Tiptoeing through the tulips
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339930)
Rockingham, Australia
September 25, 2024 7:10am CST
I’ve been rabbiting on about the beautifully sunny and warm weather we’re having. It’s just been a lovely spring so today we decided to visit Araluen Botanical Park and take in the annual Tulip Festival.
The Park started life as a holiday camp for the Young Australia League. In 1990, public outcry forced the state government to save the land from redevelopment and it became a botanical park. It’s 150 acres (59 hectares) lie in a sheltered valley just south of Perth.
The gardens there are magnificent but there are also many areas of untouched native vegetation. Volunteers spend hours planting tulip bulbs which make a great show as you can see from the photo. I know it doesn’t compare to the Netherlands’ tulip fields but it’s still pretty impressive.
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
25 Sep
Those tulips are gorgeous! I love tulips
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
26 Sep
@JudyEv this morning on tv they were showing a sunflower farm and the acres and acres of sunflowers were absolutely amazing. You could actually go and pick a sunflower for a nominal price
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Sep
@Marilynda1225 When we were in France, it was the first time I'd ever seen acres of sunflowers.
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@snowy22315 (180696)
• United States
25 Sep
Very pretty indeed! Friend and I went to the botanical gardens in June. It was a free day, and fun to walk around.
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@snowy22315 (180696)
• United States
26 Sep
@JudyEv The botannical garden here has a handful of free days throughout the year. It was a little on the warm, humid side on the day we went, as it was nearly July, but they had plenty of shade and water stations set up so it was fine.
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@1creekgirl (41427)
• United States
25 Sep
From the photo, the tulips look so beautiful. We have a community of Mennonites not far from us who have large gorgeous tulip fields, but on a smaller scale.
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@1creekgirl (41427)
• United States
26 Sep
@JudyEv They do sell them, along with other flowers and farm supplies. They have their own school, also.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
25 Sep
That's a beautiful tulip patch. I love tulips. I have been to Netherlands but it was not the season for Tulips. I would like to visit tulip park sometimes.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
27 Sep
@JudyEv We just hope that we get to see it in our lifetime.
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@Chakimmm (1011)
• Indonesia
25 Sep
Wow it's very beautiful, the flowers are blooming and colorful, it's almost hard to find a view like that where I might be, but most of the flowers like that are in cold places like the mountains, unfortunately my house is in a low place which has lots of views of the vast agricultural land here .
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They look better massed than as individual flowers.
@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
26 Sep
Really impressive!!
We do also have some such gardens but they are underdeveloped as far as tourism is concerned.
How far is this place from your home?
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@allknowing (136403)
• India
26 Sep
I missed the tulip season in Amsterdam just by a few days. Tulips do not grow in India but they have managed to in Srinagar, Kashmir.
Remember the song Tulips in Amsterdam?
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@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
25 Sep
Those tulips are really beautiful. Tulip is one of my favorite flowers.
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Sep
I'm glad you like them. We had an enjoyable few days there.
@RasmaSandra (79858)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Sep
Very beautiful tulips. Looks like a very nice spring has arrived,
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
26 Sep
That's a lovely picture. Have a good day.
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