Welcome to the 39th Skagit Valley Tulip Festival!

Pam Headridge Photography 2018 submitted by the La Conner Chamber

Join us in a virtual kick-off of the 2022 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival on March 31 at 6:30 p.m. at the Judd & Black Appliance/Peoples Bank Gala Celebration. Tune in on Facebook. com/SkagitValleyTulip or YouTube: SVTulipfestival. e online event is free but we encourage you to pre-purchase a special three-course dinner by Calico Cupboard so you can join in the dining experience. Enjoy live musical performances by Skagit County artists, an update on the festival, and a silent auction. Said festival President Cindy Verge, “By moving the gala to the evening before the festival officially starts, it acts as a true kick-off event.” e Tulip Festival traditionally depends on hundreds of donated hours from students and other community members and sponsorship money from more than 200 local businesses and organizations. Staffed with volunteers, the festival office is open. All COVID-19 related regulations will be followed as needed. Brochures, maps, and festival merchandise ordered through the website will be available in the office for easy pick up. Said Verge, “We are so thankful for our volunteers and local media who play a big role in advertising the festival, including Skagit Publishing who doubles as a sponsor.”

Facebook Photo Contest

It’s easy and fun to participate in our annual Facebook Photo Contest, presented by North Coast Credit Union. Check www.Facebook.com/ SkagitValleyTulipFestival for entry details, weekly finalists, and the winning photos. Applicants are encouraged to submit one photo per week during the month of April; our committee will choose weekly finalists and announce the winners in various categories at the end of the festival. e winning photographers will receive a signed 2022 poster and have their photo published in the festival brochure in 2023. Tulip Festival History

e mission of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is to coordinate and promote a countywide spring celebration of the tulip bloom, in commemoration of the valley’s annual tulip harvest, and to be an advocate for Skagit Valley agriculture. In the early 1980s, then Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce directors Jerry Digerness and Joan Houchen recognized that thousands of people were coming to visit the tulips

Roozengaarde submitted by the La Conner Chamber

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Contents

3 Welcome to the 39th Skagit Valley

Tulip Festival! 5 Tulip Field Map 11 2022OfficialPoster&Artist 12 Tulip Festival Suppliers 14 FeaturedTulipFestivalEvents&

Activities 16 Mount Vernon Downtown Association

Tulip Festival Street Fair 20 Economic Boost to County 26 Schedule of Events 28 ArtShows&Galleries 29 Farms&Nurseries 30 LocalFoods&Produce 30 Wineries&Breweries

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