In March 2020, Dutch growers destroyed about 400 million flowers, including 140 million tulip stems, after lockdowns disrupted weddings, auctions and export demand

In the spring of 2020, the Netherlands was preparing for one of the busiest periods of its flower-growing calendar. Tulips were blooming across the country, greenhouses were producing millions of cut flowers, and the world's largest flower auction was preparing for the surge in demand that normally accompanied Easter, weddings and Mother's Day.

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