With no visitors around to enjoy Holland’s famous blooms, Dutch tulip farmers have been inspired to get creative with their flower beds: they’re using them as a way to share uplifting messages with the world.

We’re often told to gaze towards the heavens for comfort, but for those who prefer to seek solace a little closer to home, Holland’s tulip farmers have teamed up to brighten your quarantine.

Dutch Daffodils and Tulips in Holland joined forces to write “see you next year” in large letters alongside a giant heart in their otherwise unappreciated flower beds.

The image was shared to their Facebook page with a message that read: “We headed the tulips a bit earlier to write this message, from our families to yours… We hope that this brightens your day… and we hope to see you next year!”

In another tulip field in Noordoostpolder, farmers Joris Schouten and Frank Timmerman have dedicated a message to frontline health care workers.

It reads “stay strong” alongside the design of a closed fist. The farmers are donating funds from the sales of the tulips to Médecins Sans Frontières (otherwise known as Doctors Without Borders).

The Netherlands may not have made as many headlines as the United States, Spain or Italy, but it’s been one of the worst hit areas in the global coronavirus pandemic.

For the region’s famed tulip farms, it’s meant a lost season of visitors to the area during the otherwise peak months of April and May.

But rather than let their blooms go to waste, these farmers have chosen to provide us all with a welcome splash of colour and an uplifting message. It’s the kind of good news we could all use right now.