Henry Shipe, 19 months, of Tualatin, plays in the tulips with parents Sarah and Ryan at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
The sun is out, spring is underway and tulips are blooming in the Willamette Valley.
The Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn runs daily through May 2, with peak blooms expected during the second and third weeks of April. The farm boasts 40 acres of tulips and welcomes visitors from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends. Sunrise entrance tickets are also available for early birds from 5-7 a.m.
Ticket are $15 per person or $35 per family on weekdays, and $20 per person or $50 per family on weekends and must be purchased online in advance. Passes purchased for the 2020 festival, which was canceled, will also be honored. For more information or to buy tickets, visit the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival website.
-Rachel Alexander
Hot air balloons set up at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Rows of tulips in bloom at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Visitors make their way through the tulip fields at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Norah Montague, 8, of Hillsboro walks through a tulip field at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Rows of tulips in bloom at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Visitors make their way through the tulip fields at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
A hot air balloon readies for lift off at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Rows of tulips in bloom at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
A hot air balloon takes off at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Visitors snap photos at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Rows of tulips in bloom at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn on Saturday, April 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
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