Introduction
All have been World Horticultural Expo and listed as an A1 Horticultural Expo A1 category exhibitions by the International Association of Horticultural Producers and hence recognised by the Bureau of International Expositions.
The location varies and is awarded to a city after a bidding phase with earlier exhibitions held at:
- 1960 - Rotterdam (Het Park)
- 1972 - Amsterdam (Amstelpark)
- 1982 - Amsterdam (Gaasperplas)
- 1992 - Zoetermeer (Rokkeveen-West)
- 2002 - Haarlemmermeer (Haarlemmermeerse Bos/De Groene Weelde)
- 2022 - Almere
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