Iowa Tulip Festival
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Bloomsbury Farm’s Iowa Tulip Festival is the most colorful spring outing in Eastern Iowa! Just a short drive from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, half a million tulips burst into bloom across our fields in over 30 vibrant varieties. Stroll the rows, snap your new favorite spring photos, and build your own tulip bouquet at our flower bar to take home. With baby animals, family fun attractions, and wine flights and specialty drinks for the grown ups, it’s the ultimate tulip experience in Iowa for all ages.
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TUlip bulb digs
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Grab a shovel and dig up your own tulip bulbs right here in our fields! After a spring full of blooms at the Iowa Tulip Festival, our bulbs are ready for a new home, and yours could be next. Plant them in your garden this fall and you’ll have a little piece of Bloomsbury Farm bursting into color next spring. It’s a hands-on family activity kids love and a sweet keepsake from your day at the farm.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO
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FAMILIES
Let the kids run between rows of half a million tulips, meet the farm’s baby animals, and burn off energy on the super slide and jumping pillow. Before you head home, build a bouquet together at our flower bar. It’s a colorful family day out near Cedar Rapids and Iowa City that’s easy to make a yearly tradition.
FRIEND GROUPS
Round up your favorite people and spend the afternoon at Iowa's most photogenic event. Wander through more than 30 varieties of tulips, take turns playing photographer, then settle in with wine flights and specialty drinks in the wine garden. Add a round of giant yard games and you’ve got the perfect spring daytrip near Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
Couples
Few dates come with a backdrop this pretty. Walk hand in hand through fields of tulips in full bloom, pick out stems for a bouquet you build together, and share a wine flight as the afternoon slows down. The Iowa Tulip Festival at Bloomsbury Farm is a romantic spring date idea near Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
Photographers
Half a million tulips, endless color and soft spring light. Whether you’re shooting family portraits, engagement photos or just filling your camera roll, our tulip fields and springtime photo ops give you something new around every corner. Find your perfect frame at the Iowa Tulip Festival near Cedar Rapids!