Flowers, bees and butterflies! A unique spot, that is Vlindertuin Mot in Mokum. Deep in Amsterdam North you will find the garden where caterpillars and butterflies are cared for with great care and love. There are 'bee hotels' where you can peek at the creatures from the side, there is a dollhouse where you can look through a window at the hibernators (caterpillars and pupae! of course) and workshops are held for schools. There are even some crazy houses where you can spend the night! A dream spot that few people know about, and that secretly makes it even more fun. Sshjtt.

In the rural area of ​​Bakkum, about two kilometers south of the Egmond Abbey, you can pick many types of flowers from early spring to the last weeks of autumn. Go out into the field with a bucket and scissors to put together a bouquet yourself, it doesn't get any better than that. In the spring there are tulips and in the summer a wide variety of cut flowers. Buckets and scissors are available at the picking garden. Also nice: Pluktuin Bakkum also organizes activities for groups and children's parties.

Not much further away is De Plukweide, an attractive flower field on the outskirts of Haarlem, along the Spaarne in Schalkwijk. Here the flowers are grown naturally and you can pick your own bouquet. De Plukweide is located in a public community garden, where everyone is welcome to enjoy the flowers at their own time.