Roozengaarde is a well known and popular tulip far located in Washington state. It is about an hour North of Seattle in the Skagit Valley. Every year, tens of thousands of tourists visit the tulip festival at Skagit valley to enjoy the beautiful scene of tulip flowers. There is also another tulip farm called Tulip Town, but we chose to visit Roozengaarde this time since it is a tiny bit closer.
We got to Roozengaarde around 9:30AM in the morning on the Eastern weekend and there were already so very crowded. Unlike Woodburn Tulip Farm in Oregon, Roozengaarde did not collect the fee when we parked the car. Instead, the fee was collected at the entrance after the car was parked. The entrance fee per person was $10 during the weekend. The fee was $7 during the weekday and cheaper.
Roozengaarde had a rather decent size garden with various types and colors of tulip. The display of the tulips were amazing. We were overwhelmed by the color within the garden. Other than the tulip, there were also other types of flowers to provide even more contrast in color.
Just like Woodburn Tulip Farm, Roozengaarde also had a windmill located near the entrance and most people take photo there. The windmill was actually not as interesting as the garden however.
After taking several photos at the garden, we headed to the farm area. The tulip farm area was quite small compared to Woodburn Tulip Farm. We walked over the farm within like 5 minutes and the color of the tulips at the farm was not as amazing as the ones at the garden.
By comparing the tulip farm at Woodburn and Roozengaarde, the big difference is that Roozengaarde offers experience with both garden styled tulip and a tulip farm. Woodburn Tulip Farm is literally a tulip farm, but it is still a joyful walk around the large colorful tulip farm. In addition, Woodburn Tulip Farm has a lot of other activities such as carnival games, but Roozengaarde does not have. Furthermore, Woodburn Tulip Farm allows pets so there are many furry friends there.
We really quite enjoyed the garden at Roozengaarde as it provided a lot of opportunities for taking great photos. The tulip garden also does not require you to wear boots since it's mostly gravel walk path or on the grass. One thing to note is that you cannot walk within the rows of tulips at the farm, so make sure the rules are followed here.
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