I don’t really associate Washington and Tulips, but I guess someone does. Every year in April, a bunch of farmers band together to make the Skagit Valley outside of Mount Vernon worthy of the name “Tulip Festival”. I can’t say it is a *ton* of fun. I can say that every 5 years or so, it is worth going and the fields are pretty darn cool to look at.
| Camera & Lens | Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT (Canon) & 24.0-105.0 mm | Shutter: | 1/200 s | |||
| Creation Date: | 2009:04:25 09:35:22 | Aperture: | f/10.0 | |||
| Artist: | Ari Brown | ISO: | 200 | |||
| Exposure Mode: | Normal program | Focal Length: | 28 mm |
I suppose my problem with the “festival” is that it is really a group of totally independant farms that allow you to traipse around a bit, possibly buy some popcorn or tulip postcards and charge you four or five bucks to park. I’m not totally knocking it though. This picture comes from a farm that proclaims itself as “Tulip Town”. They grow tulips of every color and looking out over all of the rows, I can’t really think of anything else like it.
Tags: flowers, mountvernon, skagitvalley, tulipfestival, tulips
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What about the flower fields in Carlsbad? Not tulips, but pretty cool. Probably not as big in area either.
Frankly I’ve never been. I know that most all of the Poinsettias grown in the world come from that area, but I’m not sure what else the grow there. They should do tours!