Stunning Flower Sea Beneath Snow-Capped Mountains: Canada's Largest Tulip Festival Showcases Ice and Fire Spectacle
The Harrison Tulip Festival in British Columbia, Canada, the largest of its kind, features 14 million colorful tulips against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains, creating an "ice and fire spectacle." Celebrating its 20th anniversary, new attractions like a night garden have been introduced, and it has been recognized as the "World's Best Instagram Tulip Farm."
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(Central News Agency, Vancouver, 20th) When tulips are mentioned, most people's minds first conjure up images of the Netherlands. However, the Harrison Tulip Festival in British Columbia, Canada, is also stunning, with 14 million colorful tulips swaying in the wind, paired with the sight of snow-capped mountains, creating a beauty that combines ice and fire. It is not only Canada's largest tulip festival but also has been selected as the "World's Best Instagram Tulip Farm."
The Harrison Tulip Festival is located in Agassiz, British Columbia, 125 kilometers east of Vancouver, and was created by the Onos Family. Within the 45-acre park, 150 different varieties of tulips are planted. In addition to diverse colors, there are also rare varieties such as lace-edged, double-petaled, fringed, parrot-shaped, and green-flowered, adorned with fragrant hyacinths and bright daffodils.
Kate Onos told Central News Agency that her husband Dave's family immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands years ago, starting a tulip farm in the 90s, initially just to supply cut flowers and bulbs to distributors. In 2006, they first opened the flower fields to allow visitors to personally experience the breathtaking scenery.
Over the past 20 years, the Harrison Tulip Festival has evolved from a simple flower field exhibition into a diverse celebratory event, successfully establishing Agassiz as a renowned tulip tourism destination. In 2024, it was honored as the "World's Best Instagram Tulip Farm" at the World Tulip Summit held in the Netherlands.
She said that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the tulip festival, making the scale particularly grand. In addition to 14 million tulips interweaving into a colorful sea of flowers, some new highlights have been launched. For example, a night garden has been set up for the first time, transforming a 4-acre boutique garden area into a sparkling wonderland, creating a magical atmosphere with lighting. It also collaborates with local farmers, artisans, bakers, winemakers, and educators to jointly create an eco-friendly ecosystem, leading visitors to deeply experience nature.
Even without driving to the suburbs to enjoy the flowers, tulips are commonly seen in Vancouver's parks and attractions this season, especially at the Tzu Chi Charity Farm, which planted 10,000 tulips and opened them for free public viewing, becoming a popular check-in spot.
Guo Liang-jun, a volunteer responsible for the tulip garden, told Central News Agency that these 10,000 tulips are the result of volunteers personally planting, weeding, and watering them. "Farming is truly a profound science. How well tulips grow depends on many factors, including bulb preservation, planting depth, care methods, and weather cooperation. Earlier this year, some unique varieties of bulbs were eaten by rats, which made us all very sad."
A father and daughter, Alex and Ariya, were very excited and moved to see the vibrant tulips filling the garden. They told Central News Agency that they also grow some flowers in their own garden and deeply understand how difficult it is to plant and care for flowers.
Canadians love tulips, not just for their beauty, but also for a moving story.
During World War II, the Dutch royal family sought refuge in Canada. In January 1943, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, who was ten months pregnant, was about to give birth. According to Dutch law, a child born in another country would not be considered a member of the Dutch royal family. Upon learning this, the Canadian government promptly passed legislation to cede sovereignty over a delivery room in Ottawa Civic Hospital to the Netherlands, allowing the princess to successfully give birth to her third daughter, Margriet. In those years, Canadian soldiers also assisted in fighting the German army on Dutch soil, with over 5,000 Canadian soldiers unfortunately killed.
After the war, the Netherlands sends tulip bulbs to Canada every year, in gratitude for Canada's benevolent assistance, symbolizing the unbreakable friendship between the two countries. (Editor: Chen Hui-ping) 1150421
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(Central News Agency, Vancouver, 20th) When tulips are mentioned, most people's minds first conjure up images of the Netherlands. However, the Harrison Tulip Festival in British Columbia, Canada, is also stunning, with 14 million colorful tulips swaying in the wind, paired with the sight of snow-capped mountains, creating a beauty that combines ice and fire. It is not only Canada's largest tulip festival but also has been selected as the "World's Best Instagram Tulip Farm."
The Harrison Tulip Festival is located in Agassiz, British Columbia, 125 kilometers east of Vancouver, and was created by the Onos Family. Within the 45-acre park, 150 different varieties of tulips are planted. In addition to diverse colors, there are also rare varieties such as lace-edged, double-petaled, fringed, parrot-shaped, and green-flowered, adorned with fragrant hyacinths and bright daffodils.
Kate Onos told Central News Agency that her husband Dave's family immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands years ago, starting a tulip farm in the 90s, initially just to supply cut flowers and bulbs to distributors. In 2006, they first opened the flower fields to allow visitors to personally experience the breathtaking scenery.
Over the past 20 years, the Harrison Tulip Festival has evolved from a simple flower field exhibition into a diverse celebratory event, successfully establishing Agassiz as a renowned tulip tourism destination. In 2024, it was honored as the "World's Best Instagram Tulip Farm" at the World Tulip Summit held in the Netherlands.
She said that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the tulip festival, making the scale particularly grand. In addition to 14 million tulips interweaving into a colorful sea of flowers, some new highlights have been launched. For example, a night garden has been set up for the first time, transforming a 4-acre boutique garden area into a sparkling wonderland, creating a magical atmosphere with lighting. It also collaborates with local farmers, artisans, bakers, winemakers, and educators to jointly create an eco-friendly ecosystem, leading visitors to deeply experience nature.
Even without driving to the suburbs to enjoy the flowers, tulips are commonly seen in Vancouver's parks and attractions this season, especially at the Tzu Chi Charity Farm, which planted 10,000 tulips and opened them for free public viewing, becoming a popular check-in spot.
Guo Liang-jun, a volunteer responsible for the tulip garden, told Central News Agency that these 10,000 tulips are the result of volunteers personally planting, weeding, and watering them. "Farming is truly a profound science. How well tulips grow depends on many factors, including bulb preservation, planting depth, care methods, and weather cooperation. Earlier this year, some unique varieties of bulbs were eaten by rats, which made us all very sad."
A father and daughter, Alex and Ariya, were very excited and moved to see the vibrant tulips filling the garden. They told Central News Agency that they also grow some flowers in their own garden and deeply understand how difficult it is to plant and care for flowers.
Canadians love tulips, not just for their beauty, but also for a moving story.
During World War II, the Dutch royal family sought refuge in Canada. In January 1943, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, who was ten months pregnant, was about to give birth. According to Dutch law, a child born in another country would not be considered a member of the Dutch royal family. Upon learning this, the Canadian government promptly passed legislation to cede sovereignty over a delivery room in Ottawa Civic Hospital to the Netherlands, allowing the princess to successfully give birth to her third daughter, Margriet. In those years, Canadian soldiers also assisted in fighting the German army on Dutch soil, with over 5,000 Canadian soldiers unfortunately killed.
After the war, the Netherlands sends tulip bulbs to Canada every year, in gratitude for Canada's benevolent assistance, symbolizing the unbreakable friendship between the two countries. (Editor: Chen Hui-ping) 1150421
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