Tulip festival

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 festivals are also popular tourist attractions.

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

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
Tulips fields in full bloom on Earth Day, 2011, in Oregon's Willamette Valley.
Tulips at Thanksgiving Point tulip festival May, 2018