If you love Spring, tulips are blooming from mid-April to mid-May. This is your time. The Tulip festival in Holland MI occurs in the first part of May every year. Tulips generally bloom best between April 20 and May 15, 2011.
In fact, Tulip Time in Holland, MI is the official celebration of one of the largest Dutch ethnic events in the midwest United States. If you have always wanted to see a close imitation of the Netherlands, visit Holland, MI to see beautiful tulip fields in full bloom.
Welcome Spring After a Long Winter
Holland Michigan is the place to visit where flowers are on display, depending on the Spring weather and the growing season. In 2011, the tulip season will be very welcome indeed after a long, cold and snowy winter.
The Holland festival is scheduled for May 7- May 14, 2011. The city of Holland features a full line up of tulip viewing, entertainment, events and ethnic celebrations for tulip lovers and families. Here is what to see when you visit Holland, MI for Tulip Time.
Fields of Authentic Festival Holland Tulips
When you drive down River Street from US 31, you will see the beginnings of blossoming flowers that fill the Holland, MI area. The city claims that more than 5,000,000 blooming bulbs are on display in parks, along streets and in local attractions.
For starters, visit the Veldheer Tulip Farm. This attractive farm began in 1945 with 100 red tulips and 300 white tulips. Now, there are tens of thousands of flowers that blossom every Spring. The farm hosts multiple gardens that teem with white tulips, yellow Big Smile, orange Apricot Dream, red Appeldorn, and literally dozens of other varieties and colors.
Veldheer Tulip Farm
The Veldheer Tulip Farm displays lily tulips, Darwin Hybrid tulips, peony (double) tulips, parrot tulips, Triumph tulips and specialty tulips. The grounds show blue, white, and pink hyacinths, white and yellow daffodils and narcissi.
Each garden has a numbered stake that identifies the type of flower. Visitors match the flower number with a printed guide sheet to learn more about the flowers. For those who want to order Holland tulip bulbs, visitors can order bulbs directly from Holland from the guide sheet, which are shipped the following September.
Nelis Dutch Village
If you are taking children and the family to Holland, make sure to visit Nelis' Dutch Village. Dutch Village is a family theme park model buildings, authentic Dutch chocolate and licorice, Delftware, a wooden shoe factory, a working street organ, bell tower and photo spots for adults and children.
Dutch Village offers a beautiful setting for family fun. The spot has buildings modeled after 1800's Netherlands cottage architecture. Each "garden" is identified by numbered stakes so that visitors know what the tulips are. Dutch Village is on US 31 on the northern edge of Holland.
Windmill Island
A third scenic spot to visit during the Holland Tulip Festival is Windmill Island. Windmill Island is the home of the "De Zwaan" (graceful bird,) a 240 year-old working windmill from the Netherlands. Located just off 7th Street, Windmill Island offers a shopping area, historic architecture including the Posthouse museum. During a good Spring, Windmill Island boasts 175,000 blooming tulips; during summer and fall, the gardens offer colorful annuals.
Make Sure to Visit Downtown
You can wander downtown Holland on 8th Street and view the many attractive settings and plantings of flowers. There are window boxes of colorful tulips along the quaint shops, rings of tulips around statues, small gardens and planters in cubby holes.
Then, drive along the eight miles of curbside flowers planted throughout the city. You can get some inspiring ideas for creating and enhancing your own garden at home.
Plan to make your Spring a joyful one; visit the tulip festival in Holland MI. This is a very busy festival, so make sure to get all the information you need to plan a successful visit.
Dave Pipitone grows tulips as a hobby and looks forward to the thrill of seeing new, fresh tulips in the Spring.
To learn all about the 2011 tulip festival in Holland MI, including prices, admission times, links to websites, and fantastic 2011 entertainment, visit http://www.tulipreview.com
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