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  Tesselaar Tulip Festival
Tulips have a unique way of reflecting light, their bright colours reflect the sunlight so they actually seem to glow in the fields — they beg to be photographed and cry out to be tip-toed through.
After 53 years, the Tesselaar Tulip Festival is still a unique opportunity to see an exotic blaze of living colour far removed from your every day life.
Opera in the Tulips - A twilight opera experience amongst the tulips at sunset is sure to delight.
www.tulipfestival.com.au   (402 words)

  
 Tulip Festival (Ottawa) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tulip Festival is a major cultural event held annually in Ottawa, Canada.
In particular, Queen Juliana gave birth to her daughter Princess Margriet in the Ottawa Civic Hospital whose maternity ward was temporarily declared to be officially part of the Netherlands so that the princess might be born on Dutch soil.
In addition to the tulip displays, the festival hosts music concerts as well as painting and craft exhibits.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tulip_Festival_(Ottawa)   (171 words)

  
 Tulip Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tulip Festivals are held in several cities including Ottawa, Ontario; Holland, Michigan; Orange City, Iowa; Pella, Iowa, Mt. Vernon, Washington and Woodburn, Oregon.
Holland, Michigan's festival is the largest Tulip festival in the United States.
Pella, Iowa's Tulip Festival, also celebrated in early May, began in 1935 in celebration of the town's heritage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tulip_Festival   (283 words)

  
 Canadian Tulip Festival
The Tulip Ball, at the picturesque National Gallery of Canada was attended by over 550 people and was raved about by all that attended as a fun, upscale dance party that will be the Spring Event not to be missed in 2008.
The Canadian Tulip Festival is thankful to thousands and thousands of visitors who have made the 55th edition a success and to so many who shared their encouraging words of support for the new Festival.
Tulip Legacy, the animated story of the Gift of Tulips is presented by the National Capital Commission and buskers surprise with impromptu entertainment for all ages.
www.tulipfestival.ca /en/index.php   (1093 words)

  
 Short Trips: For color therapy, head for the bulb fields   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival starts next Tuesday, so to ramp up for the hundreds of thousands of expected tourists, the Tulip Town owners had to put in at least a couple of 14-hour days to get their retail and flower display space up to speed on Bradshaw Road.
Even with the standard traffic tie-ups in Mount Vernon and La Conner during festival weekends, the valley still will be one of the most popular destinations in the Northwest for at least all of April when the fields are in their most vivid splendor.
With their Tulip Town enterprise, he and his wife, Jeannette, are like a two-person band compared to the much larger full orchestra a short way down the valley and their friendly competitor, the Roozens.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /getaways/114300_shorttrips27.shtml   (1806 words)

  
 Albany Special Events: Tulip Festival - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
One of Albany’s oldest and most highly anticipated events is the annual Tulip Festival set in Albany’s beautiful historic Washington Park.
The highlight of the festival is the crowning of the Albany Tulip Queen on Saturday at noon.
The Tulip Luncheon is a lovely event to benefit Vanguard Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc., and the Royal Tulip Ball is a grand event worthy of welcoming the new Tulip Queen.
www.albanyevents.org /tulip_festival/index.cfm   (728 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Local News: Acres of splendor in bloom at Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Acres of splendor in bloom at Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
This season's tulips at Roozengaarde began poking through the ground in December and January, which was way too early if they were to peak during the festival.
Visitors who christened the festival yesterday morning nevertheless saw quite a show, with Roozengaarde's fields displaying their color in full glory under an overcast sky that provided optimal light for photographs.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002229376_tulips03m.html?syndication=rss   (921 words)

  
 United States - Washington State - Travel Events - Skagit Valley Tulip Festival - Lorry Patton's Travel Tips 'n' Tales
Name: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Age: 18 years Number of people attending: 300,000 to 500,000 people annually Date of 2001 festival: April 6-22, 2001 (the festival is always during the first part of April because that is when the flowers bloom).
The festival is the only community-wide event in the area.
Tulip fields are located southwest of Mount Vernon in a 15 mile radius.
www.lorrypatton.com /travel/events/931-563.html   (267 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Outdoors: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Fields of cheerful daffodil blooms welcome visitors for the opening weekend of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, with the stars of the show, the tulip fields, expected to make their dramatic entrance into bloom in the next week or so.
Both include tulip fields in many colors and varieties, gift shops, food and a chance to pre-order fall bulbs to bring a bit of the Tulip Festival to your own landscape.
Festival events include Wood Fest, with wood carving and craft vendors and exhibits in Sedro-Woolley this Saturday and Sunday; the La Conner Not-So-Impromptu Tulip Parade April 8; and the Downtown Mount Vernon Street Fair April 21-23.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/outdoors/2002897783_nwwhighlight30.html   (410 words)

  
 Snohomish County Business Journal
April marks the 23rd year of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, drawing as many as 400,000 visitors to view hundreds of acres of tulip fields and participate in dozens of events, art shows and other attractions.
This year, the tulips bloomed in time for the opening day of the festival,” said Cindy Verge, executive director of the event.
Along with Tulip Festival events, sights in the area include the popular Skagit Casino and hotel complex north of Mount Vernon on Interstate 5, with an exit at Bow Hill Road; antique stores in Anacortes; and the attraction of restaurants, antique stores and unique retailers such as The Wood Merchant in nearby La Conner.
www.snohomishcountybusinessjournal.com /archive/apr06/tulipfestival-apr06.htm   (520 words)

  
 Leslie Rohonczy Art Studio: Tulip Festival 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The 5 foot tall fibreglass tulip arrived in a lovely shade of flat grey primer.
The tulip is positioned in front of City Hall, closest to the corner of Elgin & Laurier Streets, at the Laurier entrance.
Tulip artists' paintings are featured in the Tulip Festival Art Gallery tent, onsite at the City Hall location.
www.leslierohonczy.com /tulipfest2005.htm   (256 words)

  
 Canadian Tulip Festival
It is expected that this year’s festival will draw over a million-and-a-half visitors from around the world.
This year the festival kicks off on April 26th with the annual Tulip Ball and fashion show.
Another must see is Major’s Hill Park with its exhibitions, tulip displays and the Artisans in the Park fair featuring over one hundred artists selling their creations.
www.travellady.com /Issues/Issue74/T74N-tulips.htm   (505 words)

  
 tulip festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is a tourist destination in Northwest Washington State.
Canada's Tulip Festival is held in Ottawa every spring and this year we were lucky enough to be there right in the middle of it all.
The Tulip Festivals are held in several cities including Ottawa, Ontario; Holland, Michigan; Orange City...
www.lifestyle-repeater.com /articles/35/tulip-festival.html   (488 words)

  
 Festivals.com - Celebrating the World of Festivals and Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
So inspired by the festival this year, I took it upon myself to learn a little bit more about the life-cycle of a tulip bulb.
By the end of my research, although fascinated with the processes of topping, digging, storing, re-planting, and fertilizing, I was more than happy enough to leave the highly technical aspects of tulip farming to the farmers… (For some expert advice by the Washington Bulb Co., visit their gardening page).
But as we were driving away, the thought of those bold and vibrant tulips transcending the dreary clouds left a sweet impression on me. And holding my own armful of tulips on the way home, I knew I could make the festival last a little bit longer.
www.festivals.com /01-08-august/skagittulip   (808 words)

  
 The Rideau Canal - The Tulip Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When she was in Canada, Princess Julianna gave birth to a baby girl in the Ottawa Civic Hospital Maternity Ward (her room was temporarily changed to be a part of Holland so the princess could be born a Dutch citizen).
The Tulip Festival runs for ten days in May and the admission is free.
Most of the tulips are planted near Dows Lake which is a man-made lake and part of the Canal.
www.occdsb.on.ca /~sel/rideau/tuliplm.htm   (293 words)

  
 Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa
The Canadian Tulip Festival is an annual celebration of friendship and spring flavored with an international theme and symbolized by the tulip.
The tulips have become an important symbol of international friendship and the beauty of spring.
Princess Margret was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital.
bersoft.org /canada/tulip   (294 words)

  
 Woodburn, Oregon, USA: Woodburn Tulip Festival 2005 -- March 19 through April 20
There are tulip signs at many of the intersections outside of Woodburn.
Tulip Festival parade (beginning at Woodburn Aquatics Center, 190 Oak Street) at 10:00.
Lecture by tulip expert Karen Bever presents an introduction to different tulip varieties and discusses growing tulips in containers.
www.woodburns-own.com /gateway/tulip.html   (330 words)

  
 Canadian Tulip Festival, Ottawa, Canada
The Tulip Festival is held every year in May. Millions of colourful tulips are planted along the banks of the Rideau Canal, Dow's Lake, Parliament Hill.
A million tulips are the visible symbol of Dutch gratitude for Canadian actions in the last days of the Second World War and of the friendship between Canada and the Netherlands; the tulips bloom every spring in Canada’s Capital Region.
Annual tulip festival in the spring, in fact this year is the 50th anniversary of tulip festival.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_Ontario/Ottawa-905720/Things_To_Do-Ottawa-Canadian_Tulip_Festival-BR-1.html   (976 words)

  
 Tulip festival, ottawa tulip festival, holland tulip festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Visit the tulip festival in La Conner and stay minutes away at this award winning inn, recently rated the 4th best in the US!
www.plantat.com /tulip-festival.html   (411 words)

  
 Travel Weekly: Tulip festival in May to turn Ottawa into a 'bloom' town. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, includes related ...
Travel Weekly: Tulip festival in May to turn Ottawa into a 'bloom' town.
Tulip festival in May to turn Ottawa into a 'bloom' town.
The festival is rooted in history, tracing its beginnings to 1946, when Princess Juliana of the Netherlands presented the city with 100,000 tulip bulbs to thank Canada for providing a safe haven for her nation's exiled royal family during World War II (the royal family still sends a gift of bulbs every year).
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:19223021&refid=holomed_1   (235 words)

  
 Ottawa Tulip Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Canadian Tulip Festival in Canada's Capital Region and we were there.
We even saw tulip beds scattered throughout the city in addition to the four main venues that had masses of flowers.
Tulips are one of the harbingers of spring which brings promise of the summer to come.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/garden_adventures/108826   (458 words)

  
 Images of Canada: Tulip Festival, Winterlude, Hot air Balloon, Canada Day, Museums
Canadian Tulip Festival is an annual celebration that has become an important symbol of international friendship in Canada since 1953.
You can see the images from Canadian Tulip Festival at the end and at the beginning of the millennium.
During each annual Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival, bizarre, special and spectacular shapes fly in the skies of Gatineau and Ottawa.
bersoft.org /canada   (267 words)

  
 Tulip Festival Tours
Unlimited tulips: 20 acres of red, 20 acres of yellow, 10 acres of purple - We’re talking an awesome spectacle.
The largest growing area of tulips in the world outside of Holland.
Come enjoy a relaxing day-- we are stopping at two bulb farms, get once-in-a-lifetime photos, eat a salmon dinner ($10 extra), browse in the old town of LaConnor(An historic, antique town worthy of a trip of its own).
www.customizedtours.net /tours.php?type=tulip   (182 words)

  
 Skagit Tulip Festival in Washington State USA.
The area of land in the valley under tulip cultivation is now said to be greater than that in the whole of Holland.
Although the tulip bloom is a major tourist attraction in the Skagit Valley, the tulip industry is concerned primarily with the bulbs themselves.
Officially inaugurated in 1984 by the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce, the Tulip festival has grown into one of Washington State's most popular and colorful happenings.
colinday.bravepages.com /oregonwashington/skagit.html   (640 words)

  
 What's On | Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
The tulips all came out on cue, the weather stayed fine (despite a worrying downpour during the setup on Friday afternoon), and the crowds turned out for a fine old time in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens for the 2005 Tulip Festival.
Multicultural Tasmania was a major supporter of the Festival, enabling a second stage of entertainment representing cultures from all over the world.
The Festival's major sponsor, for the third consecutive year, was B&E, who treated their guests to morning or afternoon tea at the Botanical Gardens Restaurant.
www.rtbg.tas.gov.au /tulipfestival.html   (576 words)

  
 Skagit Tulip Festival and Cruise - Visit the Tulip Festival - Clipper Vacations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Every year, the tulip fields of the Skagit Valley come alive with all the colors of spring.
With a view of the San Juan Islands to the west and tulip fields to the east, La Conner is a natural wealth of breathtaking beauty.
Take a one-day Skagit Tulip Festival trip with transportation via Victoria Clipper III to La Conner and return transportation via Gray Line Motor Coach.
www.victoriaclipper.com /skagit_tulip_festival   (706 words)

  
 Tulip Time - Holland Michigan Festival
The dates for the 2008 festival are May 3-10, 2008.
Tulip Time is proud to have WOTV's Storm Team 8 as our official meteorological source.
To assist you in better "seeing" our festival, we've developed a wonderful photo gallery for all to enjoy.
www.tuliptime.org   (258 words)

  
 Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm
There is nothing like the colors of our tulip fields in the spring.
Every year the varieties are arranged differently in a new pattern of color as we rotate our tulip fields to a new location.
We will have tulip signs up at many of the intersections outside of Woodburn leading to the field, as well as at the entrance to help you find us.
www.woodenshoe.com /springshow.html   (380 words)

  
 Welcome to the Orange City Tulip Festival - The Third Weekend in May
Welcome to the Orange City Tulip Festival - The Third Weekend in May
The Orange City Tulip Festival – an entertaining celebration of the best of small-town America – showcases for 100,000 visitors this thriving community's rich Dutch heritage.
Festivities include music and dancing by hundreds of children and adults in intricate authentic costumes, two daily parades featuring top area marching bands, nightly musical theatre, a carnival midway, fun ethnic food treats, plus thousands of tulips and a dozen reproduction windmills throughout a charming village.
www.octulipfestival.com   (85 words)

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