TULIP TIDINGS

Sponsor Highlight: Skagit River Brewery Welcomes you with New Menu Options
Pork Nachos... house braised pork, jalapeños, onions, tomatoes, cilantro and topped with sour cream. Served with fresh salsa..... Sounds yummy! Stop by and check out this and many offerings at 404 S. Third Street in downtown Mount Vernon. Open at 11 am daily -- watch...

Sponsor Highlight: Judd & Black Appliance
Judd & Black Appliance with its 6 locations around the Puget Sound area is an appliance juggernaut with a commitment to our communities. We know this because they have been one of our Gala Celebration sponsors for nearly a decade. In addition they have actively...

Meet the Board: Kevin Hartman
The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is a nonprofit corporation governed by a Board of Directors. Today we invite you to meet Kevin Hartman. He is the owner of Westar Solutions, the official product merchandiser of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Kevin, along...

Jack Gunter of Camano Island chosen as 2022 featured artist for Tulip Festival
We are pleased to announce that Jack Gunter, a self-taught artist, author and filmmaker from Camano Island, is our featured artist for the 2022 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. His artwork will grace the Tulip Festival’s 2022 poster and merchandise. “I’ve written and...

Sponsor Highlight: Chuckanut Brewery expanding
We love it when our sponsors succeed! Read all about Chuckanut Brewery's plans and update as reported in this recent article in the Skagit Valley Herald.

Alfred Currier featured in Schack Art Center exhibition Aug 5-Sept 11
Our 1998 featured artist, Alfred Currier, is having an exhibition of his work at the Schack Art Center in Everett from Aug. 5 - Sept 11. The Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett, will have an opening reception on August 5 from 5-8 pm. Both the reception and the...

Bulbs! Add some to your tulip garden
Bulbs, bulbs and more bulbs -- RoozenGaarde has tulip bulbs cleaned, sorted and crated in climate-controlled areas allowing the bulbs to ripen and stay disease free until fall planting. The tulip bulbs of Skagit Valley are out of the soil and ripening. By fall...

Meet our Board of Directors: Jenny O’Brien, Past President
Jenny joined the festival board of directors in 2016. She was very involved with our Tulip Ambassador event, bringing it to center court in Cascade Mall so the public could see and enjoy the selection process of our ambassadors (chosen from contestants in fourth or...

Skagit Valley boasts bountiful crops
The same rich soils that nurture our lovely tulip and daffodil also work for many other crops. Come up and drive around -- potatoes, grains, berries -- they all thrive here. And, if you love blueberries, it is the season! Come up and visit a You-Pick farm or stop by...

Willowbrook Manor tells harrowing Father’s Day tale
Terry Gifford has a wonderful manor house in Sedro-Woolley that is home to Tea and Tulips during the annual April Tulip Festival. Terry is also a talented baker, writer, and community organizer, plus a caring daughter. We thought you might like to hear the...