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Long Island Tulip Festival Now Open in Manorville

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By Published: April 19 2023

LongIsland.com

Tiptoe through fields of tulips–and pick your own flowers, too–at the Long Island Tulip Festival at Waterdrinker Farm in Manorville.

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Who needs to head to Holland when you have the Long Island Tulip Festival at Waterdrinker Farm in Manorville? Over 1 million tulips will be blooming in brilliant fields of yellow, red, orange, pink, and white. The pretty spring-blooming perennials, as well as daffodil patches, giant wooden shoes, and a windmill, are beautiful backdrops for picture-perfect photos.

U-Pick Tulips

New this year are U-pick tulips for $1 a stem. Pick your own bouquet to enjoy at home.

 

Family fun at the farm

 

For non-flower family-friendly fun, visitors can enjoy mini-golf, a jumbo jump pad, an obstacle course and tractor pedal cars for kids, a wooden playland, and a bevy of barnyard animals including pigs, alpacas, goats, sheep, and alpaca. Weekends will feature live music and food trucks. Tulips, hyacinths, and other flowers and plants, as well as gifts, are available for purchase. The over 21-crowd can stop by the neighboring Long Island Farm Brewery serving beer, hard cider, and wine. 

 

The Waterdrinker Family Farm & Garden is located at 663 Wading River Road in Manorville. The Tulip Festival is open rain or shine, seven days a week, Monday-Thursday: 10 a.m. -6 p.m., Friday: 10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m. -7:30 p.m. and Sunday: 9 a.m. -6 p.m. Admission is $20 per person, children 2 and under are free. For more information visit the Long Island Tulip Farm at Waterdrinker website or the Waterdrinker Family Farm Facebook page for the latest updates. 

 

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