MAY 2-3 & MAY 9-10

Tulip Fest 2026

Celebrate spring at Cider Hill Farm during our annual Tulip Fest, a multi-weekend celebration, featuring 120,000 blooming tulips, live music, food, hard cider, orchard walks, and family activities.

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Tulip Field Tickets

Tulips are a living crop, and bloom timing depends on spring weather. Warm weather can accelerate blooms; cooler temperatures can slow them down. Tickets are released in alignment with bloom-time typically late April - early May.

RELEASE DATES
Tickets typically go on sale the Thursday before each festival weekend but timing varies depending on weather and growing conditions. So stay close! We do not offer advance ticket sales.

HOW TO BUY TICKETS

Tulip field tickets must be purchased online in advance. Unlike all other pick-your-own crops, we do not sell tulip field tickets upon arrival at the farm. Once tickets are released on this page, select your date plus a 2 hour entry time window to complete your reservation. Tickets are issued for time windows to help manage field capacity and create an enjoyable experience for everyone.

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Tickets Options

Tulip field tickets are only required for entry into the fenced field. Festival grounds remain open to all visitors without a tulip ticket.

OPTIONS & PRICING

Tulip Ticket for 2 - Includes entry into the tulip field and 1 total dozen tulips to cut. Each ticket allows up to 2 people to enter. If you'd like to cut 2 dozen, purchase 2 tickets. Each ticket is $24.00.

Field Entry Only Ticket - Entry into the tulip field only. Great for those wanting to participate with friends and family but not to cut a bouquet. $6.00 per person.

Anyone ages 3+ entering the tulip field requires to be included in a ticket. You must purchase a ticket to enter the field, even if you are not cutting flowers. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. All tickets include a kraft paper wrapping station.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Spend the Day

Tulip Fest is more than just a flower field - it’s a full on celebration of spring! During festival weekends:

WHAT TO DO

8 am - 6 pm - Visit the Farm Store for cider donuts, spring goods, jam, honey and farmhouse gifts. The Farm Store Greenhouse opens on 5/8 for hanging baskets, potted plants and vegetable starters.
8:30 am - 2:30 pm - Wander through blossoming fruit trees during our free Spring Orchard Walk
10 am - 2 pm - Local makers market
10 am - 2 pm - Hayrides (free with tulip tickets or $5 per person ages; children under 3 are free.)
10 am - 4 pm - Free hard cider and jam tastings
10 am - 4 pm - Free live music on the main lawn.
10 am - 5 pm - Sip award winning blends at the Outdoor Hard Cider Bar. N/a options available.
11 am - 5 pm - Lunch at the food truck and visit guest food trucks (11 am - 3 pm)
Outdoor spaces for relaxing and gathering
Assorted family-friendly activities and play areas

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FOOD & DRINK

Something for Everyone

Cutting beautiful bouquets of tulips and hiking the orchards to see fruit trees in bloom is a workout, right?

NOURISH & HYDRATE

8 am - 6 pm - Visit the Farm Store for homemade biscuit breakfast sandwiches, cider donuts, coffee, cocoa, picnic snacks and prepared foods.
10 am - 5 pm - Hard Cider Bar
11 am - 3 pm - Guest food trucks
11 am - 5 pm - The PitchFork Food Truck

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Tulip Fest & Tulip Cutting FAQs

2026 marks our 6th Annual Tulip Festival. What began in 2019 with 60,000 tulip bulbs planted by hand has grown into a beloved spring tradition on the farm. Along the way, we’ve learned a lot - refining how we plant, care for, and select varieties that make the fields glow each spring. As we prepare for this year’s bloom, here are answers to some of the questions we’re asked most often.

OH, HOLLAND

You've seen them, we've seen them and AI has created epic photos and videos of Amsterdam's tulip fields. While Cider Hill Farm's tulip field offers a beautiful oasis of color with 1.25 acres of blooms featuring bulbs from Holland, it has been designed not as a show garden, but as a harvesting experience so you may enjoy flowers after your visit to the farm.

NO BULB PULLING (THANK YOU xo)

Please do not pull bulbs. It damages the flowers, field and nearby blooms. This is a cut-your-own event only. Clippers are provided upon arrival but you are also welcome to bring your own.

Weekday Tulip Cutting

The tulip field typically opens on some weekdays. It works similarly to weekend options where tickets become available as we monitor the field. The best way to see is to visit our TODAY page on Sunday evenings where we'll post the upcoming week's availability and online tickets.

TULIP SEASON LENGTH

Tulip season in Massachusetts is relatively short typically beginning the first week of May and ending mid-May. Mother's Day is usually the final date for tulip cutting.

IF FESTIVAL TICKETS SELL OUT

Tickets sell out quickly and there are only so many flowers. So it's best to plan ahead:

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AND... If you miss tulip tickets, fear not! This field is turned over and becomes a full cutting garden with over 25 varieties of flowers for cut-your-own bouquets from mid-July through September. The pace is chiller and the vibe brings summers best blooms.

ACCESSIBILITY

Each year this field location changes slightly. This year, the field is the closest to the parking lot as possible. It is approx. 100 feet beyond the footbridge after the main lawn. You'll be able to see it from the front parking lot. If you are a wheelchair user or have limited mobility, the dirt tractor road leading to the field is a little bumpy but flat. There is seating available on the outside of the garden for visitors to enjoy the field at no cost.

If that location is too far, enjoy boasting tulip beds in full bloom 8 am - 6 pm located in the courtyard outside the farm store or picnic tables on the main lawn. The farm is ADA accessible (farm store, main lawn, food/beverage areas, barnyard and an ADA compliant port-o-john).

PHOTOGRAPHERS & MINI SESSIONS

For those who wish to use the tulip field for personal or business use, you may use the spaces surrounding the garden at no cost. Flower beds will also have beautiful varieties of tulips to enjoy at no cost. For those that wish to enter the field even for just photos, tickets are REQUIRED. The non-cutting ticket is a great, low cost option. If you are looking for a private experience, we encourage you to come at the end of the day closer to 3-4 pm when fewer people are in the field. Fields close promptly at 5:30 pm.

REFUND POLICY

When you book, select your date carefully. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. The tulip field is open rain or shine unless we close the field per inclement weather.

See you in the tulip field!

Pink tulips in Cider Hill Farm's tulip field.