The Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival is a 45-acre display at Lakeland Flowers. The Fraser Valley attraction features millions of blooms to walk through.

ABBOTSFORD TULIP FESTIVAL

Lakeland Flowers is where you’ll find the Abbotsford Tulip Festival in spring and the Abbotsford Sunflower Festival in autumn. In 2024, the first of these opened on April 6th. The spring festival features more than 100 different types of tulips on a 35-acre property. There are also food trucks and live music to enjoy on select nights.

See our article about the Abbotsford Tulip Festival or visit lakelandflowers.ca for full details about the attraction.

Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival

The Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival debuted in the warm months of 2023. The festival takes place at Lakeland Flowers, which is the same farm that hosts the Abbotsford Tulip Festival in the spring. The place offers six months of different displays, including the Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival from mid-July until around the Labour Day Long Weekend.

The first ever Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival was the largest summer flower display in the Lower Mainland. It featured an impressive variety of blooms to explore. There were all sorts of sunflowers, plus meadows of Phacelia and buckwheat. Other highlights included Cosmos, Lavender, Snap Dragons, Zinnias and more. The festival is where you’ll see endless fields of colourful flowers each year. You also get to cut and take sunflowers home with you, or at least that was the case in 2023.

At Lakeland Flowers there are tulips in April and May. You’ll also see peonies in May and June, lavender from June until August, and sunflowers from July until September. Throughout the season, from April until September, there will also be meadow flowers. The Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival is the largest festival of its kind in Canada featuring 100 acres of flowers over the course of its 6-month season.

For tickets and more details about the festival, visit lakelandflowers.ca.

Location and Hours

The inaugural Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival ran from Friday, July 21st, until Monday, September 4th. Last year it was open from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm every day, including holidays. 2024 dates and details are to be confirmed.

Lakeland Flowers is located at 3663 Marion Road in Abbotsford. Free parking is available on-site. There is also an overflow parking lot, so there’s plenty of space.

Admission Prices

Prices to visit the 2024 festival are to be confirmed.

In 2023 tickets were available for purchase both online and at the gate. They cost $10 per person over the age of 3, regardless of the day and time. Each ticket included one five-stem bunch of sunflowers that you were able to take from the venue’s UPICK field. Additional stems were $1 each.

Note: Tickets were non-refundable last year. Children ages 3 and under entered for free.

For tickets and more details about the festival, visit lakelandflowers.ca.

Tips & Advice

The following tips should help you make the most out of your experience at the Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival.

TIP #1: The festival operates rain or shine. Check the attraction’s Field Report before you leave and dress accordingly. If the grounds are wet, rubber boots are typically recommended.

TIP #2: The grounds at the farm are uneven and not suitable for wheelchairs. It’s also good to know that dogs are welcome as long as they’re leashed.

TIP #3: Bring your camera and take lots of photos! If you have a drone, you can bring that too, but for $10 extra. Drones are permitted in the air between 10:00 am and noon each day (or at least those were the permitted hours in 2023).

TIP #4: Food trucks are at Lakeland Flowers on select weekends throughout the summer. Be sure to check the farm’s social media pages for the latest details.

Other Information

For more information about the festival, visit the Lakeland Flowers website.

To learn about a similar event at the same location in the spring, see our article about the Abbotsford Tulip Festival. It’s one of the biggest tulip displays in the country! There’s so many beautiful flowers to admire at the farm.

Other articles that might be of interest include the following:

• City of Abbotsford
• Best Places in the Fraser Valley
• July and August Event Calendars