Tesselaar Tulip Festival

Tesselaar Tulip Festival is held in Silvan, Victoria every spring since 1954, except 2020 when it was cancelled. It has become one of iconic tourist attraction in Victoria, Australia with more than 120 varieties of tulips are shown on a 55-acre farm.[1][2] This tulip farm was initiated by a couple of Dutch immigrants, Cees and Johanna Tesselaar. They arrived in Melbourne at 1939 and started to grow tulips, gladioli and daffodils on their land. After purchasing a bigger land in Silvan, they grew more tulip bulbs and it attracted people to stop by on their property and admire their fields. At 1954, Cees and Johanna decided to publicly open the farm with silver coin donation for Red Cross Australia. In 2017, around 900,000 tulip bulbs are planted using modern machinery and 80,000 of bulbs still planted traditionally by hand.[3][4] This tulip festival has been evolved to include music, food and wine festival to attract more visitors during the spring season (September - October).[5]

2020 saw the festival go on hiatus until 2021.

References
  1. Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges, Official Visitor Site. "TESSELAAR TULIP FESTIVAL". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. Zoe Powell, Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader. "Tesselaar Tulip Festival flowers slow to bloom thanks to cold spring start". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. "HISTORY OF THE TESSELAAR TULIP FESTIVAL" (PDF). tulipfestival.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. "Fun Facts About The Tulips" (PDF). tulipfestival.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. Leisha Kapor, Emily Marr. "Your weekend: our guide to what's on: Tesselaar Festival". The Age. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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