Spring is around the corner, and it’s time to start filling our homes with vases of colorful tulips, the most vibrant of Spring flowers. You don’t need to import them from Holland, however, as we have a handful of U-Pick Tulip Farms near Raleigh where you can pull out your secateurs and cut your own bunch.
We love the idea of u-pick farms – there is something so satisfying about bringing home something that was in the Earth earlier that day. We always make time to pick our own sunflowers, strawberries, and pumpkins in the Fall, and for the Spring bloom season, it’s tulips we’ve got our eyes on this year.
If you’re looking to pick your own tulips near Raleigh, but are not sure where to go, here are the u-pick farms within a 1.5-hour drive that have fields of fresh spring flowers to pick.
Tips: take a vase or bottle of water to put them in, or wet towels to wrap the stems in, as they last a bit longer that way. If you change the water every few days, they can last over a week. The best time to pick tulips is from mid-March to early April, though some farms have picking season open into May.
Collin’s Produce and Flower Farm, Wilson
- Distance from Raleigh: 45 min (51.0 miles) via US-264 E
- Opening weekend: Select days between March 27th and April 4th
- Friday, March 27: 4:00 PM 7:30 PM
- Saturday, March 28: 9:00 AM 1:00 PM
- Tuesday, March 31: 4:00 PM 7:30 PM
- Friday, April 3, 2026: 4:00 PM 7:30 PM
- Saturday, April 4: 9:00 AM 1:00 PM
- Website: collinsproduceandflowers.com/upick-events
Collins Produce & Flower Farm is probably your best bet for finding fresh tulips near Raleigh this year. They will be hosting a U‑Pick Tulip event on five days between the 27th of March and 4th April 2026, where there are more than 30,000 tulips ready to be picked…