Tip toeing through the Tulips on the last day of the Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Silvan today. There was so much colour everywhere you looked! Tesselaar Tulip Festival is held in Silvan, Victoria every spring since 1954. It has become one of iconic tourist attraction in Victoria, Australia with more than 120 varieties of tulips are shown on a 55-acre farm. This tulip farm was initiated by a couple of Dutch immigrants, Cees and Johanna Tesselaar. Tesselaar Tulip festival is lo

Thank you to Pocket_Australia for featuring my image of the Tresselaar Tulip Festival on their Instagram gallery. The festival is an annual event held from 14th September until 15th October, 2017 at the Tresselaar Tulip Farm, 357 Monbulk Rd, Silvan, Victoria. It is a magnificent event that celebrates the start of Spring and if you love colour and Tulips you cant go wrong. Just make sure that you get there early to beat the crowds. Check out their gallery on Instagram @pocket

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I visited the very popular Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Silvan today. It has become a huge local tourist attraction drawing visitors into the region from all over Victoria. I can understand why the Dutch fell in love with Tulips in the 16th Century with their perfect form and amazing colour;, Did you know that Tulip's did not orginate in Holland? In the 1500's Tulips became highly cultivated blooms and were a symbol of wealth and prestige in Turkey despite not having the amaz

I visited the Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Silvan Victoria for the Dutch Weekend celebrations. I can understand why the Dutch fell in love with Tulips in the 16th Century with their perfect form and amazing colour; but I learn't at the festival that the Tulip did not orginate in Holland. In the 1500's Tulips became highly cultivated blooms and were a symbol of wealth and prestige in Turkey despite not having the amazing colour range we enjoy today. Their popularity spread thro