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Puget Sound Tulip Festival Cruise April 19, 2014
Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands are bursting with vibrant color during April. The American Cruise Lines Tulip Festival cruise explores this magnificent display as we celebrate the arrival of Spring 2014. This is the only time of the year to experience one of the most magnificent blooming events in the world, with hundreds of acres of tulips, daffodils, cherry blossoms and apple blossoms blooming in a perfect harmony.
Things to do on your cruise: • G uided tour of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival on Sunday, April 20th. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is one of the premier destination events for the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy this spectacular celebration of spring as millions of tulips burst into bloom. • G uided tour of the renowned Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia. Make your way through the intimate stone paths and streams lined with colorful arrays of flowers and trees in the Butchart Gardens. Over a million bedding plants in some 900 varieties provide uninterrupted bloom from March through October. (Passport required) • O lympic National Park and Hurricane Ridge: Enjoy the spectacular view of Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park and experience one of the most famed landscapes in Washington. • O nboard gardening demonstrations by a master gardeners.
Butchart Gardens Hurricane Ridge
• Onboard guest speaker Tom Stanley Relax on the top deck while Tom provides a unique perspective into the region, its natural history and beauty.Tom has extensive knowledge and experience with natural resource management after working as Chief of Natural Resources at Cleveland Metroparks for over 35 years. He also founded the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, one of the most successful private, non-profit land conservation organizations in the eastern U.S. which has now helped protect over 25,000 acres.
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