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Tulip Festival http://muchaboutmelbourne.com/2011/09/tulip-festival/ http://muchaboutmelbourne.com/2011/09/tulip-festival/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:16:07 +0000 admin http://muchaboutmelbourne.com/?p=446 I mentioned recently that the Tulip Festival was soon to open. In fact the dates are 15 September to 12 October.  So if you’re in Melbourne and able to make the trip to Silvan, it would be worth your while to do so.  They have a variety of things happening there and if you check their website you can see what events are taking place and when.  I chose to go when they first opened at 10am today so I could be there before the crowds turned up – which they did an hour later via several buses.

Apart from the Tulips on display, they have other gardens with Ranunculus, Daffodils, Pansies, Azaeleas and a mass of other flowers to look at. Very colourful. There are food stalls with all sorts of foods, some with Dutch leanings. There was a couple singing when I was there, playing the grand piano and a cello but other times I’ve been they’ve had dutch music, bands and all sorts of other people performing.  The staff are in Dutch outfits – not sure how they walk in those clogs all day.

This gives you a slight idea of what I saw today. School holidays are coming up and it will be a great place to take children to play and wander around.

Rows and Rows of Tulips

Windmill

The childrens garden

Pink Tulips

Yellow Tulips

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]]> http://muchaboutmelbourne.com/2011/09/tulip-festival/feed/ 1 Spring is in the air! http://muchaboutmelbourne.com/2011/08/spring-is-in-the-air/ http://muchaboutmelbourne.com/2011/08/spring-is-in-the-air/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:18:38 +0000 admin http://muchaboutmelbourne.com/?p=437 It may still be August but Spring is definitely showing up around Melbourne.  In the hills east of Melbourne the Tulip Festival is held each Spring by Tesselaars. For those who are gardeners in Australia, the name will be very familiar, as you can purchase all sorts of bulbs and other plants from them all year round.

I first went to the Tulip Festival about 2 years ago with a somewhat pregnant daughter.  I loved it and went back again last year, twice, so I could have some time on my own with my camera in tow.

A friend recently gave my husband and me Tulips in a pot – they were in flower already.  A picture of one of them is below, bathed in early morning sunlight on our front verandah. We have tulips planted but they haven’t flowered yet. The daffodils are out though, as are the jonquils.

Red tulip in sunlight

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Whet your appetite?  You can see more here.

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