The popular tulip festival at Spring Grove’s Richardson Farm is expected to open this week, organizers announced Monday, and this season could be particularly special.
The popular tulip festival at Richardson Farm is expected to open this week, organizers announced Monday, and this season could be particularly special.
The Richardsons said they"expect to have their 12-acre tulip treasure trove" open to the public starting at 11 a.m. Thursday. The date falls within the Spring Grove farm's estimated timeline, having predicted earlier this month that the spring sensation would open by April 29.Get Chicago local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.“We’re especially excited because we’re predicting we’ll have a million flowers in bloom this year,” George Richardson said in a statement earlier this month. “We’ve planted 300,000 tulip bulbs each year for three years.
Richardson said that while all one million likely won't bloom at the same time due to different varieties being planted at various times, he expects at least 300,000 to be ready by the opening day. "We have anxiously been looking at and walking through our tulip fields and counting the growing-degree days," he said in a statement, adding that the farm expects the tulips will remain in bloom through May 7"and hopefully beyond that."
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