American Tulip Day draws 30-35,000 people to San Francisco’s Union Square

A total of 80,000 tulips illuminated San Francisco ’s Union Square last Friday , March , where American Tulip Day took place for the 4th time . The Mayor of San Francisco , London N. Breed , and the President of Royal Anthos , Henk Westerhof , get to the issue , and this year , the Mayor baptized a tulip distinguish after her .

Large interestAgain the interest was vast . The day start off rainy , but it did not deduct multitude from queue up up and look up to two hour to pick their own bunch of tulips . The law estimated that there were 30 - 35,000 people . " So in the end , there were not enough tulips for everyone , " says Erik Lommerse from Dutch export companyNord Lommerse Flower Bulb Group , a member of event organizer Royal Anthos .

In honor of International Women ’s DayThe event is in honor of International Women ’s Day , which takes station on March 8 . " The public is invite to get and pick a detached fragrancy of tulips for themselves or as a gift to a womanhood who has inspired them this preceding year . And on top of that , it gives American households a feeling of early leap . "

American - grow from Dutch bulbsFlower Bulb Day brings both European starting material and local production under the attention : the medulla oblongata are Dutch and are acquire in California by local growerSun Valley .

American Tulip DayAmerican Tulip Day 2023 is presented by Royal Anthos with support from San Francisco Recreation and Parks , the Union Square Business Improvement District , Netherlands Consulate , andDenkers ShippingBV . The first version took place in 2018 , and in 2021 , when the issue was offset due to the pandemic , they pay away 25,000 tulip to woman on the front line , doctors , nanny , etc . Below are more pictures of the daylight :

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Interest before and during the event

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