The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is underway, and this year, there’s even more blooms to enjoy! Skagit Acres has become the fifth named farm in the Festival’s official roundup.
Skagit Acres is already a South Mount Vernon destination for their nursery, garden center, restaurant, and gift shop. Now their new Skagit Acres Tulip Field boasts three acres of tulips in 18 different varieties, with gorgeous vistas of Mount Baker increasing the visual smorgasbord.
Photograph courtesy of Skagit Acres
The new field required some restructuring, leading to a temporary closure over the winter. Their reopening brings a new cafe, food trucks, a beer and wine garden, and fresh offerings in their gift shop!
Skagit Acres’s sister farm, Tulip Town, is another of the five Tulip Festival farms, along with Garden Rosalyn, Tulip Valley Farms, and Roozengaarde. Tulip Town offers five acres and more than 50 varieties of tulips for Festival visitors, and Garden Rosalyn has seven acres. Tulip Valley Farms jumps up to 20 acres and 140 tulip varieties, and is stumped only by Roozengaarde’s 50 acres filled with more than 200 tulip and daffodil varieties.
Photograph courtesy of Skagit Acres
While the tulips are the main draw, there’s plenty to do alongside visiting the farms! The 38th Annual Tulip Parade will march through downtown La Conner on April 5. The Tulip Festival Art Exhibit will be at The Local Shop in Sedro-Woolley from April 5-11, showcasing original artwork submitted for consideration to become the Tulip Festival’s poster art.
Skagit County, tulipfestival.org
