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{{Short description|Large display of tulips as a celebration}}
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[[Image:Tulipfarm.jpg|300px|thumb|Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon. 2007]]
[[File:2013 Tulip Festival @ Agassiz, BC, Canada (8671444216).jpg|300px|thumb|2013 Tulip Festival at [[Agassiz, BC]], Canada]]
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[[Image:HPIM1388.JPG|thumb|Tulips at Dow's Lake during 2005 Ottawa Tulip Festival]]
[[File:Holland MI Tulips 01.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Holland, Michigan]] is the home of the [[Tulip Time Festival]], the largest tulip festival in the U.S.]]
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The '''Tulip Festivals''' are held in several North American cities including Albany, New York; Ottawa, Ontario; Holland, Michigan; Orange City, Iowa; Pella, Iowa, Mt. Vernon, Washington and Woodburn, Oregon. The [[tulip]]s are considered a welcome harbinger of spring, and a tulip festival permits residents to see them at their best advantage. The festivals are also popular tourist attractions. The tulips are displayed throughout the cities. In certain years the peak of tulips does not coincide with the actual festival due to climatic conditions.
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[[Image:Tulipfarm.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival]] in [[Woodburn, Oregon]], 2007]]
[[Image:SkagitCountyTulipFestival.jpg|thumb|300px|Tulip Festival, Mount Vernon, Washington, 2007]]


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'''Tulip festivals''' are held in several cities around the world, mostly in North America, usually in cities with a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] heritage such as [[Albany, New York|Albany]], [[New York (state)|New York]]; [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]; [[Gatineau]], [[Quebec]]; [[Montreal]], Quebec; [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]], [[Michigan]]; [[Lehi, Utah|Lehi]], [[Utah]]; [[Orange City, Iowa|Orange City]], [[Iowa]]; [[Pella, Iowa|Pella]], [[Iowa]]; [[Mount Vernon, Washington|Mount Vernon]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]; and [[Woodburn, Oregon|Woodburn]], [[Oregon]], and in other countries such as [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]],<ref>[http://www.tulipfestival.com.au/ Tesselaar Tulip Festival]</ref> [[India]],<ref name=kashmir>{{cite web|title=Tulip Festival of Kashmir|date=29 February 2016|url=https://www.giftblooms.com/content/tulip-festival-in-srinagar/}}</ref> and [[England]]. The [[tulip]]s are considered a welcome harbinger of spring, and a tulip festival permits residents to see them at their best advantage. The festivals are also popular tourist attractions. The tulips are displayed throughout the cities. In certain years the peak of tulips does not coincide with the actual festival due to climatic conditions.
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*The [[Albany]],[[NY]] Tulip Festival set in Albany’s beautiful historic Washington Park. Each year, this traditional Albany event greets spring with thousands of tulips blooming in a myriad of colors and varieties. Thousands from across the Capital District Region and beyond come to Tulip Fest each May to celebrate Albany’s rich Dutch heritage.


The world's largest tulip festival is held in [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]], with tulips sent by the Netherlands to commemorate the [[Canada–Netherlands relations|special relationship]] resulting from Canadian actions during [[World War II]] when Canadian forces led the [[liberation of the Netherlands]] and hosted the [[Dutch royal family]] in exile.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |first= |date=2023-05-12 |title=Thank You Toronto Tulip Day 2023 - Event - Netherlandsandyou.nl |url=https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/latest-news/events/2023/05/21/thank-you-toronto-tulip-day |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.netherlandsandyou.nl |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Heritage |first=Canadian |date=2017-09-27 |title=Tulips in Canada's capital |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/tulips-capital.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=About the Festival |url=https://tulipfestival.ca/about-the-festival/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Canadian Tulip Festival |language=en-US}}</ref>
*The Canadian Tulip Festival, the world's largest tulip festival, is a major cultural event held annually each May in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. See [[Tulip Festival (Ottawa)]].


==Asia==
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*[[Belle Plaine, Kansas]], home of the [[Bartlett Arboretum (Kansas)|Bartlett Arboretum]] has held its Tulip Time Festival on the third weekend in April since [[1986]] with arts and craft, live music, carnival, and other fun and games. Belle Plaine used to be famous for having the most tulips planted in one spot in the USA.
* [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]], celebrates Tulip Festival in the month of April in the [[Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden]], situated over an area of 30&nbsp;ha on the banks of world famous Dal Lake, considered to be the largest Tulip garden in Asia.
* [[Tonami]], [[Toyama Prefecture|Toyama]], [[Japan]] holds a [[Tonami Tulip Fair|tulip festival]] with over 2.5 million tulips in over 600 varieties. It takes place from late April to early May and is known as the "Tonami Tulip Fair" in Tonami Tulip Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fair.tulipfair.or.jp/en/|title = 2022 Tonami Tulip Fair}}</ref>


==Europe==
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*[[Fulton, Illinois]]'s Dutch Days festival is held the first weekend of every May. It was first celebrated as an "Authentic Dutch Dinner" in [[1974]] by the local Christian school.
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*[[Spalding, Lincolnshire]], UK, had an annual Tulip Parade that took place on the first Saturday in May until 2013. In its heyday it was a major tourist attraction, comprising a procession of floats on various themes, each decorated with tulip petals, a by-product of the bulb industry. Tulips are no longer grown commercially in this part of Lincolnshire.
*[[National Tulip Day]], Amsterdam, Netherlands. Tulip festival in Amsterdam. Every year in January.
*[[Istanbul Tulip Festival]], Istanbul, Turkey. International tulip festival in Istanbul. Every year in April.


==America==
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*[[Lynden, Washington]]'s Holland Days festival is held the first weekend of every May. The two day festival highlights the area's Dutch heritage with parades filled with flowers, traditional song and dance, and Dutch markets.
===Canada===
*The [[Canadian Tulip Festival]], which claims to be the world's largest tulip festival, is a major event held annually each May in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. During [[World War II]], the [[Monarchy of the Netherlands|Dutch royal family]] took refuge in Canada. [[Princess Margriet of the Netherlands]] was born at [[Ottawa Civic Hospital]] in 1943, and [[Extraterritoriality of Princess Margriet's birth|the Canadian government declared the land to be extraterritorial]]. This was done to ensure that the princess would have solely Dutch citizenship. Furthermore, Canadian forces led the [[liberation of the Netherlands]]. Every year since, [[Queen Juliana]] and the royal family after her death, along with the Dutch Bulb Growers Association, have sent tulip bulbs for the festival to commemorate the [[Canada–Netherlands relations|special relationship]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />


===United States===
*[[Holland, Michigan]]'s festival is the largest Tulip festival in the United States. For more information, see [[Holland,_Michigan#Tulip_Time_Festival|Tulip Time]].
[[File:Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival.jpg|thumb|Tulips fields in full bloom on Earth Day, 2011, in Oregon's Willamette Valley.]]
The tulip-festivals are being held in honour of the Dutch-American immigrants who brought the (then highly expensive) tulips to the Americas.{{cn|date=May 2015}}


====Eastern US====
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*[[Orange City, Iowa]]'s Tulip Festival is celebrated annually on the 3rd weekend in May is held dear by Orange City's inhabitants with a flower show, an evening performance of a broadway play, afternoon and evening parades, and street dancing by old and young alike. The festival begins on Wednesday for the locals and continues through Saturday drawing over 150,000 people.
*[https://www.hollandridgefarms.com/ Holland Ridge Farms] U-Pick Tulips in Cream Ridge, New Jersey. The most tulips available to pick, anywhere in the world.
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*The [[Tulip Festival (Albany, New York)|Tulip Festival of Albany, New York]] is set in [[Albany, New York|Albany]]’s historic [[Washington Park Historic District (Albany, New York)|Washington Park]]. Each year, this traditional Albany event greets spring with thousands of tulips blooming in a myriad of colors and varieties. Thousands from across the [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]] and beyond come to Tulip Fest each May to celebrate Albany’s rich [[Netherlands|Dutch]] heritage.
*The Festival of Spring at Burnside Farms in [[Nokesville, Virginia]], includes over 200 types of tulips.<ref name=burnside>{{cite news | url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/virginia-tulip-festival-to-begin-tuesday/3015471/ | title=Virginia Tulip Festival Underway | work=WRC-TV | date=April 3, 2022 | accessdate=April 14, 2022 | author=Barnes, Sophia}}</ref><ref>[https://washingtontulipfestival.com/ Washington Tulip Festival Guide]</ref>


====Central US====
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*[[Pella, Iowa]]'s Tulip Festival, also celebrated in early May, began in 1935 in celebration of the town's heritage. It is a three day event that features street washing parades, costumed wooden shoe dancers, wooden shoe carving demonstrations, street venders selling [[poffertjes]] and an antique Dutch street organ.
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*[[Belle Plaine, Kansas]], home of the [[Bartlett Arboretum (Kansas)|Bartlett Arboretum]] has held its Tulip Time Festival on the third weekend in April since 1986 with arts and craft, live music, carnival, and other fun and games. Belle Plaine used to be famous for having the most tulips planted in one spot in the USA.
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*[[Fulton, Illinois]]'s Dutch Days festival is held the first weekend of every May. It was first celebrated as an "Authentic Dutch Dinner" in 1974 by the local Christian school.
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*[[Orange City, Iowa]]'s Tulip Festival is celebrated annually on the 3rd weekend in May is held dear by Orange City's inhabitants with a flower show, an evening performance of a Broadway play, afternoon and evening parades, and street dancing by old and young alike. The festival begins on Wednesday for the locals and continues through Saturday drawing over 150,000 people.
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*[[Pella, Iowa]]'s Tulip Time festival, also celebrated in early May, began in 1935 in celebration of the town's heritage. It is a three-day event that features street washing parades, costumed wooden shoe dancers, wooden shoe carving demonstrations, street vendors selling [[poffertjes]] and an antique Dutch street organ.
*The [[Tulip Time Festival]] in [[Holland, Michigan]] is held in early May and is the largest tulip festival in the United States, boasting over 4.5 million tulips and drawing over 600,000 visitors each year.


====Western US====
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* The [[Skagit Valley]] tulip festival has been held every April since 1983. Featuring dozens of tulip and daffodil fields as well as display gardens, gift shops, and tour activities, this festival attract visitors of all ages.
[[File:Tulips at Thanksgiving Point tulip festival.jpg|thumb|Tulips at Thanksgiving Point tulip festival May, 2018]]
*[[Lehi, Utah]]'s [[Thanksgiving Point]] hosts a tulip festival during April and May. The three weekend festival includes daffodils and tulips, garden tours, performances, and activities. One Friday and Saturday weekend includes Dutch Days with Dutch music, dance, and food.
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*[[Lynden, Washington]]'s Holland Days festival is held the first weekend of every traditional song and dance, and Dutch markets.
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* The [[Skagit Valley Tulip Festival]] in Washington has been held every April since 1984. Featuring dozens of tulip and daffodil fields as well as display gardens, gift shops, and tour activities, this festival attracts visitors of all ages.
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*[[Woodburn, Oregon]] has held the [[Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival]] every year starting in March 1986.


=== Brazil ===
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*[[Woodburn, Oregon]] has been celebrating its Tulip Festival every year starting in March since 1986.
*The city of [[Holambra]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], is the largest producer of flowers and ornamental plants in [[Latin America]] and host the largest spring event in the continent, the [https://www.expoflora.com.br Expoflora]. The event starts late August and finishes on early September (start of Spring on Southern hemisphere) and it occurs every year since 1981. The event also have traditional Dutch music, dance and food.


==Oceania==
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*[[Spalding]] (England) has an annual Tulip Parade that takes place on the first Saturday in May, and is a major tourist attraction, comprising a procession of floats on various themes, each decorated with tulip petals, a by-product of the bulb industry.
===New Zealand===
* [[Wellington]] Tulip Sunday Festival, held each spring since 1944 ([https://wellington.govt.nz/events/annual-events/spring-festival/ Website])

===Australia===
* [[Bowral|Bowral, New South wales]] Tulip Time Festival, held each spring since 1960 ([http://www.tuliptime.net.au/ Website])
* [[Silvan, Victoria]] The [[Tesselaar Tulip Festival]] is held every September–October since 1954. ([http://tulipfestival.com.au/ Website])

==Gallery==
<gallery>
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Image:Bed of tulips at a Tulip Festival.JPG|Tulips at Dow's Lake during 2005 Ottawa Tulip Festival
Image:Garden of the Provinces and Territories - Tulip Festival - 2.jpg|[[Canadian Tulip Festival]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], 2007
File:416. Elagin Island. Tulip Festival - 2018.jpg|Tulip festival on [[Yelagin Island]], 2018
Image:Tulip_flowers.JPG|Tulip Festival, Albany, NY, 2008
Image:Festival of Spring - 34.jpg|Festival of Spring, Nokesville, Virginia - 2022
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Tulip festivals}}
*[http://timesunion.com/specialreports/tulipfestival/ Albany (NY) Tulip Festival]
*[http://www.tulipfestival.ca/ Canadian Tulip Festival]
*[http://www.tulipfestival.ca/ Canadian Tulip Festival]
*[http://www.tuliptime.com/ Holland's festival]
*[http://www.tuliptime.com/ Holland's festival]
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*[http://www.octulipfestival.com/ Orange City's festival]
*[http://www.octulipfestival.com/ Orange City's festival]
*[http://www.tulipfestival.org/ Skagit Valley Tulip Festival]
*[http://www.tulipfestival.org/ Skagit Valley Tulip Festival]
*[http://www.woodburns-own.com/gateway/tulip.html Woodburn, Oregon festival]
*[http://www.woodenshoe.com/springshow.html Woodburn, Oregon festival]
*[http://www.cityoffulton.us/dutchdays.php Fulton's Dutch Days Festival]
*[http://www.cityoffulton.us/dutchdays.php Fulton's Dutch Days Festival]
*[http://www.tulipfestival.com.au/ Tesselaar Tulip Festival Silvan Australia]
*[http://www.tulipfestival.com.au/ Tesselaar Tulip Festival Silvan Australia]
*[http://www.spaldingnet.com/spaldingtown/parade/index.html Spalding Flower Parade England]
*[http://www.spaldingnet.com/spaldingtown/parade/index.html Spalding Flower Parade England]
*[http://www.vendeuvre.com/nw/tulipe_en.html Tulip Festival at Vendeuvre France]
*[https://www.festival-history.com/2024/02/tulip-festivals.html Tulip Festival]


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[[Category:Flower festivals]]
[[Category:Horticultural exhibitions]]

Latest revision as of 17:28, 8 December 2024

2013 Tulip Festival at Agassiz, BC, Canada
Holland, Michigan is the home of the Tulip Time Festival, the largest tulip festival in the U.S.
Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon, 2007
Tulip Festival, Mount Vernon, Washington, 2007

Tulip festivals are held in several cities around the world, mostly in North America, usually in cities with a Dutch heritage such as Albany, New York; Ottawa, Ontario; Gatineau, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec; Holland, Michigan; Lehi, Utah; Orange City, Iowa; Pella, Iowa; Mount Vernon, Washington; and Woodburn, Oregon, and in other countries such as New Zealand, Australia,[1] India,[2] and England. The tulips are considered a welcome harbinger of spring, and a tulip festival permits residents to see them at their best advantage. The festivals are also popular tourist attractions. The tulips are displayed throughout the cities. In certain years the peak of tulips does not coincide with the actual festival due to climatic conditions.

The world's largest tulip festival is held in Ottawa, Canada, with tulips sent by the Netherlands to commemorate the special relationship resulting from Canadian actions during World War II when Canadian forces led the liberation of the Netherlands and hosted the Dutch royal family in exile.[3][4][5]

Asia

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Europe

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  • Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK, had an annual Tulip Parade that took place on the first Saturday in May until 2013. In its heyday it was a major tourist attraction, comprising a procession of floats on various themes, each decorated with tulip petals, a by-product of the bulb industry. Tulips are no longer grown commercially in this part of Lincolnshire.
  • National Tulip Day, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Tulip festival in Amsterdam. Every year in January.
  • Istanbul Tulip Festival, Istanbul, Turkey. International tulip festival in Istanbul. Every year in April.

America

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Canada

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United States

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Tulips fields in full bloom on Earth Day, 2011, in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

The tulip-festivals are being held in honour of the Dutch-American immigrants who brought the (then highly expensive) tulips to the Americas.[citation needed]

Eastern US

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Central US

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  • Belle Plaine, Kansas, home of the Bartlett Arboretum has held its Tulip Time Festival on the third weekend in April since 1986 with arts and craft, live music, carnival, and other fun and games. Belle Plaine used to be famous for having the most tulips planted in one spot in the USA.
  • Fulton, Illinois's Dutch Days festival is held the first weekend of every May. It was first celebrated as an "Authentic Dutch Dinner" in 1974 by the local Christian school.
  • Orange City, Iowa's Tulip Festival is celebrated annually on the 3rd weekend in May is held dear by Orange City's inhabitants with a flower show, an evening performance of a Broadway play, afternoon and evening parades, and street dancing by old and young alike. The festival begins on Wednesday for the locals and continues through Saturday drawing over 150,000 people.
  • Pella, Iowa's Tulip Time festival, also celebrated in early May, began in 1935 in celebration of the town's heritage. It is a three-day event that features street washing parades, costumed wooden shoe dancers, wooden shoe carving demonstrations, street vendors selling poffertjes and an antique Dutch street organ.
  • The Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Michigan is held in early May and is the largest tulip festival in the United States, boasting over 4.5 million tulips and drawing over 600,000 visitors each year.

Western US

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Tulips at Thanksgiving Point tulip festival May, 2018
  • Lehi, Utah's Thanksgiving Point hosts a tulip festival during April and May. The three weekend festival includes daffodils and tulips, garden tours, performances, and activities. One Friday and Saturday weekend includes Dutch Days with Dutch music, dance, and food.
  • Lynden, Washington's Holland Days festival is held the first weekend of every traditional song and dance, and Dutch markets.
  • The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Washington has been held every April since 1984. Featuring dozens of tulip and daffodil fields as well as display gardens, gift shops, and tour activities, this festival attracts visitors of all ages.
  • Woodburn, Oregon has held the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival every year starting in March 1986.

Brazil

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  • The city of Holambra, São Paulo, is the largest producer of flowers and ornamental plants in Latin America and host the largest spring event in the continent, the Expoflora. The event starts late August and finishes on early September (start of Spring on Southern hemisphere) and it occurs every year since 1981. The event also have traditional Dutch music, dance and food.

Oceania

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New Zealand

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Australia

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References

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  1. ^ Tesselaar Tulip Festival
  2. ^ "Tulip Festival of Kashmir". 29 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (2023-05-12). "Thank You Toronto Tulip Day 2023 - Event - Netherlandsandyou.nl". www.netherlandsandyou.nl. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  4. ^ a b Heritage, Canadian (2017-09-27). "Tulips in Canada's capital". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  5. ^ a b "About the Festival". Canadian Tulip Festival. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  6. ^ "2022 Tonami Tulip Fair".
  7. ^ Barnes, Sophia (April 3, 2022). "Virginia Tulip Festival Underway". WRC-TV. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  8. ^ Washington Tulip Festival Guide
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