Upper West Side Community Garden To Hold Annual Tulip Festival

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — It may still feel like winter in New York City, but this weekend will bring a touch of spring to the Upper West Side.

The West Side Community Garden’s annual Tulip Festival is set to kick off Saturday, April 21, according to the garden's website. The garden, located on West 89th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, will be home to 13,000 tulips in full bloom for the festival, which runs through April 29.

"Our annual Tulip Festival is a New York spring favorite," West Side Community Garden Board President Judy Robinson said in a statement on the group's website. "The fruits of the fall planting weekends are on full display as the Garden showcases a great variety of colorful and rare tulips."

The garden's Chief Horticulturalist, Tom Thies, will give two tulip education walking tours during the festival. The tours will be held on Saturday April 21 and 28 at 1 p.m., according to the garden's website.

Admission to the Tulip Festival is free, and the garden is open daily from dawn to dusk, according to the West Side Community Garden's website.

Learn more about the community green space here.

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