4 Tulip Festivals to Visit in Greater Vancouver in 2025

Tulips are some of the brightest, most beautiful harbingers of spring. When they start to bud—and then bloom—you know that warmer temperatures are right around the corner. Tulip Festivals began in the early 1900s in Holland, and have since spread to every corner of the world. While some of us dream of visiting Holland’s world-famous tulip fields, there are incredible festivals right here in the Fraser Valley where you can experience the vibrancy and beauty of tulips (no passport required).

What better way is there to enjoy a bounty of blossoms than by visiting our list of four amazing tulip festivals?

4 Tulip Festivals Just a Short Drive from Vancouver

1. Harrison Tulip Festival

This expansive family operation has roots that trace back to Holland and decades in the tulip industry. The Harrison Tulip Festival is the first and largest tulip festival in B.C., and the first farm-based tulip festival in the country.  The Harrison family began opening up their farm for this cherished tradition in 2006.

Winner of the World Tulip Award for “Best Instagrammable Tulip Farm,” this Agassiz spot welcomes up to 10,000 people daily to explore 40 acres of blooms festooned with more than 12 million multi-coloured tulips, as well as daffodils and hyacinths.

For music-lovers and folks seeking family-friendly fun, the 109-acre farm features local roaming musicians on the weekends, swing sets, vintage bicycles, a 1950s convertible, a working classic water wheel, windmill, a new Secret Garden and much more. You can even sign up for sunset yoga and bouquet-making workshops. The grounds include three food trucks to choose from: Greek, poutine, and new this year, Jamaican Indigenous cuisine. Make sure to fuel up before or after checking out the flower fields.

When: April 1 through May, 2025

Time: Open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Open Saturdays and Sundays from 6 a.m. t0 6:30 p.m.

Where: 5039 Lougheed Hwy, Agassiz

Tickets: harrisontulipfest.com

2. Canada’s First Tulip Forest

Have you ever walked through a forest in full flower? Here’s your opportunity. Welcome to the country’s first Tulip Forest. Imagine wandering in a fantasyland of vibrant tulips flowering over two acres, under unexpected places or under towering trees, in an Instagram-worthy woodland-inspired setting.

A third-generation agricultural business, Maan Farms is owned and operated by the Maan family. Lucky for tulip-lovers, this year they decided to convert the farm’s Forest Pumpkin Patch into a two-acre Tulip Forest, overflowing with multicoloured flowers and plenty of photo ops.

Amidst this captivating forest setting, attendees can explore an enchanting mushroom house, ‘Hop Into Spring’ sign, oversized chair, swings, kissing booth and butterfly wings. Whether you’re capturing the perfect springtime photo or simply soaking in the beauty of nature, this enthralling experience is unlike any other in Canada. Yearning for more? The farm has lots on-the-go for the season, including baby animals, a wine tasting room, ice cream and Easter activities.

When: April 5 until the end of the tulip season

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where: Maan Farms, 790 McKenzie Rd., Abbotsford

Tickets: maanfarms.com

3. Abbotsford Tulip Festival

It’s fitting that Nick Warmerdam, a third-generation flower farmer of Dutch origins, revived the Abbotsford Tulip Festival in 2023. The beloved festival was last held in Abbotsford in 2018, before the former festival manager, Alexis Szarek, moved to Armstrong where she has set up another flower-growing operation.

Dubbed Canada’s premiere tulip festival, the Abbotsford Tulip Festival gives guests the opportunity to meander through 35 acres of tulips and lupins bursting with colour. This year, the festival is bigger and better with new attractions, like four golden pathways, giant klompen (traditional Dutch shoes), and the schoenen winkel (Dutch shoe store). Returning favourites include pianos to play in the fields, canoes to sit in, swings to glide on, bicycles and viewing platforms.

You can skip bringing your picnic baskets and get tasty bites at a number of food trucks on-site (Ogopogo and Just Dawgin It are there daily, and the weekends feature Big Red Poutine, Shawarma Time, Roasted Revolution, Rolled West Coast and Lemon Heaven). Pianist Brenda Cottrill will be performing Thursdays and Fridays from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., while artist Jennifer Sparacino will be in the fields painting on Saturday, April 26.

When: April 12 through (tentatively) Mother’s Day, May 11. Dogs are welcome.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to dusk daily

Where: Lakeland Flowers, 3663 Marion Rd, Abbotsford (free onsite parking)

Tickets: lakelandflowers.ca

4. Sweet Spring Flower Festival at Greendale Acres

Greendale Acres opens its Chilliwack farmstead once again to celebrate the old-world charm of the Sweet Spring Flower Festival, which draws in thousands of visitors annually. Boasting more than 100,000 tulips in unique shapes and designs, this annual festival showcases more than 30 varieties of tulips sprinkled throughout the farm.

Besides rainbow-hued fields of flowers, this fest has a food hut with your favourite snacks, like flatbread pizza, hot dogs, homemade kettle corn, fresh-squeezed lemonade, cotton candy, donuts and more.

Don’t miss the on-farm attractions, which includes a tulip pyramid, daffodil gardens, Dutch-inspired displays and u-pick tulips to take home, as well as guest favourites the Greendale Express train, jumping pillow, adventure course, animal displays, bubble bar, pedal-cart track, hay bale maze, duck races and more. A bonus perk for little kiddos and young-at-heart adults is Lily’s Barnyard, a petting and brushing zoo of adorable animals including baby goats, sheep and bunnies. The petting zoo is open weekends only.

When: Thursdays to Sundays until Mother’s Day, May 11

Time: Thursdays and Fridays: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Saturdays and  Sundays 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Where: 41310 Yale Rd West, Chilliwack

Tickets: greendaleacres.ca