A field of tulips at the Tulip Town Bulb Farm.
Yesterday was a great day all the way around. The weather was perfect. Just the right day to head up to the Skagit Valley to see what this Tulip Festival stuff was all about. It's in and around Mount Vernon and there's a lot to see.
This annual festival is visited by thousands of people from all over the globe. You can read more about it at the official Tulip Festival website.
The tulip fields are unbelievable...acres and acres of color. Some of these fields belong to Roosengaarde which is one of the largest growers of bulbs in the world. We visited the Tulip Town exhibit instead because it's the smaller of the two but their festival display fields are excellent as you can see by the photograph at the top of this post. I just love how they layered the colors in the field.
The green patch is simply a patch that hasn't bloomed, yet. Makes perfect sense since the Festival in a month long event. If all the flowers burst forth at the same time by the end of the month there would be nothing left!
Here are a few of my favorite photos.
Their display gardens include their World Peace Garden which is a nice idea, I think.
It was wonderful day. As we were driving back to my sister's house we noticed that the lines of cars were becoming bumper to bumper. She told me that every year the traffic is just awful on the weekends...with people driving up from the south and down from Canada and all of the international travelers it's not the best time to be a Skagit Valley resident!
A word to the wise would be that if you're going to visit this wonderful festival you'd be lots happier and able to see lots more if you plan your trip for the middle of the week!
I'm just saying...
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