Tulip season officially begins Saturday, but Tulip Valley Farms is taking advantage of the sunny skies to open a day early.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — This weekend marks the start of Tulip season in the Skagit Valley. The annualhas come on tough times since the pandemic, but hopes are high that business will be in full bloom again this year.
The fields were full of flowers but no people as the pandemic canceled the annual festival in 2020. The pandemic continued to hamper attendance the following year. Near-record flooding damaged fields in 2022. Last year, a cold spring brought the latest start to the bloom ever The annual Tulip Festival attracts 400,000 to 500,000 visitors to Skagit County. They bring an estimated $65 million to the local economy. But the celebration has lost a bit of momentum with all of the bad luck.
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