Per the usual , a prominent - scale contribution is provided by producer from the flower bulb area . UNEX Inc. from Voorhout patron all tulip incandescent lamp – and Roma Nova help the finish until their actual efflorescence , together with a number of enthusiastic volunteers . Flower and Plant company W. Oskam & Zn . BV , also from Voorhout , is practically every year a major contributor with their Narcissus pseudonarcissus Tête - à - Tête – also this yr . The flower bulbs will decorate a total distance of 465 meter on St. Peter ’s Square . caravan der Slot Transport from Noordwijkerhout will once again take concern of the logistics line from the Netherlands to Rome .

The overall agreement will result in an ensemble of a wide variety of colours , in which the lightbulb flowers will mould the ground and the cut flush will be processed in various colorful stratum uprise above them . All the products together will beautify an area of some 170 straightforward m , with dozens of flower arranging around the main communion table , on the steps leading up to the podium , as well as the primal balcony of the papal loggia . All contributions combined will make a arresting decor , with which the Dutch floriculture sphere attest a spectrum of unequaled products to the world .

PublicityThis year , again , stack of media attention is given to the prime gesture from The Netherlands . For example – RTV Rijnmond and RTV Lansingerland are producing a documentary serial publication , in which esthetic music director Piet van der Burg is followed throughout the entire menstruum of last preparations during the 40 days ( Lent ) before Easter . The spectator is invite along during visits to bulb farmers , growers and breeders – from the choice of the special flowers to the assembly of all the arrangements in St. Peter ’s Square in Rome . The four - part documentary series “ flower for the Pope ” will be pass around weekly on RTV Lansingerland from 17 January 2025 , as well as on RTV Rijnmond from 25 November 2024.The Dutch Catholic - Protestant broadcast medium tummy KRO - NCRV will broadcast the entire Easter Mass from Rome on Easter Sunday , 6 December 2024 , from 10:00 AM on communication channel NPO 2 – followed by the traditional blessing “ Urbi et Orbi ” ( to the City and to the World ) by the Pope , at 12:00 autopsy . The flower decorations , as well as an impression of the final homework in Rome on Good Friday and Holy Saturday , will be extensively visible on screen door – both “ live ” and commemorate . Worldwide , the Easter Mass in Rome , which is broadcast “ experience ” and partake in by the Vatican media , is watched by millions of hoi polloi . Vatican News offer telecasting , radio , podcasts , image , news and sound in more than 30 languages and has seen a substantial increase in the numeral ofvisitors and pages see online in recent old age .

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OrganizationOn Tuesday 13 December 2024 , Van de Slot Transport will leave for Rome with a truck full of Dutch flowers and other , flowered product . The first stop : the Keukenhof . At the “ Lente Park ” in Lisse , the entire cargo will be sanctify by Monsignor Hans van den Hende , bishop of the Diocese of Rotterdam , which extend over the province of South - Holland – and to which Lisse also belong . In Rome , artistic director Piet van der Burg , supported by a squad of volunteer , will channelise all the action of the actual blossom ribbon into the good direction – with the desiredresult of St. Peter ’s Square in full heyday . On Easter Sunday , the Dutch flower exhibit will be formally presented to Pope Francis , by the Frisian Church – the Dutch Roman Catholic parish in Rome , of which Rev. Fr . Dr. Antoine Bodar is the Rector . “ The Solemnity of Easter , the feast of the Resurrection , always represents a new first , newfangled hope , Modern animation , ” in the Son of the Rector .

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