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Last weekend to catch Skagit tulip fields in bloom

Tulip Town’s Angelina Flores picks tulips at the farm west of Mount Vernon Tuesday on March 24, 2015. The annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival runs through the end of April but Sunday, April 17, is likely the last day to see blooming tulips in the fields.
Tulip Town’s Angelina Flores picks tulips at the farm west of Mount Vernon Tuesday on March 24, 2015. The annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival runs through the end of April but Sunday, April 17, is likely the last day to see blooming tulips in the fields. Philip A. Dwyer pdwyer@bhamherald.com
MOUNT VERNON

Tulip Town will close this weekend, midway through the traditional monthlong tulip festival in Skagit County.

The tulips bloomed a bit early this year and were in full bloom by the time the festival began April 1. Tulip Town opened in mid-March to show off the fields.

Only late variety tulips remain in bloom, the Tulip Town website notes.

The last day to tour the fields will be Sunday, April 17. Until then it’s open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at 15002 Bradshaw Road.

RoozenGaarde, at 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, also reports this weekend likely will have the last of the tulips in bloom. It’s open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

Debbie Townsend

This story was originally published April 13, 2016 at 12:31 PM with the headline "Last weekend to catch Skagit tulip fields in bloom."

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