Tulip Town reopen on April 1 , 2021 , and the organisation is entranced . Since 1984 , hundreds of thousands of people from across the world visit Skagit Valley to tour the tulip fields . However last year , the four - week long Tulip Festival at Tulip Town was shut down due to COVID-19 . The impact was fierce as 95 % of their revenue is historically derived from Edgar Albert Guest paying to issue forth out and see the farm . They apace adapted to the situation and developed a new business model that exported the experience of tulips virtually .
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Becoming an experience provider“Last year read us to the limits of our business insightfulness and resilience ’ , says Tulip Town co - possessor , farmer , and CEO , Andrew Miller . They had to do something and come up with the musical theme to make a novel business poser that exported the experience of tulips virtually . “ In doing so , we were able to create unexampled opportunity for citizenry to enjoy Tulip Town virtually that we would not have look at if we were n’t forced to do so . ”
While they were capable to make young link to our farm virtually , they also established new customers that found our feisty posture inspiring . “ We espouse the chance to be reborn as a truly innovative and responsive experience provider . ”
2021 preparationsThis year , they plant or so 5 million bulbs ( down by about 2 million base on their battlefield ’s size as they went from a 7 - acre subject area last year to a 5 - acre playing area this year . But that ’s not the with child variety . They contrive their field for a more immersive and yet more spread - out experience for their visitant . “ alternatively of a five - acre blockage of color , we planted the sphere in four main parts with spacious thoroughfares lead throughout the tulips . We also left gaps in the dustup where people can get close-fitting to the flowers for pictures . On top of that , we expand our hour to cover nearly 14 60 minutes of day . We added a photography program for photographers look for access for the " golden hours " and an " Experience Pass " for hoi polloi that would like to go out with our picking crew and pick their own posy . ”
They are especially excited about the app they prepare , " Tulip Town 360 , " so anyone anywhere in the human beings can enjoy our study . “ Guests can download on our app ( Apple and Google ) as well as our twice - daily manoeuver field duty tour on Facebook , Instagram , and YouTube . ”
Expectations for 2021 editionThe farm has historically seen between 100 - 150,000 people a class . This year , however , they forestall a low than " usual " attendance as the Canadian border remains closed to " non - essential " change of location . Approximately one-half of the visitors to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival are our neighbors to the north .
FutureAlthough they expect a lower number of client this class , they are extremely majestic of what they have reach . “ 2020 was savagely difficult for us , but we found new strength and innovation in unexpected ways , and our farm and the experience our Edgar Guest can carry is better because of what we con and how we responded . The future of Tulip Town has never been brighter ; it just take up a lot of polish really tight last year to get the shine we ’re expect forward to sharing with our guests and client . ”
Spinach Bus VenturesSBV was founded by five friends from high school in Washington State ’s Skagit Valley , a agriculture community northwards of Seattle , who returned home to their roots three decades after graduation to aid grow the community of interests that grew them . The squad ’s first investment was a tulip farm buy from the previous owners of 36 years . March 2020 was to be their initiatory season ; the same month , Washington Governor Jay Inslee issued a stay - at - home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
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For more selective information : Tulip Town15002 Bradshaw RoadMount Vernon , WA 98273360.424.8152[email protected]tuliptown.com
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