Tremendous Display of Tulips

Tulips galore! The tulip festival on until May 3

Tis the season for tulips!

These flowers only bloom for a few weeks and yesterday we drove to Harrison to see the Harrison Tulip Festival by Onos Farms. It's a two-hour drive from Vancouver, near Harrison Hot Springs.

The festival started on April 10 and will finish next week on May 3.

These tulips look like peonies

When we arrived it was overcast and actually a bit chilly from the wind. Nevertheless we were thrilled to see the tulips -- some 150 varieties and colours. 

Around the corner from the entrance were some unusual tulips that were large and looked similar to peonies. There were other tulips with the bulb shape, and with beautiful colour combinations like white with burgundy, orange and green, pointy-shaped petals, mauve with frosted edges.

Then after some lunch (lamb and chicken donairs, Greek salad, and hummus with tzatziki and pita bread), we wandered to the giant field where there were rows of tulips in different colours. 

If you walked around the whole show garden, it would probably be over 2km. We were told to only walk on the wide paths, not in between the rows of tulips. A staff member in blue would occasionally tell off visitors, many of whom English was not their first language...

So many rows of tulips in various colours

Nevertheless it was fun to see all these tulips and take lots of pictures of them and with them. Despite the chilly weather, many women wore sleeveless dresses to film themselves prancing around the farm. Some even wore heels, when the website advises visitors to wear comfortable walking shoes because you are on a farm...

Apparently there are some 14 million of them grown on the farm. At the gift shop we asked about buying tulip bulbs, but they are not available until October! So that was a bit disappointing. But my mom hasn't had much luck planting them -- animals like squirrels and racoons like to dig them up and eat them!

After our tour of the farm we made our way home, taking another two hours!

Harrison Tulip Festival

5039 Lougheed Highway

Agassiz, BC