Tulip Festival Preview
Posted on Jan 15th, 2009 by Allison (In the Garden)

My bouquetOne of my favorite things about living in the northwest is the abundant supply of affordable, fresh flowers.  Even in the middle of winter…..  

I live a little over 1 hour south of Mt. Vernon, home to the annual Tulip Festival.   Jealous?   

In March, you can drive around Mt. Vernon and see acres and acres of daffodils. Tulips in April. Iris in May.

I love the northwest.

I love tulips

While at Central Market (great place for natural foods) Tuesday, I noticed a sign announcing the arrival of the Mt. Vernon hothouse tulips, just the day before!  

And there they were…. rows of fresh cut tulips in a rainbow of colors….  for only $4 per 5 stem bunch.   Prices get even lower when they start cutting in the fields.

Obviously, I had to have three bunches. And aren’t they lovely?  Makes spring feel not so far away….

Southwest has airfare on special from Phoenix to Seattle in April………….

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Ashley Rae on January 15th, 2009 at 8:33 pm

*sigh*…. I LOVE the tulips. The tulip festival was so amazing. Please go and take lots of pictures, again, so I can live vicariously through you.


Chris on January 16th, 2009 at 8:26 am

TULIPS!!!! Seriously, is there anything better? No. They equal spring. I’ll have to look at the calendar for three day weekends in April…


kaylyn on January 16th, 2009 at 11:07 am

You just keep giving me more and more reasons to love Washington….I’ve got to convince my husband to move there today!! I can’t wait any longer!


Jennifer Pearce on January 16th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

Yes, I love the flowers in Washington!! You are very lucky indeed!


irene on January 20th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

Your pinkish tulips look beautiful and must make you feel that spring will be here soon. Yes go to Mt. vernon again and take lots of pictures for us to enjoy.:o)


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