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FIFA World Cup: Dallas Arboretum pays tribute to Dutch team with flower displays
Dallas Arboretum honors Dutch national soccer team
The Dallas Arboretum imports hundreds of thousands of tulips from Amsterdam every year, and will pay tribute to the Dutch national soccer team when they play in North Texas. FOX 4’s Peyton Yager has more.
DALLAS – The Dallas Arboretum is using its unique connection to the Netherlands to pay tribute to their soccer team when they play in Arlington during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Local perspective:
Every spring, the Dallas Arboretum imports more than 500,000 tulip bulbs from the Netherlands for its Dallas Blooms floral festival.
The festival was inspired by Dutch attractions like the Keukenhof Gardens in Amsterdam, where more than seven million bulbs are planted.
Dallas Blooms is now the largest outdoor floral festival in the southwest. Abbott Ipco has been the company providing tulips and daffodils to the Arboretum since 1984, which imports the tulips months before they begin blooming in late February.
However, tulip blooms only last four to six weeks in the early spring, so the Dallas Arboretum will plant orange caladiums this summer to pay tribute to the Netherlands’ soccer team when they play in Arlington this summer.
What they’re saying:
“European culture loves gardening, so when they travel, they go and check other gardens as well,” said Megan Proska, the Associate VP of Horticulture Collections at the Dallas Arboretum.
Proska says plans are already in motion to ensure the orange caladiums are ready to go when the Dutch soccer team is in town this summer.
Nelson Darden, the National Sales Director for Abbott Ipco, says Dallas Blooms is like a little Amsterdam in North Texas. He’s hoping to see the Dutch win the World Cup this year.
“People think of England or Argentina, but I feel like the Netherlands, no pun intended, is getting their flowers.”
The Netherlands in North Texas
Dig deeper:
FOX 4’s Peyton Yager has been covering the Netherlands’ soccer team, commonly known as the Orange Legion, ahead of their scheduled game against Japan in Arlington on June 14.
Henk’s European Deli & Black Forest Bakery
Henk’s European Deli and Black Forest Bakery plans to be a hub for Dutch soccer fans in North Texas this summer.
Founded by an immigrant from the Netherlands, the restaurant plans on importing a large screen to show all the Netherlands’ matches during the World Cup
Orange Double-Decker Bus
The Dutch’s iconic double-decker orange bus will make its way to Texas during this year’s tournament.
The bus will start in Galveston before driving up I-45 to Arlington for the team’s game against Japan on June 14.
The Source: Information in this story came from the Dallas Arboretum and previous FOX 4 coverage.
The Minnesota Wild (3-2) took a 3-2 series lead with a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars (2-2) in Dallas on Tuesday.
Game 6 is set for Thursday back in Minnesota at 6:30.
In Game 5, Stars’ captain Jamie Benn was at it again with his behind-the-play antics.
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Benn, 36, has zero points in five games and is a minus-5. He has just one goal in his last 23 playoff games.
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced on Wednesday that they have fined Benn $2,604.17, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for cross-checking Wild forward Ryan Hartman during Game 5 of the teams’ First Round series in Dallas
The incident occurred at 14:45 of the third period. Benn was assessed a minor penalty for cross-checking.
Hartman was assessed a minor for unsportsmanlike conduct. This is the sixth cross-check Benn has delivered with full force. It was the first one that resulted in a penalty and the first one that resulted in the NHL taking notice.
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But that slap on the wrist of $2,604.17 won’t stop Benn’s antics. He has been fined or suspended in four out of the last five playoffs. He was suspended in 2023 for cross-checking.
Fining him $2,604.17 isn’t an acceptable justification for this decision and will only allow him to continue this.
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Before The Boys, Chace Crawford Starred In A Dallas-Esque Drama With Don Johnson – TVLine
From the golden boy charm of heartthrob Nate Archibald to the bizarre sea-creature fetishes of the Deep, Chace Crawford’s career has been defined by two iconic and wildly different roles. But there’s another big part sandwiched between those two you might’ve forgotten about.
Four years before he joined the blood- and carnage-filled world of “The Boys” — currently in the midst of its skull-crushing fifth and final season — he took part in a short-lived “Dallas”-esque primetime soap opera called “Blood & Oil” starring opposite Don Johnson of ’80s “Miami Vice” fame.
Set during the present-day oil boom in North Dakota, 2015’s “Blood & Oil” follows Billy LeFever (Crawford), an ambitious working man who relocates to the bustling town of Rock Springs with his wife, Cody (Rebecca Rittenhouse), to try their luck in the black gold business. But drama soon unfolds after he engages in risky dealings with a swindling oil tycoon named Hap Briggs (Johnson).
Crawford signed up for the role just three years after “Gossip Girl” and he opened up to People about why he was excited to tackle the opportunity.
“It was a great situation, and I get to play a completely different character than the one I portrayed for six years,” he told the outlet. “It’s nice to be able to play something that’s closer to home for me. And to not have to shave my face off every day.”
Blood & Oil was not renewed for a second season due to poor ratings
“Blood & Oil” mostly scored mixed to average reviews (it has a 63% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a lower 40% audience score). Some critics brushed it off as just another pale “Dallas” wannabe, while others found Crawford’s presence insufficiently commanding for the lead role.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, behind-the-scenes clashes resulted in a last-minute showrunner swap, and ABC reduced its original order of 13 episodes down to 10 during its run, which didn’t bode well. The outlet also reported that “Blood & Oil” opened with a modest 6.3 million total viewers which eventually dwindled to 3.1 million and a 0.7 rating by the time the final episode of “Blood & Oil” aired. The series was not renewed for a second season.
If you want to check out all 10 episodes of the show, they’re currently only available for purchase on Prime Video, Fandango at Home, and Apple TV.
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