Skagit Tulip Festival!!!
I only recently realized how unique a lot of the events around Seattle truly are! The Skagit tulip festival is one of them!
There are only around 6 places in the world to go see tulip festivals (shown below):
Keukenhof Netherlands
Holland MI USA
Mount Vernon WA USA
Ottawa Canada
Silvan Australia
Kashimir India!
I was super excited to go see the Skagit Tulip Festival bloom again this year! This would be my second time visiting.
I wanted to include some tips and tricks because I had a few blunders the first time I visited Mount Vernon for the Tulip Festival.
First off, Mount Vernon is a little over an hour drive away from Seattle.
There are 3 different locations that have tulips, RoozenGaarde, Tulip town and Garden Roselyn. I broke down the details of each garden below:
RoozenGaarde
Free Parking
Available year round
$15/person
If you purchase a ticket online, the line is shorter
No dogs
Includes Display Garden (5 acre), Tulip Field (25 acre), and Daffodil Field (20 acre)
Expected to bloom through at least May 1, 2022
Closes at 7pm
Tulip Town
Free Parking
Available April 1-30
$15/person
No dogs
Tulip Town has smaller rows of Tulips with different colors than RoozenGaarde
Has a Bloom Field, Tulip Gardens, Indoor Tulip Display & Barn Experience
Closes at 7pm
Garden Rosalyn
Available April 1-30
$12/person, free parking
Smaller bloom area than the above 2 locations
Website not as updated to include details
Closes at 8pm
I strongly recommend RoozenGaarde as it is the biggest and has the largest fields of Tulips. It gives the most similar vibe to the tulip fields in the Netherlands! I think I messed up the first time and went to Garden Rosalyn, not knowing there were 3 tulip fields and ended up paying and extra $30 to go to RoozenGaarde afterwards!
