Irpin plants 60,000 Dutch tulips

Irpin is planting 60,000 Dutch tulips. What the town gave in return

The bulbs were donated by flower growers from the Netherlands. Here is who helped with the gift and when the tulips will bloom.

Vitalii Lytvyn · 18 October 2026 at 18:201 min read

Photo: Devansh Shah / Pexels

A tulip field in the Netherlands. Illustrative photo

Sixty thousand Dutch tulips are being planted in Irpin. The bulbs were donated by Balthazar Breezand, Teeuwen Breezand, Amerlaan Breezand and J. Heemskerk De Zilk, and planting began on 13 October.

This was reported by acting mayor Anzhela Makeieva.

The NGO Fight for Freedom UA and the Hope4Ukraine foundation helped plant the bulbs. They have repeatedly supported veterans, internally displaced people and those most in need in Irpin.

Dutch tulip bulbs before planting in Irpin

In return, Irpin gave its Dutch friends seeds of Ukrainian marigolds. So in spring tulips will bloom in Irpin, and marigolds in the Netherlands.

As a reminder, in May 100,000 tulips, a gift from Dutch flower companies, bloomed in Bucha City Park.

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