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A supplement to the Skagit Valley Herald, Anacortes American, Courier-Times and The Argus

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Table of Contents World Tulip Summit........... 4 Tulip Ambassadors........... 14 RoozenGaarde..................... 6 Schedule of Events........... 19 Tulip Poster Artist.............. 10 Skagit Valley Attractions... 22 A Blooming Legacy........... 12 Festival Sponsors.............. 30 Tulip Town......................... 14

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SKAGIT COUNTY HOSTS

2010 W orld T ulip Tulip experts and aficionados from throughout the world will gather in Skagit County April 13-15 for the World Tulip Summit, a three-day symposium that includes presentations by industry experts, behind-the-scenes tours of Skagit tulip-growing operations, and of course, wining and dining.

Delegations from as many as 10 countries are expected to converge on Mount Vernon during the middle of the Skagit Tulip Festival to give presentations on their festivals and organizations. They are delegates from some of the world’s largest tulip festivals, bulb farms and floral events.

The goal of the World Tulip Summit is “to foster friendship and communication between the people tied to the tulip industry throughout the world,” said Skagit Tulip Festival Director Cindy Verge, who attended the most recent gatherings in Canberra, Australia, and Spalding, England. Expected are delegations from Turkey, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Peru, New Zealand and Kyrgyzstan. Another possibility is a contingency from China, said Verge.

Locals are invited to join most of the fun, including presentations by expert speakers. For information on prices and times, call 360-336-3727 or visit www.2010worldtulipsummit. com.

Tulip summits were hosted during the 1800s, culminating with the Great Tulip Conference of the Royal

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National Tulip Society in London in 1897. At the Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa in 2002, the event was revived as the World Tulip Summit. The Summit is hosted every two years, the last being the 2008 gathering in England.

Delegates will attend a private VIP reception April 13 at Tulip Town. On April 14, they’ll attend educational sessions and a gala VIP formal reception dinner. Activities on April 15 include tours of the Washington Bulb Co., RoozenGaarde and WSU Extension Discovery Garden and more sessions.

The delegates gather that final evening to give their country presentations and learn more about the 2012 summit, including which country will host that event. The formal meeting ends with a ceremonial hand off

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the unveiling of the commemorative artwork of Monique Martin that is destined to go from host country to host country.

This summit’s keynote speaker is popular Seattle TV and radio guru Ciscoe Morris, who shares his expertise at a luncheon at noon Wednesday, April 14. His advice can be found in three mediums: on his TV show “Gardening with Ciscoe” on KING5 TV, his question-and-answer show “Gardening with Ciscoe Live” on Northwest Cable News, his Saturday morning radio program “News Talk”

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on 97.3 KIROFM and his advice column Thursdays in the Seattle Times.

His book “Ask Ciscoe” is a best seller, and he’s also co-authored books on roses and perennials.

Also speaking April 14 is Michel Gauthier, president of MGB Tourfest Inc. — Ottawa.

The chair of the World Tulip Summit is an expert in the festival and tourism industries in Canada and he managed the Canadian Tulip Festival from 1992 to 2005. Since then, he has been part of creating International Flora Montreal

while providing consulting services as president of MGB Tourfest Inc. Three professors speak on Thursday, April 15. Cornell University professor Bill Miller has studied bulbs and tulips for more than 25 years and directs the Flower Bulb Research Program, a collaboration with the Dutch export industry and scientists.

His research activities are in greenhouse crop physiology, including flower bulb horticulture and physiology, plant carbohydrate metabolism, post-harvest physiology and the handling of pot and cut flower crops and bareroot herbaceous perennials.

Gary Chastagner, a plant pathologist and extension specialist, has taught and lectured at Washington State University and the University of California. His research specialties and interests include epidemiology and management of Phytophthora ramorum in nurseries, Christmas

trees and forests; the etiology, epidemiology and management of ornamental bulb crop and Christmas tree diseases; and the factors that affect the post-harvest quality and safety of Christmas trees.

Tim Miller is the extension weed scientist at the Washington State University Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon. He has conducted 474 research trials of agricultural weeds in a variety of crops and Western Washington noxious weeds since 1997.

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Quarter-million bulbs at 3-acre RoozenGaarde garden

More than a quarter-million tulip bulbs are blossoming in Washington Bulb’s 3-acre RoozenGaarde display at 15867 Beaver Marsh Road in Mount Vernon.

The Dutch windmill will help guide you to RoozenGaarde, the Dutch term for “Garden of the Roozens.’’

RoozenGaarde is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Admission is $4 per person, $3 for military with ID, and free for kids ages 10 and younger.

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The admission ticket provides free parking access to all RoozenGaarde/ Washington Bulb tulip fields. Pets are not allowed.

The business is a division of Washington Bulb Co. Inc., the largest bulb grower in the United States. The display garden features 88 tulip varieties and more than 135 total varieties of plants that include daffodils, hyacinths, crocus, iris and specialty flowers. Whidbey Island painter Bart Rulon signs copies of his 2010 Tulip Festival poster from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

April 3, 11, 17 and 25.

Submit your favorite RoozenGaarde garden or field photo for the chance to be featured on a 2011 RoozenGaarde postcard. Information: www.tulips.com.

The Roozen family has grown tulips since the 1700s. Washington Bulb Co. was already established when William and Helen Roozen purchased the business in 1955. The couple emigrated from the Netherlands in 1947.

During the spring, about 250,000 bulbs are planted in the garden.

The company ships flowers year round anywhere in the United States.

To order, call toll free at 866-4885477. Information: 360-424-8531 or www.tulips.com.

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Island wildlife and landscape artist Bart Rulon mixes his love of animals and art with the landscape of his adopted state on the Bart Rulon painting that adorns this year’s Tulip Festival poster.

The painting incorporates images from five photos: one of a tulip field and barn from last year (with some trees removed), one of Mount Erie, a third of a dramatic sky and two photos of swans. Rulon’s poster was unveiled Nov. 5.

He’ll sign copies of the poster from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 3, 11, 17 and 25 at RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon; and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 4,

10, 18 and 24 at Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon.

With advance notice, he’ll paint an extra tulip or swan on your poster.

For more information, contact the artist at 360-678-3882 or visit www. bartrulon.com.

Rulon’s paintings have been showcased in exhibitions, museums and galleries in the United States, Canada, Sweden, Japan and England. He is the author and illustrator of the books “Painting Birds Step by Step’’ (1996), “Artist’s Photo Reference: Birds’’ (1999), “Artist’s Photo Reference: Water and Skies’’ (2002), “Artist’s Photo Reference: Wildlife’’ (2003) and “Artist’s Photo Reference: Songbirds & Other Favorite Birds’’ (2004). All are published by North Light Books.

The native of Lexington, Ky., started drawing animals at age 5. The TV show “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom’’ inspired a fascination with African animals, particularly cats. He first tackled fish, and “then birds became my mainstay for a long time, and still are,’’ he said.

Rulon drifted away from art, but as a student at the University of Kentucky

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began creating in watercolors, oils and pen and ink. He was considering a career as a marine or fisheries biologist when he one day spotted a text with inadequate drawings of animals. Rulon’s professor encouraged him to create his own illustrations for a text. When both the professor and a publisher paid him for his illustrations, Rulon began considering a career in art. He completed a bachelor’s degree in a self-made scientific illustration major.

As a student in 1991, Rulon had traveled to Washington to attend a scientific illustration workshop at the University of Washington. He spent the summer at his uncle and aunt’s house in Greenbay on Whidbey Island. He’s still there, renting the house from the new owner.

To create the lifelike works, Rulon experiences his wildlife subjects in their natural habitats. He has

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375 hours to complete. Rulon also teaches in the scientific illustration certificate program at the University of Washington. He works full-time as an artist and creates some wildlife paintings on commission.

examined and photographed animals in India, Africa and South America. “I didn’t want to paint from zoo animals,’’ he said.

The orca was among the first animals that captured Rulon’s fancy when he moved to Whidbey, and he

uses a sea kayak or a custom-made floating blind to get closer to his subjects. During the summers, he works as a naturalist aboard boats with Anacortes Island Adventures.

For that company, he created a 40-foot-long mural that required

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Valley. on the bulbs themselves. The bulbs are After machine-graded, and the large bulbs World War are marketed. The bulbs to be planted II, the bulb usually come from the farm’s previous embargo was harvests. However, some stock is oclifted. By casionally purchased from Europe. then, only Planting is usually done in Septem325 Skagit ber and October. Then bulbs must be acres were fertilized and chemically treated for planted, with disease control. Drainage must also be an estimated maintained. value of After they bloom, and before the $300,000. petals can fall to the ground, the The lifting of blooms are sheared off by a mechanithe embargo cal topper just before they pass their increased peak. That is because those petals the competi- are a potential disease hazard to the tion for the bulbs. beautiful Skagit Valley tradi- American growers, not only from traThe flowers are picked begintion blossomed in 1906 when Mary ditional bulb-growing centers such as ning in late March.

Brown Stewart planted a few tulip Holland and England, but also from The exact time of the bulbs from Holland. By 1997, 700 Japan. The competition put many of harvest varies due to acres were used for bulb farming in the small farms in Skagit Valley out of weather conditions. the valley, with a value of $42 million. business.

Bulbs remain in the The Skagit Valley’s mild climate, Although the tulip bloom is a major ground until summer, evenly distributed rainfall and fertile tourist attraction in the Skagit Valley, when digging up and farmlands provide an ideal environthe tulip industry is centered primarily cleaning begins. ment for bulb growing, primarily daffodils, tulips and irises. Bulbs were once grown east of Interstate 5, including the farmland now covered by shopping malls.

411 Main Street, Mt. Vernon, WA 360-336-3050 After her initial plantings, Stewart received more bulbs and encourHelping Injured agement of the USDA experimenPeople Since 1989 tal station in Bellingham. Stewart established a mail-order business and sold her bulbs to garden clubs in New England. About 20 years later, her son Sam Stewart launched the Tulip Grange Bulb Farm on McLean Road.

When the federal government placed an embargo on bulb imports in 1926, many growers in Holland began to send family members to the United States to establish bulb farms.

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International Tulip Peace Garden hosted at Tulip Town when weather permits. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for military personnel with identification and free for children 16 & younger. Parking is free, but pets are not allowed.

The tulip fields offer more than 80 varieties. Enjoy the art gallery, gift shops, espresso bar, Tulip Cafe and browse through the bulb catalogues.

Flowers are shipped anywhere in the United States. Professional kite flyers demonstrate their mastery every Photo by Peter Cherr y weekend in April and a public area is The new beacon to find Tulip Town is available for kite flying. the Peace Garden World Globe rotatPatrons can take a trolley ride to see ing on its axis to honor the 2010 World the fields and the routes are designed Tulip Summit being hosted in the for elevated views for photo opportuSkagit Valley. nities. The cost is $2 for adults, $1 for Find out how the tulip became children. Children’s art activities are the “world’s peace flower” by taking hosted from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. weeka tour of Tulip Town’s International days and face paintings are available Tulip Peace Garden, for the fourth year daily. Tulip Town features a reproduchosted by Skagit Valley Bulb Farm tion of the DeGoede Village windmill.

Inc. at 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Whidbey Island artist Bart Rulon, who Vernon. painted the 2010 Tulip Festival poster Tulip Town is open from 9 a.m. to art, signs copies from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

6 p.m. every day in April, open later April 4, 10, 18 and 24.

Order tulips online at www.tuliptown. com or e-mail tulips@tuliptown.com.

Order before June 15 and receive free bulbs.

Owners Jeannette and Tom DeGoede began working on the peace garden display more than five years ago, designing and planting a tree-lined walk with story boards explaining the international peace gardens around the world. The couple plans to add countries to their exhibits as more nations plant peace gardens.

In 1990, Canada launched the peace garden movement by presenting the United States with tulip bulbs for a peace garden, in recognition of the lasting friendship between the two countries. The 1990 ceremonies inspired the idea and tradition of passing an international peace garden each year from one capital city to another. In 1992, the International Peace Garden Foundation was formed to coordinate the annual event. For information on peace gardens and the foundation, visit www.ipgf.org.

Alvarado, Gurney elected Tulip Ambassadors Anna-Marie Alvarado and Blake D. Gurney were selected to represent this year’s Skagit Tulip Festival as the 2010 Tulip Ambassadors. They were chosen following a competition Feb. 10 at the Cascade Mall in Burlington.

Alvarado, 10, is a fourth-grade student at Immaculate Conception Regional School in Mount Vernon. Gurney, 11, is a fifth-grade student at Lucille Umbarger Elementary in Burlington.

Little Miss Tulip was the title when the program as established in 1985. For the next nine years, young girls — escorted by their parents — paraded across a stage and explained what the role meant to them. In 1995, boys were added to the contest and the title changed. Tulip Ambassadors visit the governor’s mansion in Olympia, represent the Skagit Valley at other festivals, and promote the event to area grade schools. Contestants must be in P h o t o b y F r a n k Va r g a fourth or fifth grade.

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• Don’t pick your own bouquets, or pull produce from the fields. That’s shoplifting.

• Bicyclists should ride single file on the far right-hand side of the road. Cyclists who ride early in the morning are encouraged to keep their voices down — shouting awakens residents.

• Local tourists may want to consider visiting the fields on weekdays, or in the later afternoons or early evenings. These are some of the best time for photographs.

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• Respect private property. Don’t play on farm equipment.

• Although the colors of the tulip fields are arresting, • Clean up your garbage. it’s a bad idea to slow down and stop in the middle of Residents have tales of picnic trash and diapers. a 50-mph zone with a string of vehicles behind you.

• Use the portable restrooms available in parking lots.

• Keep the roads open for emergency vehicles.

• Keep the dog on a leash and an eye on the kids, and clean up after both.

• Park in designated areas. Tractors with wide

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Hutch by Bunnies By the Bay............A5 La Conner Historic Home Tour...........A5 La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum....A5 Skagit County HIstorical Museum.....A5 La Conner Sculputure Walking Tour...A5 15 PACCAR Open House ........................B3 16 Taylor Shellfish Farms.......................C1 17 Carpenter Creek................................D6 18 Rosabella’s Garden Bakery ...............B2 19 Chili, Chowdah’ & Chocolate Cookoff D3

Warren Jewelers...............................D3 20 Schuh Farms.....................................B4 21 Golden Glen Creamery......................B1 23 Conway Muse Old Auction Barn........D6 Pasek Cellars.....................................D6 24 Snow Goose Produce........................B6 25 Art at the Schoolhouse.....................B4 26 Seattle Premium Outlets...................D6 27 Garden Art Fair.................................A1 Anacortes Quilt Show.......................A1

Anacortes Quilt Walk........................A1 Anacortes Wine Festival....................A1 Orcas Island Eclipse Charters.............A1 28 Back to the 80’s Musical................... D4 29 University Expert Day.......................C4 WSU Discovery Garden.....................C4 30 Skagit Valley Casino Resort...............D1 31 Sauk Mountain Pottery.....................C4 32 Tulip Run..........................................B3 33 Tulip Country Bike Tours....................C3

34 Tulip Valley Vineyard & Orchard........C4 37 Country at Heart Gifts.......................B4 38 Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs Concert.....................D4 39 O’Neils Arts.......................................E2 40 Azusa Farm & Gardens......................B3 41 Skagit Valley Gardens.......................D6 42 Helicopter Tours................................C4 43 Deception Pass Boat Tours................A2 44 Smith and Vallee Gallery...................B1

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implements often can’t get around vehicles pulled off at the side of the road.

• Don’t pick your own bouquets, or pull produce from the fields. That’s shoplifting.

• Bicyclists should ride single file on the far right-hand side of the road. Cyclists who ride early in the morning are encouraged to keep their voices down — shouting awakens residents.

• Local tourists may want to consider visiting the fields on weekdays, or in the later afternoons or early evenings. These are some of the best time for photographs.

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Skagit Valley Food Co-op..................D4 11 Burlington Scrapbooking Meet.........D3 Downtown Burlington Art Walk........D3 12 Riverside Lanes.................................D4 13 Battle of the Bands...........................D3 The Outlet Shoppes at Burlington.....D3 14 Tulip Pedal........................................A5 US Bank Parade................................A5 Tesoro Tulip Frolic..............................A5 Ciscoe Morris Lunch..........................A5

Hutch by Bunnies By the Bay............A5 La Conner Historic Home Tour...........A5 La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum....A5 Skagit County HIstorical Museum.....A5 La Conner Sculputure Walking Tour...A5 15 PACCAR Open House ........................B3 16 Taylor Shellfish Farms.......................C1 17 Carpenter Creek................................D6 18 Rosabella’s Garden Bakery ...............B2 19 Chili, Chowdah’ & Chocolate Cookoff D3

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Anacortes Quilt Walk........................A1 Anacortes Wine Festival....................A1 Orcas Island Eclipse Charters.............A1 28 Back to the 80’s Musical................... D4 29 University Expert Day.......................C4 WSU Discovery Garden.....................C4 30 Skagit Valley Casino Resort...............D1 31 Sauk Mountain Pottery.....................C4 32 Tulip Run..........................................B3 33 Tulip Country Bike Tours....................C3

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County Tickets start at $10. 28 March 26-28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Celebrating artistry in fabric. Hundreds Games played 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. of beautiful traditional quilts, art quilts, Battle of the Bands daily. wearable art. Featured artists, merOutlet Shoppes at Burlington 360-336-9414 chant mall, tea room. Style show at 1 448 Fashion Way tonyt@co.skagit.wa.us p.m. Saturday. Admission $5, younger Burlington Boys’ and girls’ teams from 5th to 8th 877-746-7010 grades. $225 per team with a four game than 12 free. 27 www.tulipfestival.org (entry form) guarantee. Daily admission charge for Anacortes Quilt Walk April 3, 10, 17, and 24, 3 p.m. until spectators.

Commercial Avenue finished Anacortes Four afternoons of entertainment as 25th Annual Tulip Run www.fidalgoislandquilters.com bands from the Northwest battle for Skagit Regional Airport April 1-30, hours vary cash and prizes. The first three SaturBurlington Sponsored by the Fidalgo Island Quilt days are semi-final rounds, sending 360-540-1611 Guild. Follow the tulip signs to downthree finalists to the last weekend for www.tuliprun.com town businesses as fabric artists share the final “Battle of the Bands.” 13 April 10, 9:30 a.m. start their collections of traditional quilts, art Be a part of Skagit Valley Tulip Festival’s premier running event. This scenic quilts, wearable art. Maps at participat- BECU Mobile Financial Center ing merchants and Visitor Center. 27 Tulip Festival Street Fair 2- or 5-mile course is flat and fast on Downtown Mount Vernon gravel-packed trails. Free to 14 and April 16-18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. younger (to encourage you) and free to Tulip Quilt Challenge Mini-branch with two full-service, 70 and older (because you deserve it).

La Conner Quilt & Textile surcharge-free ATMs and staff. New All others, $12 or $22 with shirt. Info Museum members at event get $25 deposited and registration online. 32 on map 703 S. 2nd St. into new account. 10 La Conner 29th Annual Tulip Pedal 360-466-4288 Burlington Scrapbooking 503 N. Sixth, La Conner Middle School www.laconnerquilts.com La Conner April 1-30, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Super Swap Meet 360-428-3236 Sponsored by the Camano Island Burlington Parks and Recreation www.skagitems.com Quilters Guild. More than 40 tulipBurlington Community Center April 17, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. to finish themed quilts will be on display and for 1011 Greenleaf Ave. Brought to you by Safe Kids Skagit sale during April. All proceeds benefit Burlington County and Group Health. Starts 7 the Capital Campaign to restore the April 10, 9 a.m. to noon a.m. at parking lot. Choose from routes historic 1891 Gaches Mansion. 14 360-755-9649 of 20, 40 and 60 miles or ride all three. http://recreation.

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Awards.” Proceeds benefit Skagit stuVisit some of La Conner’s loveliest vindents college scholarship fund. Seniors tage homes. Tickets available at Skagit free, adults $5, kids $2, 5 and younger County Historical Museum. 14 free. 19

Downtown Mount Vernon Street Fair

First Street Mount Vernon April 16-18, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 360-333-9881 www.downtownmountvernon.org 25th annual Tulip Festival Street Fair.

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Garden Art Fair

Depot Arts Center 611 R Ave. Anacortes 360-293-3663 www.depotartscenter.org April 24-25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The 2010 Garden Art Fair features display gardens, a market place of garden art, sculpture and plants for sale, food booths and art in the gallery. 27

PACCAR Open House

12479 Farm to Market Road Mount Vernon 360-757-8311 April 10, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

See the trucks and how they’re tested.

The 242-acre site provides test and development for all PACCAR divisions including Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF trucks. The tour highlights test labs and trucks manufactured by PACCAR. One mile north of Highway 20 on Farm-toMarket Road. Free. 15

Peoples Bank presents 2010 Gala Celebration

St. Joseph’s Center 215 15th St., Mount Vernon April 14, 5:30 to 9 p.m.

360-428-5959 Celebrate the 27th year of the festival at the gala dinner. World Tulip Summit delegates from around the globe will be honored. The evening will spotlight students at Mount Vernon High School with a special performance by the marching band. Peoples Bank emcee Charlie Guildner is back. Max Dale’s Steak and Chop House has the dinner menu, while dessert auction treats are donated by Avenue Catering. Jazz by Ron King. Tickets $50, advance purchase required. 2

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“Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: A Tulip Festival Concert”

Bethany Covenant Church 1318 S 18th St. Mount Vernon April 17, 7 p.m.

Joyous music for the spring season, featuring Bethany’s adult and children’s choirs and the Bethany Bells. Free. 38

Tesoro Tulip Frolic

Downtown La Conner 360-428-5959 April 10, noon to 4 p.m.

Toe-tapping fun in La Conner. In Gilkey Square, a wine garden by Challenger Ridge Vineyard Cellars and entertainment by Anacortes and Mount Vernon High School award-winning choral groups. At the Dirty Biter Park, Kids Zone benefiting La Conner Boys and Girls Club with La Conner Retirement Inn volunteers. Hot dog meal $5. 14

The Anacortes Wine Festival

Port of Anacortes Warehouse at the base of Commercial Avenue Anacortes April 10, Noon to 5 p.m.

This event combines 48 regional vintners and 12 restaurants, resulting in great wine-tasting, wonderful appetizers and live music. Anacortes venues will have a variety of winemaker dinners available as well as live entertainment. Packages from $30-$60 at www. brownpapertickets.com or call 360-2937911. 27

The Wailin’ Jennys at the Lincoln Theatre

712 S. First St. Mount Vernon April 10, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday 360-336-8955 www.lincolntheatre.org www.thewailinjennys.com The Wailin’ Jennys, frequent “Prairie Home Companion” guests, bring their exquisite harmonies to the historic Lincoln Theatre. Reserved seating $21, $30, $34. 10

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First Street La Conner April 10, 2 p.m.

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Woodfest

Sedro-Woolley High School 1235 Third St. Sedro-Woolley April 10-11, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 360-428-5959 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday U.S. Bank sponsors the 25th an360-855-1841 nual Kiwanis Club of La Conner Not Chainsaw carving demonstrations and So Impromptu Tulip Parade. Join in the sales, professional woodcraft vendors, fun either as a spectator or participant. student competitions, silent auction, No entry is too small; wacky entries wood carving raffle. Tasty treats and welcome. Spectators: bring your lawn fun for the family. In the high school chairs. Line up for the parade is on gym. 8 Sixth Street in La Conner at the school

World Tulip Summit

Various locations April 13-15 360-428-5959 www.2010worldtulipsummit.com Tulip fans from all over the globe will converge on Skagit County for a threeday symposium to learn how our tulips say “Skagit.” Events open to the public include lunch with Ciscoe Morris on April 14 in La Conner; on April 15 university experts will offer the latest information on research and care for Northwest bulbs. Countries participating will have their displays at RoozenGaarde and Tulip Town for local tulip fans to enjoy. Advance tickets can be purchased om the Web site. 14, 29

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Downtown Burlington Art Walk

Fairhaven Avenue Burlington 360-755-9717 or 757-0994 April 1-30 Celebrate the Downtown Burlington Art Walk on Fairhaven Avenue during the festival. Art Walk Tour brochures are at the Visitor Information Center on Cherry at Fairhaven. Meet the artists in Railroad Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10.

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703 S. 2nd St. La Conner 360-466-4288 www.laconnerquilts.com Enjoy the “Tulip Quilt Challenge” sponsored by the Camano Island Quilters Guild. More than tulipthemed quilts will be on display and for sale in the museum during April. All proceeds benefit the Capital Campaign to restore the historic 1891 Gaches Mansion. Open every day in April from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

April 1-30: Two new exhibits open: “Hardware,” a series of art quilts and fiber sculpture from 13 members of the mid-Atlantic New Image Art Quilt Group. Fiber art is usually soft, hardware is not. Enjoy the artists’ interpretation of where the two meet.

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“Collaborative Journey,” an eclectic range of quilts and wearables from Idaho fiber artists Sharon Baker and Elaine Bowles. Meet both artists on April 10th from 11a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Museum will be open 7 days a week, 10a.m. to 5p.m. during the month of April.

Lincoln Theatre

712 S First St. Mount Vernon 360-336-8955 www.lincolntheatre.org Restored 1926 historic theater, listed on National Historic Register. The Lincoln presents concerts, current and classic films, community events and a wide range of cultural events for all ages.

225 Riverside Lane Mount Vernon 360-424-4221 Opens daily at 9 a.m. www.theriversidelanes.com 24 lanes of bowling, birthday parties and more. Features a full service sports lounge, as well as a full Chinese/American menu in the Dragon Inn Restaurant.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

10441 Bayview-Edison Road Mount Vernon 360-428-1558 www.padillabay.gov 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday Padilla Bay is the only National Estuarine Research Reserve in Washington. The public is welcome.

Breazeale Interpretive Center features new saltwater aquaria, interactive exhibits, reference library, gift shop, trails and bird-watching tips.

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Skagit Valley Casino Resort

5984 N. Darrk Lane Bow 877-275-2448 www.theskagit.com Escape to The Skagit to enjoy favorite slots and table games, two hotels, three restaurants, headline concerts, live entertainment and more. Five minutes north of Burlington.

The Outlet Shoppes at Burlington

448 Fashion Way, Burlington 877-746-7010 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday Bag a bargain at a favorite namebrand outlet store, including Coach, Lululemon, Tommy Hilfiger, Jones New York and more. Save 20 to 60 percent every day. I-5 exit 229.

Warren Jewelers

1126 S. Burlington Blvd.

Burlington 360-707-5444 www.warrenjewelers.net Award-winning tulip jewelry. Across from Cascade Mall. Jewelry made for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

Pendants, earrings, pins and coins in different colors of gold plus sterling silver. Prices start at $29.95 and pieces are available year round.

Art Shows and Galleries Art at the Schoolhouse

photography, glass art, mixed media, turned wood and jewelry.

Christianson’s Nursery 15806 Best Road Mount Vernon 360-466-3821 www.stanwoodarts.com 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 3–May 1 Members of the Stanwood-Camano Arts Guild return to the historic schoolhouse on the grounds of Christianson’s Nursery offering paintings,

Art in the Pickle Barn

Cascade Mall 201 Cascade Mall Drive Burlington 360-757-2109 www.skagitart.org Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 1-25 The 21st annual art show features more than 40 Northwest artists presenting fine arts, prints, photography, cards and more. Daily midday

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demonstrations. Sales help fund O’Neil’s Arts Gallery & Glass scholarships for art students at Skagit Blowing Demos Valley College.

1386 Moore St. (Highway 20) Sedro-Woolley 360-941-7557 Hutch Studio www.oneils-arts.com Re-Thought Art by Bunnies By The 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday Bay artist O’Neil’s Arts offers a gallery and a 617 Morris St. chance to watch live glass-blowing La Conner demonstrations every Saturday and 360-466-2303 Sunday in April. hutchstudio.blogspot.com www.bunniesbythebay.com Delightful handmade treasures made Pleasant Ridge Gallery by a collection of Bunnies By The Bay artists fills each room of an 1880s at Rexville 19299 Rexville Grange Road farmhouse. Open daily.

Mount Vernon 360-466-0469 Pre-show 360-661-1850 www.geocities.com/rexvillegallery Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 2-18 A collection of fine crafts and art by many accomplished local artists.

Pottery, hand-blown glass, paintings, jewelry, herbal delights, baskets, hand-turned wood, woven scarves

and felted hats. Artist demonstrations throughout the festival.

Sauk Mountain Pottery

16769 McLean Road Mount Vernon 360-853-8689 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily April 1-30 Wood-fired stoneware and porcelain with celebrated tulip designs featured in the barn at Her Garden His Farm, with handmade clothes, lavender soaps, notecards and art.

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www.smithandvallee.com 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday and by appointment. Represents established and emerging artists across the Northwest and beyond. Located in the historic town of Edison, the gallery is housed in a restored, turnof-the-century schoolhouse and hosts a new exhibition every four to six weeks.

Smith & Vallee Gallery

5742 Gilkey Ave. Edison Andrew Vallee, 360-305-4892

The Conway Muse

18444 Main/Spruce St. Conway 360-445-3000 www.theconwaymuse.com The Conway Muse offers arts and entertainment, including the 3rd annual Eclectic Art show featuring renowned artists from 1 to 5 p.m. April 2-30, opening gala at 7 p.m. Friday, April 2; Tea Party by Toby every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Live music and theater Friday and Saturday nights.

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Golden Glen Creamery

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April: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays Tours: 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. Saturdays From farmstead artisan cheeses to fresh butter and creamtop milk in bottles. Take a taste home.

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of Skagit cropland. The Goose is committed to fresh, local and organic.

Fresh fish and other seafood in live tank, flowers (including cut and potted tulips), immodest ice cream cones, local wines.

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April-September, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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2182 Chuckanut Drive Bow 360-766-6002 www.taylorshellfish.com On scenic Samish Bay. Fresh and frozen shellfish available. Retail

15170 Fir Island Road Mount Vernon 360-445-6908 Daily 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

A true farmers market in the heart

Farms and Nurseries CountryTime Alpacas

5168 State Route 9 Sedro-Woolley 360-854-9498 www.countrytimealpacas.com Family farm with more than 40 alpacas including babies, fiber studio and country store featuring yarns and

Azusa Farm and Gardens

14904 State Route 20 Mount Vernon 360-424-1580 www.azusafarm.com 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Family farm with a lovely country store offering wide varieties of locally grown nursery plants, cut flowers and fresh produce (in season). Refreshments, display gardens, farm tours and country living exhibits.

alpaca products. Photo opportunities and self-guided educational tour.

Open daily April 5-30, noon to 5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Adults $2, kids free.

Fresh Flowers & Exceptional Gifts!

Come visit RoozenGaarde’s beautiful Display Garden this spring! Tulips are fresh from the field.

Buy 4 bunches and get the 5th bunch FREE! Take home a bouquet of fresh-cut flowers, stroll our Garden planted with 1/4 million blooms, and enjoy the beauty of our valley!

Our Garden & Gift Shop is open 9am-7pm daily during the festival.

Open Year Round!

Hours: Mon - Sat 9am-6pm • Sunday 11am-4pm 15867 Beaver Marsh Rd. • 360-424-8531 • www.tulips.com

Christianson’s Nursery

15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon 360-466-3821 www.christiansonsnursery.com 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily View the largest selection of roses, perennials and trees in Northwest Washington. In foul weather, view resident birds in the greenhouses, a circa 1888 schoolhouse and surrounding garden.

An enticing selection of uncommon plants. Northwest Flower & Garden Show “People’s Choice” award winner. goskagit.com

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RoozenGaarde

15867 Beaver Marsh Road Mount Vernon 360-424-8531 www.tulips.com

Schuh Farms Hemlock Highlands Farm

8110 Sims Road Sedro-Woolley 360-856-5817 www.hemlockhighlands.net Enjoy the beauty and majesty of Scottish Highland cattle. See baby calves and learn about the history and wonderful attributes of this oldest breed of cattle through a selfguided educational tour. Highland beef products available. Kids activities on weekends. Open April 7-30, noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Adults $2, kids free.

15565 State Route 536 Mount Vernon 360-424-6982 Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

100-year-old barn on a berry/pumpkin farm, seasonal treasures at “garage sale” prices. Half acre of you pick/we pick tulips, kids’ playground, tractor-made ice cream on Sundays.

Selling fresh, valley produce and gourmet products. Latte stand, hard ice cream.

Skagit Valley Gardens

18923 Peter Johnson Road Mount Vernon 360-424-6760 www.skagitvalleygardens.com Daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Beautiful displays, greenhouses filled with annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, trees, shrubs, rhodies, roses and vines. Retail area has unique gifts.

Garden café serves sandwiches, soups and delicious desserts.

Tulip Town

15002 Bradshaw Road Mount Vernon 360-424-8152 www.tuliptown.com

WSU Discovery Garden

16650 State Route 536 Mount Vernon Dawn to dusk Enjoy a stroll through the grounds of this wonderful garden showcasing plants that do well in the Pacific Northwest. The WSU Master Gardeners of Skagit County maintain this garden and are often available on-site to share their knowledge.

Wineries Carpenter Creek Winery

20376 E. Hickox Road Mount Vernon 360-848-6673 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday-Monday Skagit Valley’s premier boutique winery. Sample local gourmet products as well as some of Skagit County’s finest wines. Stroll through the vineyard and

taste the 2009 Evergreen State Fair winner “Best of Show” pinot noir, and estate-grown siegerrebe.

Challenger Ridge

Choose from selections of the best our farm offers, products crafted from the bountiful harvest of flowers, herbs and trees.

Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6 year round Sun 1-4pm April & Summer

4233 DeGraff Road • Oak Harbor 360.240.1216 • 360.298.0443 • www.aknotinthyme.com

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43095 Challenger Road Concrete 425-422-6988 www.challengerridge.com Riverside location for tasting Estate pinot noir, plus other Eastern Washington varieties. Free wine tasting Saturdays and Sundays. New tasting room in Redmond.

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Eagle Haven Winery and Vineyard

8243 Sims Road Sedro-Woolley 360-856-6248 www.eaglehavenwinery.com The winery lies at the foot of the North Cascades where mountain streams and Skagit soils produce grapes that are destined to become memorable wine. Producing nine grape wines and four fruit wines.

Northwest fruits. Stop by the tasting room at Interstate 5 exit 221 at the Conway Skagit Barn and sample the official Tulip Festival wines.

Tulip Valley Vineyard and Orchard Pasek Cellars Winery

18729 Fir Island Road Mount Vernon 360-336-6877 www.pasekcellars.com April 1-30, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Wine maker Gene Pasek crafts unique and delicious wines from Washington grapes, plus tropical and

16163 State Route 536 Mount Vernon 360-428-6894 www.tulipvalley.net Free tastings. Stop by the Big Red Barn for award-winning wine and hard cider. Take a break and enjoy a glass on the deck or stroll through the art exhibit in the barn. Live music on weekends with food vendors.

Open daily during the festival.

Official Tulip Festival Products Official Wine: Pasek Cellars Winery Tasting Room 18279 Fir Island Road, Mount Vernon, 360-445-4048

Official Microbeer: Anacortes Brewery and Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, 360-588-1720

Official Coffee: Whidbey’s Coffee Co.

Official Candy: Cascade Candy Co.

Official Jewelry: Warren Jewelers

Official Hard Cider: Tulip Valley Vineyard and Orchard

691 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington, 360-757-7455

605 S. First St., La Conner, 360-466-2971

(two locations) 1126 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington, 360-707-5444 12559 116th Ave. N.E., Kirkland, 425-821-1444

16163 State Route 536, Mount Vernon, 360-428-6894

OFFICIAL INFORMATION STATIONS (April hours) Tulip Festival Office: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily 311 W. Kincaid, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Conway/at the Conway Deli: Cascade Mall “Tulip Lounge” 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends, mid-day weekdays 18929 Fir Island Road, Conway

10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays 201 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington

Sakuma Brothers Market Stand: Weekends only

Other information stations include all Skagit County Visitor Information Centers.

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Thank you 2010 Sponsors!

Adrift Anaco Bay Inn Anaco Inn Anacortes Brewery and Rock Fish Grill Anacortes Chamber of Commerce Anacortes Inn Anacortes Ship Harbor Inn Annie’s Pizza Station Applebee’s Azusa Farm and Gardens BECU Best Western College Way Inn Best Western Cottontree Inn Big Scoop Birch Equipment Rental & Sales Bob’s Burgers & Brew Brown Line Trucking Bunnies By The Bay Burlington Chamber of Commerce Burlington Glass, Inc. Burlington/Cascade KOA Business Bank of Skagit County Cafe Burlington Calico Cupboard Cafe & Bakery Cardiovascular Ctr at St Joseph Hospital Carpenter Creek Winery Cascade Candy Company Cascade Loop Association Cascade Mall Cascade Natural Gas Challenger Ridge Vineyard & Cellars Christianson’s Nursery Chuckanut Manor

Cocusa Motel Collins’ Office Supply, Inc. Comcast Concrete Nor’west Conway Deli Conway Pub and Eatery Conway Shell Days Inn Deception Pass Tours Depot Arts Center Details Unlimited Diversint Draft Pic’s Sports Bar & Restaurant Eagle Haven Winery Earthenworks EDASC Estep Residences Fairfield Inn & Suites Farmhouse Inn, Inc. Fisher & Sons, Inc. Food Services of America Fred Meyer Frontier Bank Gere-A-Deli Golden Glen Creamery GoSkagit.com grafixCORP Hampton Inn & Suites Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Hotel Planter www.hotelplanter.com Il Granaio Restaurant Inn at Barnum Point Kaptein’s Ace Hardware

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Katy’s Inn Kern Funeral Home Key Bank KWLE 1340 AM The Whale La Conner Brewing Company La Conner Chamber of Commerce La Conner Channel Lodge La Conner Country Inn La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum La Conner Road Shell La Conner Seafood & Prime Rib House La Conner Waterfont Cafe Land Title Company MacGregor Publishing/Yellow Book USA Majestic Inn & Spa Marina Inn Marinus & Jill Rouw Martin Commercial Fueling Max Dale’s Steak & Chop House Mexico Cafe Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce Mount Vernon R.V. Park Nantucket Inn Nell Thorn Restaurant & Pub Northwest Farm Credit Services O’Neil’s Arts Metal Work and Hand Blown Glass Oasys, Inc. Olive Garden Oostra Rouw & Associates Pacific Party Canopies Pacific Power Batteries Mount Vernon Pasek Cellars Winery Pat Rimmer Tire Centers Peoples Bank Perennial Favorites

Pioneer Trails RV Resort & Campground Port of Skagit County Printstream Proflowers.com Puget Sound Energy Queen of the Valley Richard A. Rice Advertising RIS Insurance Riverside Lanes RoozenGaarde Rosabella’s Garden Bakery Royal Fork Restaurant Schuh Farms Seattle Premium Outlets Sedro Woolley Chamber of Commerce Seeds Bistro & Bar Semrau Engineering and Surveying Shell Puget Sound Refinery Skagit Bay Hideaway Skagit Gardens Skagit Island Vacation Rentals/Sand Castle Skagit River Brewing Co. Skagit State Bank Skagit Valley Bulb Farm Skagit Valley Casino Resort Skagit Valley Food Co-op Skagit Valley Gardens Skagit Valley Herald Skagit Valley Hospital Skagit Valley Styles Skagit’s Own Fish Market Snow Goose Produce Sound Publishing - Little Nickel Classifieds Star Bar

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Stowes Shoes & Clothing Strauss Jewelers Subway Sandwiches Swinomish Casino Tesoro Thai House The Conway Muse The Lunch Box The Outlet Shoppes at Burlington The Wild Iris Three Rivers Inn Transpac Marinas Trumpeter Public House Tulalip Resort Casino & Spa Tulip Country Bike Tours Tulip Inn Tulip Valley Vineyards and Orchard United General Hospital U.S. Bank Vanzyverden, Inc. Warren Jewelers Washington Alder Washington Bulb Company Washington Federal Savings Whidbey Island Bank Whidbey’s Coffee Company Whispering Firs B&B Wilbur Ellis William Bounds Custom Framing & Gallery Williams and Nulle Windermere Real Estate/ Anacortes Properties Windermere Real Estate/Skagit Valley Wizards of Ooze Wyman Park Ltd.

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Tulip photo contest Submit your tulip photos on goskagit.com. Then get your family & friends to vote on their favorites.

2009 2nd Place Michael Martin “Luminescence”

Submit Photos: April 1-30, 2010 Vote on your favorites: May 1-9, 2010 2009 1st Place Kristina Collins “Sunset Flower”

2009 3rd Place Shawn Beadnell “In The Minority”

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Images with the most votes will be published in the Skagit Valley Herald.

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