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World Tulip Summit 2017 Westin Hotel Ottawa WORLD TULIP SUMMIT 2017 WESTIN HOTEL OTTAWA CANADA OCTOBER 5‐7 2017 Report for Springfields Horticultural Society Trustees Adrian Jansen INTRODUCTION The 7th World Tulip Summit was held in Ottawa, Canada in October 2017, hosted by the Ottawa Tulip Festival. In addition to celebrating 15 years since the first WTS in Ottawa in 2002, it was also the 65th anniversary of the Ottawa Tulip festival, and 150 years since the founding of the Dominion of Canada. There has been some confusion as to the year of the first Summit. Although we refer to the first as being in 2002 in Ottawa, there was an ‘unofficial’ summit the previous year in Tonami, Japan. It was there that it was decided to invite a number of countries to participate the following year in Ottawa. This Tonami meeting is now known as ‘The Inspirational Summit’. The second Summit was in Canberra, Australia 2006, 3rd in Spalding 2008, 4th Skagit Valley, USA in 2010, 5th in Istanbul, Turkey in 2013, and the 6th in Suncheon City, South Korea, 2015 Initially, having received the invitation to attend, David, Peter and myself agreed we would not send a delegate as SHS couldn’t justify the cost of airfare, hotel and registration fees. Having explained this to Michel Gauthier, the Chairman of the WTS, he understood our situation, but he was very keen to have us attend. In order to help, the delegate fees could be waived, and the organisers would pay one return airfare, if we covered hotel costs. After consultation with Trustees, we decided I would attend alone. You have all received the link to the SHS website together with the password to be able to see both my slides and written presentation. The choice of subject was that of the organisers, with some modification from myself. The presentation ran for 25 minutes, as requested and was well received. I will not repeat the presentation in this report. It was not practical to take pictures of presentations during the summit, so most of the pictures in this report have been taken from websites. Links are given where possible. However, after the Summit ended, there was opportunity to see a little of Ottawa, and I will give a short slide presentation at the December meeting of Trustees. TRAVEL I flew direct from Heathrow to Ottawa on Wednesday 4th October on Air Canada. With a 5 hour time difference, arrival in Ottawa was 1830hrs. Taxi to hotel in the centre of Ottawa. SUMMIT FORMAT The Summit was divided into 3 themes, beginning with Tulip Friendship on day 1, Tulip Celebration day 2, and Tulip Tourism on day 3. THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER ‘TULIP FRIENDSHIP’ The summit was held in the Governor General Suite in The Westin Hotel, two self‐contained rooms connected by folding doors to make one big room for the official dinner. The WTS had a registration desk outside, staffed by volunteers to aid with registration and any questions. It was in place for the duration of the summit. The day’s program did not begin until midday, but from 11 am, delegates began arriving and meeting up with old friends. Midday to 1330 was the official opening ceremony and the welcoming of delegates. Speeches were made by Michel Gauthier, the Chair of the WTS host committee Donna Holton, Chair of Canadian Tulip Festival David Luxton and Gary Lacey, Executive Director of the National Capital Commission. (The NCC is the body responsible for all parks and gardens throughout The Capital) After lunch, delegates boarded coaches to the Commissioners Park in Ottawa to perform the ceremonial planting of the tulip ‘World Friendship’. This variety, exclusive to the World Tulip Summit Society, was raised by Klaas de Geuss of Maveridge International in The Netherlands. It was first planted in Istanbul at the 2013 Summit. Each country representative, together with The Mayor of Ottawa, planted a small number of bulbs in a bed which will have an appropriate story board in Spring 2018. Local schoolchildren also attended to help plant. After the planting ceremony, delegates returned to the hotel after a sightseeing tour of Ottawa, taking in the ‘Garden Promenade’, a series of long beds and small park areas around the city which are the focal points of the Tulip Festival each spring. The evening event was a ‘Tulip Soiree’, a gala dinner attended by delegates, representatives of local government and other bodies involved with the Ottawa festival. A local ukelele orchestra provided entertainment, ‘Tiptoe through the tulips’ being their party piece. Flower arrangers and artists were demonstrating their skills in working with tulips throughout the evening. In addition, there was a ‘Tulip Awards’ presentation. This is a program created by the Canadian Tulip Festival to acknowledge those businesses, schools, individuals and volunteer groups who contribute to and enhance the capital’s tulip experience during the festival. FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER ‘TULIP CELEBRATION’ Presentation; Istanbul Tulip Carpet 2017 The Istanbul Tulip Carpet was part of the Istanbul Tulip Festival in Spring 2017. The festival itself, which was reported in more detail after the 2013 WTS in Istanbul, uses 26.5 million tulips, spread over the City of Istanbul, parks, gardens, roadsides and urban planters. The Tulip Carpet 2017 was the second time this type of display was laid out in Sultanahmet Square in the city centre. All the tulips were grown in trays and produced off site, being brought to the Square as the tulips began to show colour. The carpet claims a World record, and comprises 564,000 tulips covering an area of 1731 square metres (63m x 27.5m) The Festival attracts more than 50,000 visitors each weekend. Presentation; ‘From the Great Tulip Conference to the present…. A resume of Tulips in the UK’ Adrian Jansen This presentation is available on the SHS website as described earlier. Presentation; ‘Tiptoe Through The tulips, Anytime’ Jason Michelin, Canada. Jason is a freelance computer games designer, and has produced a game ‘Tulip Crush’ based on the very popular ‘Candy Crush’ format. However, this game uses actual photos of 80 different tulip varieties that can be moved in sequence to match 3, 4 or more neighbouring pictures, gaining points and awards. There are 18 different levels of play, each with the aim of ‘rescuing’ Princess Tulipa. The game is currently available in Android phones, PC and Mac, and soon to be released on IOS for Apple users. (See tulipcrush.com for details) The designer can make bespoke editions of the game for individual festivals and it will be possible to play against others online. His vision is for a ‘World Championship! Presentation; ‘CANADA 150’ Daniel Feeny, National Capital Commission, Ottawa As mentioned before, The NCC is the body responsible for all the parks and gardens in Ottawa, and as such, have responsibility for the planting and care of the tulips for the annual tulip festival. The tulip festival celebrates the relationship between Canada and The Netherlands, begun in 1945 following the safe haven given to the Dutch Royal family during WW2. What began as a small gift of tulip bulbs to the Canadians, the tradition has been continued annually since then. It is on the basis of this gift that the tulip festival now plants 1million bulbs annually, mostly in beds alongside a 6km drive by the Rideau Canal to the Commissioners Park. 2017 is the 150 anniversary of the founding of the Dominion of Canada, and the NCC together with the tulip festival organisers, wanted a new, unique tulip variety with which to celebrate. In a survey of Canadians, the tulip festival came 5th on a list of things Canadians think about Ottawa, beaten only by the Parliament buildings, the canal, the government itself, and museums. So, something special had to be found that reflected their love of tulips, and their national identity. After much dialogue with Dutch breeders and looking at hundreds of new seedlings, nothing came close to fulfilling their wish list. By accident, the festivals artist, Monique Martin, found what they were looking for, a variety already in production, ‘Carnaval de Rio’. With its striking white petals and flame‐like red flashes, there was a strong resemblance to the Canadian flag. Negotiations with the Dutch regulatory bodies resulted in the festival being able to buy, plant, and also retail the variety under the name ‘Canada 150’ for 2 years. First plantings in Ottawa were in autumn 2015 for a preview in spring 2016. Following that, there was a partnership with Home Hardware Stores to promote the sale of retail packs of the bulbs for autumn 2016 planting, so Canadians could have them in flower in their own gardens in Spring 2017, joining in with the capital’s celebration. The marketing campaign was a success, with 4 million bulbs being sold. Bulbs were also planted at the Canadian Embassy in London. The following links are to you tube clips from 2016 and 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dwagq7eXoQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob4vV6eZ9bg Presentation; ‘From Floating Tulips to a 365 day Tulip Display’, Tonami, Japan. Tonami Tulip Fair has been held for the last 67 years, and has been twinned with the Canadian Festival for 20 years. The highlight of the year are the outdoor plantings, but you can see tulips in flower 365 days a year. In 1995 they built a ‘Tulip Gallery’, an indoor facility which enables them to show tulips all year round, using the ice tulip technique to flower them during the summer and early autumn. The lakes carry floating tulip displays, grown in 3 part hydroponic containers of their own design following many years of trials.
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