A spectacular evening of celebration and community as we unveil the 2024 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival poster and official merchandise. Meet the artist, tasty treats and door prizes!
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Seeking artist for 2025 festival poster
Love tulips? Love art? Do you have a favorite artist? Or are you an artist who wants to be our...
Tulips done blooming for 2023 — RoozenGaarde open year-round — order bulbs for fall delivery
The tulips for 2023 are gone -- but rest assured they will be back in April of 2024. RoozenGaarde...
Official Products a WIN, WIN
Great Products made locally We select local companies who make great products here locally in Skagit Valley. They are branded with our featured art each year and we help to promote them. And, those official products help the festival by giving the festival a...
Busy off season leads to successful Festival in the Spring
Yes, the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is a year-round operation -- once we've wrapped up the festival for the year, we get busy -- securing sponsorships, planning for our Key Bank ambassador event, working on parade ideas, arranging for and accepting the artwork for...
USPS Releases new Tulip Postage Stamp March 24
We are very excited to announce a new Tulip Postage stamp for the United States and it will be released for the first time on March 24 at the Mount Vernon, WA post office on Cleveland. Stamp collectors can get the new stamp canceled tomorrow at a special station at...
North Coast Credit Union Photo Contest Runs April 1-30, 2023
We know you love taking pictures of the beautiful tulips grown in Skagit Valley. We have a photo contest where you can enter to win a signed 2023 Tulip Festival Poster AND get your photo published in our 2024 Official Brochure. Here are the rules: North Coast...
Tulip Stack Blooming Brightly
Mount Vernon's iconic "Tulip Stack" is all spiffed up and ready to greet visitors journeying here during April, thanks to the work of the City of Mount Vernon, Jose Cardona of Cardona & Sons Painting and Birch Equipment. We think you will enjoy the new look. Jose...
Meet our Board of Directors: Vic Caratachea
Meet Board Member Vic Caratachea, Regional Manager for NW Washington for Pape Machinery in Mount Vernon. Vic joined our board because he believes in the power of strong community activities and believes in giving back to the community and he lives it through customer...
Meet our Board of Directors: Marinus Rouw
Tulip Festival Board Member Marinus Rouw fills an advisory position as a historian of the festival and as a voice for the many community volunteers who put on the annual festival. Marinus has served on the board for over a decade. He presided over the World Tulip...
Enjoy our 2022 Poster featuring artwork by Jack Gunter
It is our pleasure to show you the beautiful artwork by Jack Gunter. Check out our on-line store, or drop by our office at 311 W Kincaid St. in downtown Mount Vernon to get your very own merchandise with this bright and bold print.
Bulbs in the ground getting ready for spring!
Planting hundreds of acres of tulips takes time, as the crews at Washington Bulb/RoozenGaarde well know! They have finished planting the tulips in the field and will soon be finished with RoozenGaarde, all in preparation for April 2022. You still have time to plant...
Meet our Board of Directors: Katie Hayton
This is an on-going series highlighting the talented people who help make the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival possible. Today we invite you to meet Katie Hayton. Katie joined our board in 2019 and promptly volunteered to head up our Tulip Charm Princess Party committee....