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The Flowering Orchards is a series of paintings executed by Vincent van Gogh in Arles in southern France in the spring of 1888. Van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888 amid a snowstorm within two weeks the weather changed and the fruit trees were in blossom. Appreciating the symbolism of rebirth Van Gogh worked with optimism and zeal on about fourteen paintings of flowering trees in the early spring.