Before the tulips, this flower festival is blooming in Skagit County
Now is the time to take advantage of Skagit Valley’s other flower festival as bright yellow daffodils are now blooming across the valley.
The La Conner Daffodil Festival takes place throughout the month of March right before the tulip festival.
“The festival runs until the end of the month, the fields are just now showing color in them which is about three weeks behind the normal,” Mark Hulst, executive director of the La Conner Chamber of Commerce wrote to The Bellingham Herald.
The 2023 daffodil festival marks the ninth year of the event and features special events and exhibits in La Conner while visitors enjoy the bright yellow flowers and local restaurants, hotels, shops and breweries.
Daffodils in Skagit County
You can find the daffodil fields in full bloom with the festival’s bloom map, www.tulips.com/bloommap.
“Normally the daffodils last about a month, so it appears that we will have daffodils into April this year,” Hulst wrote.
RoozenGaarde, a flower farm in Mount Vernon, grows 450 acres of daffodils each year and 350 acres of tulips and sells daffodil bouquets and bulbs online and at the farm.
Places to eat and stay in La Conner
When visiting the daffodil festival, the city of La Conner recommends local hotels and inns that are only miles away from the fields. The city also has a calendar of local events, such as the tulip parade and free community concerts.
The city of La Conner also has breweries, breakfast spots and restaurants such as La Conner Seafood & Prime Rib, La Conner Brewing Co., Calico Cupboard Old Town Café & Bakery and Stompin Grounds Coffee Co.
