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.
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 daily from April 5 to 27, where you can 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
Last year’s tickets sold out every weekend, and it’s clear to see why: you can walk amongst 8 million colorful tulips on 300 acres and take photos at 16 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. The season will kick off sometime in April, with dates TBD.
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. Expect a marketplace with local vendors and food trucks, field activities, pick-your-own in the flower fields and an optional hayride.
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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