Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue Botanical Garden is situated near 8th street and very near to the downtown. Its difficult to imagine that such a green jungle coexists very near to the another concrete jungle, Bellevue downtown.

The Garden'd lights is an event where the whole botanical garden is lit up with led lighting. The enormously popular Garden d’Lights festival features over ½ million lights which transform the Bellevue Botanical Garden into a blossoming winter wonderland. Over 150,000 people enjoy this dazzling display each December! 

They have a huge collection of different kind of plants. You can search the collection thru this link here : http://bbg.cityofbellevue.net/Search_PickList.aspx

 More information about the botanical garden here : http://www.bellevuebotanical.org/

RoozenGaarde, Mount Vernon, Washington

Roozen Gaarde is a tulip farm and garden run by Washington Bulb factory. Often the GPS doesnt route you to the correct location. The correct address to the RoozenGaarde farm is 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. Its advisable to use the GPS to reach Mount vernon and then track this address thru a mobile with internet connectivity. Here are some photos: Entrance:

Tulip farms with Snowy montains in the background:

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Usually the best time to visit is 2nd and 3rd week of April. Although its open for whole day its always advisable to reach the farm by early morning by 8.30- 8.45. This would give you enough time to roam around the farm before its crowded. The entrace fee is 5$ and children under 5 years of age is admitted free of charge. The colorful tulip farms with the slightly snow tinted mountains is picturesque. More details here: http://www.tulips.com/