Spalding Flower Festival
The Spalding Flower Parade and Flower Festival is held every year,
in early May. Up to a fifth of a million tourists congregate on the
small market town of Spalding, Lincolnshire to watch the famous tulip
parade. Millions of surplus tulip heads from acres of fields are crafted
into decorated floats and paraded through the town and surrounding
villages.
Most churches also hold flower festivals during the hectic weekend.
Householders sell their home produced flowers, vegetables and plants
from their front gardens - all at realistic prices! Because of competition
from growers, Garden Centre products and plants are also cheaper than
in the North of England where we live.
Springfields Gardens is host to three days of entertainment. The
decorated floats can also be viewed at Springfields before and after
the parade - (admission charge applies at Springfields).
Click on the Festival photographs for a better view
Provisional details for the Spalding
Flower Festival 2008
