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The shoes of Bart Siemerink, director of the world-renowned Dutch flower garden Keukenhof, are adorned with a design of tulips, as he walks the empty lanes of the garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Thursday, March 26, 2020. Keukenhof, which attracted 1.5 million visitors last year, will not open this year after the Dutch government extended its ban on gatherings to June 1 in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Instead of opening, it will allow people to virtually visit its colorful floral displays through its social media and online channels. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The shoes of Bart Siemerink, director of the world-renowned Dutch flower garden Keukenhof, are adorned with a design of tulips, as he walks the empty lanes of the garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Thursday, March 26, 2020. Keukenhof, which attracted 1.5 million visitors last year, will not open this year after the Dutch government extended its ban on gatherings to June 1 in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Instead of opening, it will allow people to virtually vi…

March 26, 2020

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Tiptoe through Dutch tulips? Not in coronavirus crisis
March 26, 2020 10:56 a.m.

Tiptoe through Dutch tulips? Not in coronavirus crisis

LISSE, Netherlands (AP) — The manicured lawns and pathways winding the flower beds at the Keukenhof spring garden, normally crowded with thousands of visitors on any given sun-splashed spring day, were deserted Thursday.