Sunday is Tulip Day in Manhattan’s Union Square

Sunday is Tulip Day in Manhattan’s Union Square.

‘A temporary field of 200,000 flowers, trucked in from farms in New Jersey and Virginia, will bloom in the plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; more than 10,000 people have registered in advance to create their own free bouquets. (Walk-ins will also be admitted.)‘

‘Jeroen Bours, president of the Netherland Club of New York, which is also helping put on the event, said that when one of the club’s organizers mentioned the idea to him last year, he pointed out that if it were to take place in the city, the event would need to scale up. “If it’s not big, it’s not New York,” he said.’

Read the full article by the New York Times here.