Acres and acres of tulips and daffodils greet visitors on this working farm.
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Transcript:
What do two million tulips look like? Today, we find out as we explore Burnside Farms in Nokesville, Virginia.
Hello Listeners,
Today is March 15, and this is A Garden a Day with Mædunbroc Gardens. Thank you for listening.
There’s no need to beware the ides of March today as we explore acres and acres of spring bulbs.
Friends, Virginia is for tulip lovers. Don’t believe me? Then, check out Burnside Farms in northern Virginia, just a hop, skip, and a jump from Manassas and forty miles southwest of Washington, D.C.
This is a pick-your-own farm, and I guess, technically, not a garden, per se, but it’s garden-adjacent and a way to improve and add to your own garden if you live close by and are able to visit.
Burnside Farms plants two and a half million tulip and daffodil bulbs every autumn for a spectacular display in spring.
More than 150 varieties of pink, red, purple, orange, yellow, and white tulips are spread across fifteen acres and thirty varieties of white and yellow daffodils adorn five acres.
Since 2012, Burnside Farms has opened to the public for their Festival of Spring, offering Instagram-worthy photo opportunities and a play area for children with bounce houses, grain bin basketball, corn hole, and much more farm- and child-friendly outdoor fun.
On weekends, the farm usually hosts food vendors and live music. Several picnic tables are provided on a first-come first-served basis, but there are a few areas where you can spread a blanket if you can’t get a table.
Flowers are sold by the stem or the bulb. Yes, visitors are able to dig up the bulbs to take home to plant in their own gardens. Visitors should bring a vase or Mason jar with water for keeping their blooms fresh on the ride home.
This year, the season is expected to start on or around March 24, but Mother Nature really decides. The farm offers a field report on their website, so you can keep up-to-date with what’s blooming. As of today, the stems are up, but there are no blooms, yet.
The season usually lasts about three weeks, and weekends tend to get crowded.
Tickets can be purchased in advance. They offer a Passport that opens the farm to visitors anytime and any day that they are open for the spring and summer seasons. A limited number of tickets are available each day, so you really need to plan in advance if you plan to go.
For the spring season, they are open 8:00am to 8:00pm. The arrival gate closes at 7:15pm.
And I did mention summer. Burnside Farms plants more than thirty varieties of sunflowers across seventy acres, and this year, they will offer three sunflower mazes for visitors to get lost.
Tall, short, large, small, yellow, orange, red, and even white sunflowers dazzle in the summer sun. In addition to sunflowers, the farm offers cosmos, zinnias, gladiolus, and liatris. All are available for picking.
The summer season usually opens in mid-July and runs through mid-August.
Come back tomorrow for another stunning spring garden in Virginia.
Before you go, I want to tell you about a new way to experience A Garden a Day. I can talk all day about how lovely a garden is, and sometimes, especially since starting this podcast, sometimes I do spend the better part of the day talking about gardens.
But sometimes it’s better to see them. So, I’ve started a Pinterest account. I’m working on adding photos of each garden, and I will do my best to add new photos as I publish new episodes. If you are on Pinterest, I invite you to check it out. I’ve included a link to my Pinterest boards in the notes, so you don’t have to go looking for it.
And if you’re not on Pinterest, you can always find more information and photos of the gardens on our website, agardenaday.com.
Well, that’s about it for today’s visit.
Thank you for listening. I do hope you’ve enjoyed this episode.
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If all goes well, I’ll be right back here tomorrow. See you then!
To learn more about Burnside Farms and plan your visit, check out these links:
https://virginialiving.com/culture/experience-burnside-farms-stunning-festival-of-spring/
https://www.burnsidefarms.com/
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nature/virginia/tulips-burnside-farms-va
https://northernvirginiamag.com/news/2023/03/31/tulip-time-starts-soon-at-burnside-farms/
https://familytripguides.com/dc-with-kids/burnside-farms-tulips/
https://www.virginia.org/listing/burnside-farms/11655/
https://dctravelmag.com/burnside-farms/
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