Plan a trip to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Apr 12, 2012, 11:45 AM | Updated: Apr 13, 2012, 11:09 am
Spring sunshine and the more typical Northwest spring showers have the Skagit Valley tulips blooming. (Image courtesy the Tulip Festival.)
(Image courtesy the Tulip Festival.)
 Spring sunshine and the more typical Northwest spring showers have the Skagit Valley tulips blooming. (Image courtesy the Tulip Festival.) |
Spring sunshine and the more typical Northwest spring
showers have the Skagit Valley tulips blooming.
Tulip festival spokeswoman Betsy Nevi, in Mount Vernon,
says the fields of flowers are showing lots of color.
The annual festival, featuring between 400 and 500 acres
of tulip bulbs and blooms, runs through the month of April
in the Skagit Valley.
Visitors can drive by the tulip fields between Mount
Vernon and La Conner and walk through display gardens.
The month-long festival, with a busy calendar of events, brings in over
$14 million to the community in Skagit County.
For those planning a visit, the Tulip Festival has
prepared a sample
itinerary. Here is a snapshot of their suggested
itinerary:
10 a.m. Arrive in Skagit County
Visit the Golden Glen Creamery: Experience cheese
and dairy product production at a small scale with this
boutique creamery. (Estimated time at attraction: 1 hour)Arrive at RoozenGaarde: Three acre display garden
with formal plantings, snacks to eat (espresso, light
food, etc.) and a gift shop. (Estimated time at
attraction: 1 hour)Afternoon possibilities:
Art Shows: Four Art Shows are going on during the
festival, each offering a different venue for visitors –
Art in a Pickle Barn, Art at the
Schoolhouse, Pleasant Ridge Gallery at Rexville, and
ArtBASH.Visit a Casino: Skagit Valley Casino Resort or Tulalip
Resort Casino.Take a Wine Tour: Carpenter Creek Winery, Pasek
Cellars Winery, Tulip Valley Winery.(Estimated time at afternoon attractions: 2 hours)
Last year, the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival drew an
estimated 350,000 visitors from every state and 51 foreign
countries.
When the flowers are gone, growers will dig up and process
the bulbs for shipment in the fall.
By JAMIE GRISWOLD, MyNorthwest.com Editor
The
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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