Guide to the Washington State Skagit Valley Tulip Festival (2024)

FAQs

How much time to spend at Skagit Valley Tulip Festival? ›

We highly recommend a two-day visit to take in all the tulip gardens (4) and the many farms, art shows and tours available here in the Magic Skagit Valley. Please contact Cindy Verge, Executive Director, Skagit Valley Tulip Festival at cindy@tulipfestival.org for additional help.

Two farms, Roozengaarde and Tulip Town, have long comprised the heart of the festival. The former is famous for its fields that stretch wide with blocks of color; the sight of such tidy lines of perky blooms is more impressive than you'd think.

Q: What is the difference between RoozenGaarde, Tulip Town, and Tulip Valley Farm? A: RoozenGaarde has display gardens and a gift shop and does not allow dogs. Tulip Town has a trolley ride through the tulip fields, a display garden, a gift shop, food, espresso, a beer and wine garden, and allows dogs.

We recommend bringing options and layers, as conditions can change. Be prepared for muddy fields or pathways, boots are always a good idea! And remember that even if it's sunny and dry on the day you plan to visit, if we've had rain on the days preceding your visit, the tulip fields may still be muddy!

Contrasting color choice

Primarily, these combinations include purple and yellow, blue and orange, and red and green. You can see how impactful the combination is here with these red tulips and their green foliage.

I've visited this festival about 3 times already and I always loved it. It was breathtaking and beautiful. The blooming fields were truly mesmerizing. Important thing to check before you visit is the bloom time because tulips doesn't have a fixed date of bloom.

While the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival itself is ticket-free, there are four different tulip gardens that offer distinctive experiences and ticket prices.

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is the largest festival in Northwest Washington State and the largest Tulip Festival in the United States! Each year, more than 1 million visitors come to experience fields of brightly colored tulips.

Ironically, the name RoozenGaarde translates to Rose Garden in our native Dutch language, but the tulips we grow are synonymous with both the Roozen family and the Skagit Valley.

RoozenGaarde grows the vast majority of the tulips planted in the valley (about 98 percent) and is the preeminent destination for spring visitors during the month of April. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival runs from April 1 - April 30 each spring, but our tulips bloom according to Mother Nature.

Where are the most beautiful tulips in the world? ›

Best overall: Keukenhof

Keukenhof Gardens – celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2024 – is undoubtedly the most popular tulip experience in the Netherlands, its lushly landscaped "inspirational" tulip gardens and windmills drawing over a million visitors each year during its eight-week season.

If you're wondering if you can wear jeans to a festival, the answer is yes! Cropped jeans work perfectly – they'll keep your legs warm when the sun goes in and stay out of the mud if it's wet.

Prime tulip season is typically mid-April, while lillies and irises are the last to bloom in late April or May. Nature rarely sticks to the calendar, and peak blooms vary year to year based on the weather. In general, the last three weeks of April tend to be the most popular with visitors.

The best time to visit the Tulip Garden in Srinagar is during the month of April preferably in first week.. This is when the tulips are in full bloom and the annual Tulip Festival is held.

The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden is open to visitors from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., though daily hours may change depending on volume of traffic.

Tulip Gardens. While the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival itself is ticket-free, there are four different tulip gardens that offer distinctive experiences and ticket prices.