Seeing tulip bulbs sprout is one of the prettiest highlights of spring. There are more than 150 species of tulips, with over 3,000 varieties. Read on to find out where you can see (and, in some cases, also pick your own) tulips in New Jersey.
Arrowhead Farmstead
135 Iron Ore Rd., Manalapan
The Dino + Tulip Festival takes place for a few weeks to coincide with the blooming of the flower fields, which include 1 million tulips, an acre of cosmos, 15 acres of sunflowers and 5 acres of zinnias.
Cape Cottage Garden
Princeton
Although this is a private garden, you can schedule a tour to view the 1.4 acre flower-filled property. Aside from tulips there are snowdrops, scilla, crocuses, daffodils and muscari.
Dalton Farms
660 Oak Grove Rd., Swedesboro
Explore the fields and pick from more than 50 varieties of tulips that grow here. On the weekends, the Tri-State Tulip Festival includes paddle boat rides, live music, kids’ activities and a beer garden.
Holland Ridge Farms
86 Rues Rd., Cream Ridge
Walk amongst 8 million colorful tulips on 300 acres and take photos at more than a dozen different stations, seven days a week. The Jansen family has been in the tulip industry for over 100 years: Great Opa Casey was a bulb grower and seller in Holland and he taught his son, Casey Sr., who came to America as a teen and started a tulip growing business here in NJ. In turn, Sr. taught his son Casey Jr. the tricks of the trade. Together they grow and sell millions of fresh-cut tulips to customers across the U.S. You can also tour the windmill, and rent a picnic pod for a more intimate day in the fields.
Johnson’s Corner Farm
133 Church Rd., Medford
Take a ride around the farm on the hayride to see the acres of tulips that are planted for the spring. On select dates, you can dig up bulbs to plant in your garden.
Snyders Farm
586 S. Middlebush Rd., Somerset
The beginning of the u-pick season will be determined on the first bloom (Snyders is currently closed for the season so check back for updates). Expect a marketplace with local vendors and food trucks, field activities, pick-your-own in the flower fields and an optional hayride.
Von Thun Farms
438 Rte. 57 W., Washington Twp.
The all-new springtime attraction will have the farm blooming with hundreds of thousands of tulips that will be available to pick and view.
Did you know?
- Tulips are native to central Asia. It wasn’t until 1594 that the first tulip officially bloomed in Holland after a Flemish botanist planted some of his own bulbs.
- At one point in history, tulips were the most expensive flower in the world. Between 1634 and 1637, it is said tulips cost almost 10 times what an average working-class man earned in a year.
- On Valentine’s Day, the tulip is the second most popular flower after roses.
Information from Snyder’s Farm.
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