Springtime at Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm is a blur of bright blooms and people as thousands converge on the farm to behold the spectacle of their acres of tulip fields. Summer, by contrast, is much more relaxed.
For the first time, Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm invited guests to visit the farm to view the vibrant blossoms of summer. It’s not exactly the same as the farm’s renowned tulip festival, but it isn’t supposed to be, spokesperson Emily Iverson said. The first annual Summer Flower Event stood on its own, making room for a calmer atmosphere to complement the long, lazy days of the season.
Sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias and more covered the farm in pops of yellow, pink, white, red and orange. Visitors weaved in and out among the rows to the hums of bumblebees and other pollinators.
“We have a long list for next year that we’ll add too, just some more filler flowers, some more sunflower types, things like that,” Iverson said.
Unlike during the tulip festival, guests were allowed to pick these flowers. Clutching mason jars and scissors, they traipsed through the fields, searching for the perfect blooms to complete their bouquet.