HOLLAND,
MICHIGAN--TULIP FESTIVAL
2007
review by Ed Vincent
Beautiful flowers all over the area and tulip farms you won't
believe.
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Suburban
Journals of Chicago Inc. photo
The
annual event in Holland, Michigan is a fun celebration that involves
many of the residents. The Dutch dancers are mostly young women,
but this year there were 6 young men who put on their wooden
shoes. There is a nice tulip farm that you can tour for a $7.00
admission and a small Dutch town creation with activities and
entertainment.
It is a short ride from the Chicago region and easy to reach in a couple of hours. There are lots of wine tours, antique stores
and plenty to see on the way to Holland.
A plot of
tulips in the Veldeer Tulip Farm.It is a short ride from the Chicago region and easy to reach in a couple of hours. There are lots of wine tours, antique stores
and plenty to see on the way to Holland.
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The time is right, the gas is even less, about $3.15 a gallon, and
the weather is set to be fine too. Saturdays have the parades and all else is happening on Sundays. Check the website below and have a look at the video. One of the young girls looses a
wooden shoe and almost takes a bystander out, look for the
launch of the wooden missile after the two minute mark.
Take a ride and have some fun....
http://www.tuliptime.com/
http://www.holland.org/
Veldeer Tulip Farm
12755 Quincy Street
Holland, MI 49424-8285
616-399-1900
From Veldeer Tulip Farm:
"Holland's only tulip farm featuring four million tulips each spring on seven acres of beautifully landscaped summer gardens with over one million dayliles. Other features include a wooden shoe factory, the only Delftware factory in the US, and factory outlet shopping."
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