Festival of Tulips to close March 13

Published 3:55 pm Friday, March 8, 2019

By EMILY SPARACINO / Staff Writer

MONTEVALLO – The American Village has announced the end date for the 2019 Festival of Tulips.

The tulip field will close Wednesday, March 13, at 4 p.m., weather permitting.

The early and mid-blooming varieties have finished, but the late-bloomers are still available, according to a March 8 post on the American Village Facebook page.

Admission Saturday, March 9, through Wednesday, March 13, is $5.

On Monday-Wednesday, tulips and bulbs will cost $1 each plus tax.

Since Feb. 16, thousands of people have visited the third annual Festival of Tulips, which featured 100,000 flowers in the region’s only you-pick tulip field.

Check Americanvillage.org or the American Village Facebook page for weather updates, news and photos from the tulip field.