Thursday we took a break from gardening and household chores and visited a tulip farm about a 30-minute drive away. The family operation began in 1983 with 15 acres and has expanded to over 40 acres growing 150+ varieties of tulips. It is now known as the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. Every spring they hold a tulip festival where the farm is open to the public. http://www.woodenshoe.com/index.html
We liked the fact that there was no commercialization or hard-sell trying to get you to buy bulbs to take home to plant.
Sandra took all these pictures using our digital camera while I experimented with my film camera to get some close-ups. She did an outstanding job of capturing the realism of the farm.
The view from a distance was like an impressionist painting.
But the close-ups were spectacular.
2 comments:
Gorgeous! Without you saying these photos were taken in Oregon, I would think it was Holland. I envy you.
Those pictures do remind me of the tulips I saw in Holland. And right now, for the first time in over 10 years, I'm seeing tulips here in Nebraska. Haven't been here for spring since I moved to Taiwan.
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