Tag: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Skagit Valley is for Lovers!

RoozenGaarde Tulip Farm, Mt. Vernon

I can’t help but wonder if this couple, whom I found gently tiptoeing among the tulips several years ago during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival may have ventured down the path to matrimony…

Pathways of Grape Hyacinth framed by Tulip Bulbs

and if so, what a pretty path there was to offer them at nearby Tulip Town the same year. But if they hesitated, I’m sure the offerings this year will be equally as inviting.

And for those of you who haven’t been there yet, this is a gentle reminder of what you may be missing by delaying your trip. Although there are no guarantees of matrimony, you will find a fabulous display of flowers, not only tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and peonies but crocus, muscari, and more.

And I you choose to plant your own bulbs, the farm is offering 25 free Akebono Tulip bulbs if you “place a bulb order for $75.00* or more by June 15th or $90.00* or more by July 31st and we will add the 25 FREE bulbs to your order!” – see their website for more information and if you go…tiptoe lightly too, please.

P.S. the Sequim Senior Center, aka the Shipley Center is now offering a trip to the festival, April 10th, so if you’re of the ripe age, you may want to check it out!

Welcome to April!

La Connor Tulip Fields, Washington

With the onset of April, the event uppermost in my mind is the annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in La Conner, today through April 30th.

No fooling…as many of us know, it features some of the very best scenery the Pacific Northwest has to offer, and if you haven’t been, don’t wait any longer. The crowds can be difficult so you’d be wise to get there early enough, or late enough (think sunset shots) to capture great photos and great memories.

Be sure to check the website for the “bloom map”, times, prices and other pertinent information before you go. And don’t miss Tulip Town, 5 miles from La Conner, Roozengaarde Display Garden, 6 miles from La Conner, as well as the others listed.

And don’t forget to bring some color home with you to Sequim!

Garden Rosalyn

Garden Rosalyn is a newer and smaller garden right around the corner from the BIG RoozenGaarde. They do not have any huge fields but all landscaped designs. The flowers were just barely opening when I was here. It would be even prettier in a week. I made this a little painterly–to me, flowers just seem to call for that.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

It was just barely blooming when I went this year (April 5th) this year– I went to a new smaller garden right next to the big ones. It was called Garden Rosalyn. It was all sculpted with beautiful wavy lines. There were no big fields. It was beautiful. I can only imagine when in full bloom.

I turned this into a Van Gogh style painting.

Stop And Smell The Tulips

After a 20 mile bike ride around LaConner it was time to stop and smell the flowers so to speak. Roozengaarde Tulip is one of my favorites. They plant in such interesting ways and have great mountain backdrops. If you haven’t gone it’s a must!