The Tulip Time 2018 festival is set to bloom.
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One of Australia’s oldest and best-loved floral festivals will run from Tuesday, September 18 until Monday, October 1 from 9am to 4pm daily.
Corbett Gardens, the centre-piece of the festival, is mass-planted with more than 75,000 tulips and 15,000 annual flowers.
There will also be an additional 40,000 tulips planted across the shire.
The festival is a celebration of tulip displays, entertainment, special events and premier private gardens.
The cost of entry into Corbett Gardens is $12 per person for adults and $7 per person for concession card holders, pensioners and children from 13 to 17 years.
Entry into Corbett Gardens is free for children 12 years and under accompanied by an adult, and free for Wingecarribee Shire residents.
No dogs or smoking is permitted in Corbett Gardens during the Tulip Time festival.
Once you visit Corbett Gardens, there will be several events to help you get into the Tulip Time spirit:
- A Tulip Time posy workshop will be held at Corbett Gardens from 10am to 12pm on Friday, September 21 and Friday, September 28. The workshop is for everyone, however children over 10 are particularly encouraged to come along. Details: www.apocketfulofroses.com.au/product-page/tulip-time-posy-workshop.
- Tulip Time Mile will be held in Bong Bong Street, Bowral from 1.30pm on Saturday, September 22. Professional and amateur athletes of all ages will compete to be Tulip Time's quickest runner over a mile racing up and down Bowral's main street. Details: www.runnsw.com.au/event/2018tuliptime.
- The Tulip Time street parade will be held in Bong Bong Street, Bowral from 2.30pm on Saturday, September 22. The parade is a lively and colourful celebration of the arrival of Spring and tulips in the Southern Highlands. Details: www.tuliptime.net.au
- Tulip Time puppet workshops will be held in Corbett Gardens on Thursday, September 20 and Thursday, September 27. The workshop offers children the opportunity to make a peak-a-boo tulip puppet. Workshops run from 10am to 12pm and 2pm. Workshop tickets are $20, which is in addition to the Tulip Time entry price. Details: www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=411881&.
Visit www.southern-highlands.com.au/events/tulip-time for more information.
- In the lead-up to Tulip Time, we’d love to see your photos. Email them to emily.bennett@fairfaxmedia.com.au.
