Thursday, April 14, 2011

A Festival of TULIPS!


 
Dad and Alma always enjoy the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.  Recently they visited a tulip farm near their home so they could enjoy the hundreds of acres of tulips that are blooming colorfully right now. Afterward, nearly fifty beautiful photos arrived in my email box from Dad.  Talk about tulips galore! We enjoyed chatting on the phone together and talking about the pictures. And I thanked him for sending them so I could blog them for you today.

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival has been occuring in the Mount Vernon, Washington area for 28 years. This event starts the first of April and continues until the end of the month. The two largest tulip gardens are Tulip Town and Roozengaarde. Both these growers allow visitors to stroll among the tulips or take a trolley ride through the tulip fields. At Tulip Town, an indoor exhibit displays more than 60 varities of tulips. Roozengaarde's has 1,200 acres of field blooms and another 15 acres of greenhouses. A 3 acre display garden that displays an authentic windmill that is perfect for posing pictures at. Both the Tulip Town and Roozengaarde gardens are owned by farmers who immigrated to the Skagit Valley from Holland. And both gardens are a delight for the eye!

Enjoy the pictures, courtesy of my Dad. And thank you, Dad, for sharing them.  If you'd like to see more, Lovella of  What Matters Most blogged on this subject today as well.  Go take a peek!  She's posted many photos.



A side note:  The tulips in my garden have started to bloom, but the tulip bulbs given to me by the honeymooners after their trip to Amsterdam in September are only budding.  I'll be sure to post pictures when they bloom!

16 comments:

  1. Last spring our family visited the tulip festival in Woodburn Oregon with the my daughters future in-laws.
    It was a wonderful time and the flowers were breathtaking! Thanks for bringing back a memory!

    Blessings, Debbie

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  2. We have been to this festival several years ago and it is beautiful. Our tulips have not done well this year, maybe we gave them too much fertilizer. How exciting to have tulips from Holland as a gift from the honeymooners.

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  3. Oh, that was so sweet of your Dad, La Tea Dah. I LOVE tulips, too. And to see so many at once, in different colors, must have been thrilling. Thanks for sharing. Will you show more photos? Susan

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  4. Dear La Tea Dah,

    Just a note to thank you for all the lovely little comments you've been leaving recently on my blog. They make me smile, and I appreciate your encouragement!

    Have a blessed day,
    Julie in Skunk Hollow

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  5. I've always wanted to visit the Skagit Valley in Spring! I need to do that sometime. Maybe I'll head that way with my new, little trailer. Don't you think 'Daffodil' would enjoy it, too?
    ~Adrienne~

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  6. My very favorite spring activity in Washington!

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  7. I was going to ask if you'd met up with the gals from BC. ☺ And Judy at My Front Porch also posted about the same trip. It was interesting to see both gals' photos since they had gone on the same journey. Your dad is a sweetheart for sending such lovely photos for you to use. This one is just gorgeous.

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  8. Oh I do wish I had known to keep an eye out for your Dad. .how very fun. I can't imagine how lovely it would be to live in that neck of the woods.

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  9. Now there'd be a place to put on your list of sights to see in your lifetime.

    No sign of tulips or any kind of buds yet... we're snowing in our part of the world today!

    So it was lovely to see Spring somewhere in our world!!

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  10. I took a peek...how beautiful.

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  11. How very beautiful! Looks like an awesome place to visit!
    Glad to hear that your foot is healing from your break.
    Lisa :O)

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  12. Hi La Tea Dah... Thursday night. Wanted to thank you for your visit and comment! Susan

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  13. Oh, wow! So many beautiful tulips!! Reminds me of when we went to Holland back in the 80s! Loved the tulip gardens there!

    Thanks to your dad for sharing!

    Katherine

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  14. That's sweet that your dad emailed you the photos. It's also great that your dad emails...
    My sister and I might head up there on Good Friday...

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  15. How stunning! What color! I cannot imagine seeing all of those in one place at one time. Thank you for sharing.

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  16. I have always wanted to take in the tulips in the Skagit Valley. Someday!

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