Visitors tiptoe through the tulips at famous Dutch garden

Far fewer visitors than normal are seen at the world-famous Keukenhof garden in Lisse, Netherlands (Peter Dejong/AP)

Thousands of visitors have tiptoed through millions of tulips and other flowers in a famous Dutch spring garden as part of a government pilot scheme to evaluate how to reopen public venues.

The Keukenhof garden opened its gates to let a few thousand people tiptoe through the seven million tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and myriad other flowers meticulously hand-planted throughout its manicured lawns by a small army of gardeners.