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Various community activities coincide with the festival, including the annual "Tulip Pedal" bike ride this Saturday in nearby La Conner, which offers riders distances of 20, 40, and 60 miles.

Bulbs and blooms are available for sale.

Visitors are drawn to the agricultural valley north of Seattle every year to view acres of brightly colored blooms that stretch in neat rows toward picturesque farmhouses.

Most flower fields near Mount Vernon will be in full bloom this weekend as the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival continues through the month of April.

Skagit Valley tulips in full bloom; open on Easter