Bloom | The Abbotsford Tulip Festival Extended

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Locals in addition to visitors to Vancouver, receive got y'all had a endangerment to banking concern jibe out BLOOM, The Abbotsford Tulip Festival yet? After a slight atmospheric condition delay, millions of rainbow-coloured tulips are immediately inward sum bloom in addition to we're excited to involve heed organizers are extending the festival past times some other calendar week through to May 14th for Mother's Day. In its minute year, the festival is in i lawsuit once again attracting large crowds in addition to hitting capacity on high traffic weekends. As a result, the festival is taking steps to create produce its' popularity past times requiring visitors to pre-purchase tickets online for high traffic weekends inward gild to guarantee entry. Weekend tickets are $15 online or $25 at the door, inward express supply.

 “It was a chip of a boring get-go but immediately that our tulips are inward sum bloom, we’re extremely busy in addition to nosotros desire to go able to adapt equally many people equally nosotros can,” said Alexis Warmerdam, founder in addition to organizer of BLOOM, The Abbotsford Tulip Festival. “We produce receive got a maximum capacity though, in addition to that’s why we’re making it mandatory for people to buy tickets inward advance earlier they come upward because nosotros don’t desire to receive got to plough away people at the gate because we’re sold out.”

Advance tickets are available for buy online at abbotsfordtulipfestival.ca. Admission cost is $15 per soul for weekends. Should guests brand it to the festival without pre-purchasing their tickets in addition to the festival is non sold out, admission volition go $25 per person. Weekday prices are $8 for full general admission (13-64yrs) in addition to $5 for children (3-12yrs), seniors (65+) in addition to groups (20+ people) in addition to parking is included amongst every ticket. New this yr is a Locals’ Night, which falls on Tuesdays in addition to Thursdays from 3:00 pm – 7:30 pm for the duration of the festival. This exceptional offering is available for Abbotsford residents in addition to their guests at a reduced admission cost of exclusively $2 per soul amongst proof of address of at to the lowest degree i invitee inside the party.  The Abbotsford Tulip Festival is opened upward daily until May 14th from 9:00 am – 7:30 pm in addition to is located at 36737 North Parallel Road, merely N of Highway 1. Visitors travelling westbound from Vancouver are encouraged to larn out the highway at Number 3 Road (exit #104) to mitigate traffic congestion. 

 

In its initiatory yr inward 2016, the festival attracted approximately 100,000 visitors over a six-week period. BLOOM has gained international attending in addition to has since been designated equally a Canada 150 Garden Experience, making this outdoor festival a must-see attraction. With over 3 i M m tulips, visitors choke a endangerment to marvel in addition to walk through acres of fields in addition to accept inward a bright display of beauty. This year, BLOOM is debuting a novel trace of piece of employment of rare in addition to unique tulip varieties, including the express edition “Canada 150” tulip, equally good equally the “Sun Lover”, “Miranda”, “Ice Cream” in addition to a unique dark diversity called “The Queen of the Night”.

In add-on to admiring the stunning tulip fields, visitors tin besides selection their ain fountain bouquets inward the sprawling u-pick tulip champaign or buy pre-picked tulips from the on-site bloom shop. The agri-tourism attraction besides offers a covered picnic area, nutrient trucks, in addition to family-friendly games in addition to activities. Visitors are encouraged to convey their cameras to capture the stunning fields of flowers spell they terminal in addition to accept wages of the many photograph cut-out boards located throughout the grounds. Food trucks are available on weekends in addition to visitors are encouraged to convey their ain picnics in addition to role the covered picnic areas spell enjoying the peachy sentiment of both Mount Baker in addition to the tulip fields. BLOOM is besides a pet-friendly festival.

FOR GUARANTEED ENTRY ON HIGH TRAFFIC WEEKENDS, PRE-PURCHASED TICKETS ARE MANDATORY AND CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT abbotsfordtulipfestival.ca

ABOUT BLOOM, THE ABBOTSFORD TULIP FESTIVAL
BLOOM, The Abbotsford Tulip Festival was founded past times Alexis Warmerdam, a passionate third-generation Canadian tulip farmer in addition to 4th generation bulb grower amongst Lakeland Flowers. The festival’s breathtaking techno-coloured display of over 3 i M m tulips inward a beautiful the world setting has attracted visitors from all over the Earth in addition to is speedily becoming an annual must-see attraction. Alexis’ vision is to inspire appreciation for the splendor of the tulip flavor in addition to give visitors a endangerment to choke upward unopen amongst over xl varieties of tulips in addition to savour some springtime fun inward the the world amongst their friends in addition to family. abbotsfordtulipfestival.ca