After last year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, residents are excited to welcome visitors back to town for the 86th Annual Tulip Time Festival in Pella, Iowa. This year’s festival is Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 6-8. The entire family is welcome as the town is “Back in Bloom” this spring.
‘Back in Bloom’ Tulip Time Festival in Pella May 6-8
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The City of Pella plants tens of thousands of tulips throughout Tulip Avenue in Central Park and Sunken Gardens Park in celebration of Pella’s Dutch heritage. Especially vibrant and colorful is the Tulip Avenue in Central Park which runs from the North fountain to the center of the park. An immense variety of tulips are showcased along this sidewalk.
Evening Feesthouden show features special entertainment each night beginning at 6:30 p.m., on the Tulip Toren stage. Central College is sponsoring these evening shows.
Behind the Historic Scholte House Museum are the beautiful Scholte Gardens. Featuring more than 25,000 tulips; the gardens are free and open to the public. At one time, this land was under the care of Maria Scholte, the wife of Pella's founder Dominie Hendrik P. Scholte. Here you'll find benches to rest on, art sculptures to admire, a gazebo for shade and many varieties of tulips.
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