Flower power was a slogan during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and non-violence. It started as an opposition movement to the Vietnam War. Originally, the expression was coined by the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles. Hippies dressed in clothes with embroidered flowers and vibrant colors, wearing flowers in their hair.
Who, my age, didn’t love the musical Hair?
As you can see, the theme of this year’s Keukenhof flower festival was Flower Power.
And Flower Power there was – in abundance. The pictures in this post all come from only one of all the exhibition halls…
Tulips, orchids, roses, hyacinths, anthuriums – cars and clothes!
As you can guess…I could have stayed here forever. After an hour or two, my poor husband found a chair somewhere…But, admitted that this was a glorious feast to the eye. To see the whole exhibition area, or most of it, we spent the whole day. Unforgettable.
Leya 
Flower power beautifully executed
Fabulous
Glad you loved it!
Oh this is so lovely, and such a trip don memory lane.
Hmm, I wonder if I could still weave a daisy chain hair wreath….
I bet you can! What we once knew will be awoken again!
indeed a glorious feast to the eyes! and to the senses as well! we need to revive the flower power…for peace 🙂
Why not? Peace is what we need today.
Flower Power at its most powerful! The colours of the orchids in the last picture seem very unusual, especially the turquoise ones.
I thought so too, they must have been put into coloured water?
I remember being offered some roses to smell at a trade show that had been artificially sprayed with fragrance, though we didn’t know it. I was with David Austin Jnr and when the stallholder found out who he was, he tried to trick him by asking which fragrance group the rose fell in to. David said it reminded him more of rose perfume sprays than a real flower, so he passed the test.
They will not be tricked!
Well done you for spending the time!
Beautiful flowers!
Thank you!
Lol your husband had to find a chair…hope he had a good time 😀 Wonderful photography as usual, Leya. Also liked knowing about the flower power slogan and movement as a way to protest peacefully. No need for violence but for peaceful ways to make our voices be heard.
Ha, he always finds a chair…;-D And yes, the good old flower power, its inner thought is still good!