Flowers of Europe
Tulip fields, lavender, roses, alpine meadows, flower carpets and the great garden shows. 389 pages on Phool so far.
🇫🇷 France 153🇮🇹 Italy 124🇬🇧 United Kingdom 102🇪🇸 Spain 99🇩🇪 Germany 86🇮🇪 Ireland 63🇬🇷 Greece 58🇵🇹 Portugal 55🇳🇱 Netherlands 43🇦🇹 Austria 38🇧🇬 Bulgaria 38🇸🇪 Sweden 34🇷🇴 Romania 30🇵🇱 Poland 26🇨🇭 Switzerland 25🇺🇦 Ukraine 25🇫🇮 Finland 23🇳🇴 Norway 20🇷🇸 Serbia 19🇦🇱 Albania 18🇧🇪 Belgium 18🇭🇷 Croatia 16🇭🇺 Hungary 16🇸🇮 Slovenia 16🇱🇹 Lithuania 11🇮🇸 Iceland 10🇱🇻 Latvia 10🇲🇹 Malta 10🇪🇪 Estonia 9🇨🇿 Czech Republic 8🇲🇰 North Macedonia 8🇸🇰 Slovakia 7🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6🇧🇾 Belarus 5🇲🇩 Moldova 4🇲🇪 Montenegro 4🇽🇰 Kosovo 2🇲🇨 Monaco 2🇦🇩 Andorra 1
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Corn dolly
Straw figures shaped for harvest customs across Europe
🇮🇪 Ireland and 3 more · Flower craft
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May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Month-long Catholic customs honouring Mary with flowers, altars, and processions
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Custom, May
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Well dressing
Decorating wells with flower petal pictures in rural England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Carpet or floor pattern
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May Day Festival
A spring festival with flowers, greenery, maypoles and bonfires on the first of May
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Custom, May
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BeltaneBealtaine / Là Bealltainn / Boaltinn
The Gaelic May Day festival with bonfires and yellow flower decorations
🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 more · Custom, May
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MidsummerMidsommar
Europe’s summer solstice festival with bonfires, flowers and outdoor gatherings
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Custom, June
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Mărțișor
Red and white string brooches worn for spring in Romania and Moldova
🇷🇴 Romania and 3 more · Custom, March
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Bollenstreek Flower Parade
A spring flower parade from Noordwijk to Haarlem in the Netherlands
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Parade or display, April
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Nice CarnivalCarnaval de Nice
A vibrant February carnival with floats and flower parades in Nice, France
🇫🇷 France · Parade or display, Feb to Mar
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Herbarium
A scientific collection of preserved plant specimens for study and reference
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 more · Parade or display
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rose oil
Essential oil distilled from rose petals, prized in perfume and tradition
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 4 more · Flower craft
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Enfleurage
A traditional French method for capturing flower fragrance in fat
🇫🇷 France · Flower craft
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Fleur-de-lis
A stylized lily used as a heraldic emblem
🇫🇷 France and 5 more · Custom
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Heraldic rose
A stylized five-petaled rose used as a symbol in coats of arms and badges
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Art or design
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Monastic garden
A medieval monastery's practical and spiritual garden for food, medicine and reflection
🇮🇹 Italy · Garden style
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Knot garden
A formal garden pattern of interlaced low hedges in a square frame
🇮🇹 Italy · Garden style
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French formal gardenjardin à la française
A garden style shaped by symmetry, order, and geometric design
🇫🇷 France and 5 more · Garden style
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Hortus Eystettensis
A 1613 botanical book showing over 1,000 garden plants from a Bavarian palace
🇩🇪 Germany · Art or design
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Flora Danica
A botanical atlas that inspired a famous porcelain dinner set
🇳🇴 Norway and 3 more · Art or design
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Italian Renaissance garden
A formal garden style from Italy with terraces, fountains, and classical features
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 more · Garden style
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Herbaceous border
A garden bed of perennial, non-woody plants arranged for colour and form
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Garden style
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Floristry
The craft and trade of arranging and selling flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 3 more · Arrangement
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Wreath
A ring-shaped decoration made from flowers, leaves, or other materials
🇬🇷 Greece and 7 more · Arrangement
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Advent wreathAdventskranz
A ring of evergreens and candles marking each week of Advent
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 more · Worn flowers, Nov to Dec
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Laurel wreath
A head or neck wreath made from laurel leaves, symbolizing victory
🇬🇷 Greece and 4 more · Worn flowers
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Boutonnière
A single flower worn on a suit or tuxedo lapel for formal occasions
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Worn flowers
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Wreath (attire)
A circular headpiece made of flowers, leaves, or branches for celebration or honour
🇬🇷 Greece · Worn flowers
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Floral clock
A working outdoor clock with a face made of living flowers
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Tulipiere
A pottery vessel with spouts for growing tulip bulbs indoors
🇪🇸 Spain · Arrangement
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Cut flowers
Fresh flowers and buds trimmed for decoration and display
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 6 more · Arrangement
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Olive wreathκότινος
A crown of wild olive branches given to Olympic victors in ancient Greece
🇬🇷 Greece · Offering or rite
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Grass Crowncorona graminea
A rare Roman military crown woven from battlefield grasses and plants
🇮🇹 Italy · Garland or wreath
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Flower carpet
Patterns made on the ground from fresh flowers or petals
🇧🇪 Belgium and 3 more · Carpet or floor pattern, Aug to Dec
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Rushbearing
An English festival of carrying rushes and flowers to church in decorated processions
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Custom, Jul to Aug
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Remembrance poppy
An artificial red poppy worn to honour those lost in war
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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White poppy
A peace symbol worn for Remembrance Day and Anzac Day
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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Maypole
A tall decorated pole at the heart of spring and summer festivals in Europe
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Custom
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Kupala NightКупа́лле / Иван Купала / Івана Купала / Noc Kupały
Slavic midsummer festival with flower garlands, bonfires, and water rituals
🇧🇾 Belarus and 5 more · Custom, Jun to Jul
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Ukrainian wreathвінок
A flower crown worn by Ukrainian girls and young women for tradition and celebration
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Garland or wreath
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Jāņi
Latvia’s midsummer festival with wreaths, bonfires, and solstice songs
🇱🇻 Latvia and 3 more · Custom, June
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Castleton Garland Day
A flower-covered procession and maypole dance in Castleton, Derbyshire each May
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Custom, May
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Mothering Sunday
A British day for honouring mothers and the mother church, marked with violets and cake
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 more · Custom, Mar to Apr
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Saint George's Day in CataloniaDiada de Sant Jordi
Catalonia’s day of exchanging books and red roses on April 23
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Custom, April
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Martenitsaмартеница
Red and white yarn tokens worn to greet spring in Bulgaria and nearby countries
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 5 more · Custom, March
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DożynkiDożynki, Обжинки, Дажынкі, Dožínky, Òżniwinë
The Slavic harvest festival marked by wreaths of grain and flowers
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 more · Custom, Aug to Sep
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Christmas decoration
Ornaments, wreaths, and festive displays for the Christmas season
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Arrangement, Jan to Dec
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Christmas tree
A decorated evergreen tree displayed for Christmas in homes and public places
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Arrangement, December
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Flower Carpet of BrusselsTapis de Fleurs
A giant floral tapestry on Brussels’ Grand-Place every two years
🇧🇪 Belgium · Carpet or floor pattern, August
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Corn dolly: Renata ( talk ), Public domain, source
- May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Well dressing: User:WhaleyTim, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- May Day Festival: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source
- Beltane: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Midsummer: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bollenstreek Flower Parade: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nice Carnival: Honeydew, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Herbarium: DIST Lyon1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- rose oil: Itineranttrader, Public domain, source
- Fleur-de-lis: Rosa-Maria Rinkl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Heraldic rose: Gliwi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Monastic garden: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Knot garden: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- French formal garden: Picture taken by deror avi on June 2005., Attribution, source
- Hortus Eystettensis: Wolfgang Kilian, Public domain, source
- Flora Danica: Edelseider, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Italian Renaissance garden: sonietta, CC BY 2.0, source
- Herbaceous border: Northmetpit, CC0, source
- Floristry: Joachimj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wreath: Олександр Майоров, Майкл Ендрюс, Світлана Буланова, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Advent wreath: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY 4.0, source
- Laurel wreath: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Boutonnière: David Ring, CC0, source
- Wreath (attire): Pavlo Boyko, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Floral clock: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tulipiere: Lourdes Cardenal, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cut flowers: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Olive wreath: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Grass Crown: Wilhelm von Gloeden, Public domain, source
- Flower carpet: Francisco Conde Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rushbearing: Alexander Wilson, Public domain, source
- Remembrance poppy: Heatherannej, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White poppy: Nankai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Maypole: Uploaded by Mikael Häggström, CC0, source
- Kupala Night: Ivan Sokolov, Public domain, source
- Ukrainian wreath: Samuil Dudin (1863-1929), Public domain, source
- Jāņi: Heinrihsons, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Castleton Garland Day: Photographer: SiGarb, Public domain, source
- Mothering Sunday: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saint George's Day in Catalonia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Martenitsa: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dożynki: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Christmas decoration: C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Christmas tree: Lechhansl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flower Carpet of Brussels: Dossid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source