historyadventurer: Governor’s Palace gardens & Weaver’s house garden; Colonial W
historyadventurer: Governor’s Palace gardens & Weaver’s house garden; Colonial Williamsburg. With Virginia’s Historic Garden Week right around the corner, I wanted to share some of my favorite tulip photos from my impromptu Easter weekend trip to Williamsburg. And, no, I’m not the only one with Tulipmania. You’ve probably seen a botany print or still life featuring tulips at some point in your life, and, chances are, it was made by a Dutch artist. In the 1630s, with the rising wealth of the merchant class and the popularity of tulips as a status symbol, the price of tulip bulbs skyrocketed in the Netherlands. However, prices abruptly collapsed in February 1637—and so the first recorded economic bubble burst. Tulips, however, remained exceedingly popular in European and colonial gardens through the eighteenth century. By the 1760s, an American colonist could choose from over fifty varieties of tulip bulbs at market. I started a blog about my History Adventures. So you should probably check it out. Or not. Whatever. -- source link
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