Meet the designer behind the blooms of Ottawa’s Tulip Festival

Meet the designer behind the blooms of Ottawa’s Tulip Festival

Some beds face east for the morning sun, others are dog-themed. The planning starts more than a year in advance.

Strathmore and the Tulip Tradition: The Quiet Work Behind Ottawa’s Most Iconic Festival - Ottawa Life Magazine

Each May, Commissioners Park transforms into one of Ottawa’s most photographed landscapes, with over 300,000 tulips blooming in brilliant rows and patterns along Dow’s Lake. The Canadian Tulip Festival, now over 70 years old, draws more than half a million visitors annually and has become one of the largest public displays of tulips in the world. While the flowers are the main attraction, few visitors realize just how much planning and coordinat…