known for its fields of flowers, had for more ...

St. Peter’s decked out with Dutch flowers in 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen As in previous years, Bishop Hans van den Hende of Rotterdam blessed the flowers destined for St. Peter’s Square at ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Visitors arriving at the Philadelphia Flower Show this year will feel as if they're stepping into the endless flower fields of Holland. A rainbow sea of 30,000 tulips and other ...

Ever enjoyed a saucijzenbroodje? Now’s your chance. Try the Dutch sausage roll at this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show, celebrating Holland. “Holland’s always been on the radar for us,” said Alan ...

The sun is shining, trees are budding, and flowers are opening their brilliant petals a bit earlier than planned, thanks to an early Dutch spring and the hundreds of gardeners putting finishing ...

These works show how gorgeous and profound Dutch flower painting can be. For the great art historian Ernst Gombrich, each picture was a vanitas – a meditation on youthful beauty, the brevity of life ...