Skagit Valley Tulip Field, Spring

by Jeff Burgess

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Skagit Valley Tulip Field, Spring

Artist

Jeff Burgess

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Photograph - Giclee Print Fusion Photography

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One of the treasures of the Pacific Northwest is the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival held in April. The fields abound with magnificent colors as the tulips bloom. According to the website: http://www.visitskagitvalley.com/upcoming-events/spring/annual-skagit-valley-tulip-festival/, the festival results from a long farming heritage and the efforts of the Roozen family and the Washington Bulb Company, Inc. Here is what the site states: � Roozengaarde was established in 1985 by the Roozen family and Washington Bulb Company, Inc. The Roozen family business of growing Tulips, Daffodils and Irises is the largest in the world, covering Skagit Valley with more than 1200 acres of field blooms and 15 acres of greenhouses. William Roozen emigrated from Holland in 1947 with years of experience in the bulb industry. He had a good back, strong hands, and a heart pulsing with dreams. Roozen started a bulb farm on five acres of land, holding meetings in a garage and toiling long hours beside a few hired hands. He saved money by buying used tractors and farm equipment�.
�The Roozen family�s hard work ethic spans at least six generations. The family first began raising tulips in Holland in the mid-1700�s. In the Skagit Valley, Roozen (which means �roses� in Dutch) worked for other farmers before setting off on his own in 1950. Five years later, he purchased the Washington Bulb Co., founded by two of the area�s first bulb farmers, Joe Berger and Cornelius Roozekrans. The Washington Bulb Co. now farms about 2,000 acres of land. In 1985, William Roozen handed the business down to his five sons and a daughter, Bernadette Roozen Miller, who passed away in 1996. William Roozen passed away on July 13, 2002 and, with 35 grandchildren, was confident the family company will keep growing�.
If you come to Washington State in the Spring this is a must see place to be. This fusion work looks West. If you look closely you can see pickers in the distance and two horses with riders as well as an old bus. The colors represented in this work are only a few of those that can be found on the various growing areas.

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April 14th, 2016

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