This winter introduced “snowcrete” into our vocabulary, but warmer days are on the way. In celebration of spring, around 150,000 tulips are coming to the National Mall on March 15, and visitors can pick free bouquets from 11:15 AM to 4:15 PM.
Washington’s first Tulip Day is organized by the Embassy of the Netherlands and Royal Anthos, a Dutch trade association for flower bulb growers and nurseries. “We are trying to symbolize the tulip fields we know so well at home,” says Royal Anthos CEO Mark-Jan Terwindt. The faux flower fields have also popped up in San Francisco and New York City.
Tulips will be available in hues of red, pink, orange, yellow, and white, and each person can gather up to 10 stems. In honor of the country’s semiquincentennial, the DC display will emphasize the number 250…