OrganizationTransport company Van der Slot from Noordwijkerhout – demand in this Easter flower custom from the very beginning in 1986 – will once again ensure that all flower and other material attain their destination in Vatican City . On Tuesday , March 26 , 2024 , Van der Slot Transport will leave with a big truck combination full of Dutch products . After all the flush have been blessed during a ceremony at Keukenhof in Lisse , the transport goes straight to the Eternal City – Rome . Monsignor Hans van den Hende , bishop of the Diocese of Rotterdam – to which Lisse also belong to – and also president of the Dutch Bishops ' Conference , will do the benediction at 11:30 AM . From 11:00 AM that sunrise , the gates of Keukenhof are open to anyone who wants to be present at this ceremonial occasion .
In Rome , head organiser Piet van der Burg , supported by a team of volunteer , will steer the entire operation of the flower decorations in the good guidance . On Easter Sunday , March 31 , 2024 , the Dutch flowers will be officially presented to Pope Francis by the Frisian Church – the Dutch Roman Catholic parish in Rome , where Revd . Antoine Bodar is the rector . " The Solemnity of Easter , the Feast of the Resurrection , always represents a new showtime , Modern Leslie Townes Hope , new life , " Revd . Bodar say . One could in reality say that , especially in our current time , seeing the state of the earth today , the subject matter of Easter ( the victory of life over last ) , also express in the beauty of the blossom in St. Peter ’s Square , is perhaps more urgent than ever .
Floral splendourThe floral décor adorns more than 170 straightforward meters of St. Peter ’s Square with dozens of arrangements around the high Lord’s table , on the stairs , and on the key balcony of St. Peter ’s basilica – from where Pope Francis will pronounce the apostolical blessing " Urbi et Orbi " ( " to the metropolis and to the humankind " ) . In this way , the Dutch floriculture sphere displays a unique and broad chain of mountains of mathematical product to the globe . The totality will be an interplay of assorted colors , in which purple , xanthous , and lily-white predominate . The well - known bulb flower traditionally form the basis of the entire arrangement , with the cut prime incorporated colorfully . This year , the gerbera will be the main efflorescence . agriculturist ' association Summit Gerbera is donating no fewer than 3,500 big - flowered and mini gerberas in a full sort of colors . Meijer Roses from Pijnacker is make 1,200 white and royal / pinkish Avalanche roses uncommitted in this edition . Evanthia and FlowerXL are bring 1,000 robust stems of matthiola StoX in 4 color and the Zentoo Growers ' Association is contributing 600 stems of single - blossom chrysanthemum . Vreeken Bouvardia and Peelen Anthuriums offer beautiful baseball swing varieties . Delphinium nursery N.G. Wigchert from Noordwijkerhout is a regular patron with richly flowering delphinium in three colors . Tak Global , in collaboration with Coloríginz / OZ Import , adds forsythia and a wide range of cut of meat foliage .
PublicityOn Easter Sunday , March 31 , 2024 , the entire Easter High Mass will be broadcast from Rome by spreader KRO - NCRV , from 9:50 AM on video channel NPO 2 – followed by the Pope ’s traditional blessing " Urbi et Orbi " ( " to the city and to the world " ) at 12:00 postmortem examination . This year , there is once again plenty of attention in the medium for the blossom motion from the Netherlands . KRO - NCRV will also transmit a news report between the end of High Mass and the " Urbi et Orbi " ( so sometime between 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM ) , in which the witness is choose from a number of occasion during the preparation full point in The Netherlands to the unfolding of the floral splendor in St. Peter ’s Square . This reputation will be repeated in the KRO - NCRV program " Kruispunt " at 05:30 PM , again on idiot box television channel NPO 2 .
With all broadcast together , the flower decorations will be demo extensively . Worldwide , the Easter Mass in Rome , which is broadcast and shared by the Vatican media , is watched by jillion of people . Vatican News provide video , radio , podcasts , image , news , and audio in more than 30 languages . It has understand the turn of visitors and pageboy viewed online grow strongly in recent yr .
