Thousands of people gathered in Amsterdam in the Netherlands on Saturday to celebrate the country’s national flower the tulip. For the occasion, tulip growers created a colourful garden made up of 200,000 colourful buds in Museumplein square, inspired by a detail of Johannes Vermeer’s painting ‘Mistress and Maid’. The flower takes its name from Johannes Vermeer’s painting, ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’. Dutch skater Irene Schouten who is the daughter of top tulip producer, Klaas Schouten, was the special guest on the day. She won the gold medal by breaking the 20-year Olympic record with a time …