La Conner Daffodil Festival 2017

La Conner is at the center of the Annual Daffodil Festival. As winter trudges along and the browns and grays rule, February brings a spark of life and then…the fields erupt with a riot of yellow and green.

The cold morning sky at sunrise feels crisp. As the temps warm the clouds morph into white cotton balls.

Depending upon the weather this happens any where between late February and early March. In 2015 and 2016 we had full fields of daffodils abloom in the third week of Feb. and it looks like we may see the same this year.

Visit Skagit Valley and Love La Conner offer all the information you’ll need to make your visit to La Conner Daffodil Festival 2017 a wonderful success.

Tulips arrive 3 to 4 weeks later, anywhere from mid to late March into April. Fields upon fields of tulips of all shapes and colors spread across the valley, their quilt like pattern changing each year with the annual field rotations.

The valleys main tulip grower, Roozengaarde updates their Bloom Map each day or so, showing where the fields are and when they are in bloom. You can download their Bloom Map and give yourself a tour! Be sure to visit the Roozengaarde Tulip Gardens. Here you pay for admission to see their crafted gardens and wide expanses of tulips. If you’re a photographer and would like a guide and instructor, a Photo Tour may be the thing for you.

What is a Photo Tour? A Photo Tour is a guided tour specifically for anyone who would like to capture stunning images. Each sprint I spend time reconnoitering the fields, noting where are the best views and backdrops. I can offer advice for not only the best locations but also tips on exposure and composition as well as post editing so that you come away with fantastic images.

Daffodil and Tulip Photo Tour info and registration here.

These are tulip images from years past…