The Harrison Tulip Festival takes place in the Fraser Valley. The Onos family used to run the Chilliwack Tulip Festival until they moved their farm to Agassiz.

Today, in 2025, the Harrison Tulip Festival is the largest tulip festival in all of Canada, with more than 12 million tulips representing 100+ different varieties over the course of the season! The festival has also been recognized at an international competition as the most “Instagrammable Tulip Farm” in the world! If you like flowers and pretty places, you won’t want to miss it!

In 2025 the Harrison Tulip Festival opened on April 12th, so a week before the Easter Long Weekend. The festival was expected to run until May 4th, but it has since been extended until May 8th.

For tickets and full details visit harrisontulipfest.com.

This article contains the following information about the Harrison Tulip Festival:

Where & When | Prices | What to Expect | Special Events | Festival Video | Other Events at the Venue | Other Information

The Harrison Tulip Festival in Agassiz in 2025

The Tulips of the Valley festival was founded in 2006 in Agassiz, just outside of Harrison Hot Springs. The festival was both the first of its kind in BC and remained the province’s largest tulip festival in the years that followed. The festival moved to Chilliwack in 2017. It returned to Agassiz last spring. The Onos family has run the festivals the entire time.

The new Harrison Tulip Festival is very similar to the Chilliwack Tulip Festival, just in a different and even more beautiful location. The new farm is further from Vancouver, but in an even more spectacular spot! It’s totally worth the drive!

Last year the Harrison Tulip Festival received an amazing award at the World Tulip Summit in the Netherlands. They were recognized as the “World’s best Instagrammable Tulip Farm”! Wow! That’s a world-wide competition, and it beat out farms in the Netherlands which are famous for their tulips! That’s how impressive this place is! And seeing it in person is even better than seeing it in pictures. The two experiences don’t compare.

Visit harrisontulipfest.com for the festival’s official website.

Where & When is the Festival?

The Harrison Tulip Festival’s new home is at 5039 Lougheed Highway in Agassiz. There is free parking at the site which is nice because driving is the only way to get to the festival (unless you live in the area or go for a long bike ride).

The fields are located just off the highway close to the turn-off for Harrison Hot Springs. It’s about a 30-minute drive from the old Chilliwack Tulip Festival location.

In 2025 the Harrison Tulip Festival is open daily between April 12th and May 8th. It’s open on weekdays between 10:00 am and 6:30 pm. Hours on Saturdays and Sundays (and Good Friday) are from 6:00 am until 6:30 pm.

For full details about the event, visit the Harrison Tulip Festival website.

2025 Admission Prices

Prices for one-day tickets and season passes for this year’s festival are below.

Weekday Rates

• General Admission (ages 19 to 64) – $17 (online) or $20 (at the gate)
• Seniors (ages 65+) – $15 (online) or $18 (at the gate)
• Youth (ages 13 to 18) – $12 (online) or $15 (at the gate)
• Children (ages 3 to 12) – $10 (online) or $13 (at the gate)
• Little Kids (ages 2 and under) – Free

Weekend Rates

• General Admission (ages 19 to 64) – $22 (online) or $25 (at the gate)
• Seniors (ages 65+) – $19 (online) or $22 (at the gate)
• Youth (ages 13 to 18) – $17 (online) or $20 (at the gate)
• Children (ages 3 to 12) – $15 (online) or $18 (at the gate)
• Little Kids (ages 2 and under) – Free

2025 Season Passes

• General Admission (ages 19 to 64) – $60
• Seniors (ages 65+) – $55
• Students (ages 12 to 18) – $55
• Children (ages 3 to 11) – $50

In addition to the above, on select dates, there are special, extra early, weekend sunrise openings. Admission to those cost $30 in advance or $35 at the gate.

TIP (for residents of the Harrison River Valley): Thursdays are Locals Days, which means admission costs just $10 for adults and youth who live in Agassiz, the District of Kent, FVRD Area C, Harrison Mills, Harrison Hot Springs and Seabird Island. Children between the ages of 3 and 12 on those dates cost just $5. The discounted rates are only available at the gate for people who can prove they live in the Harrison River Valley.

Visit harrisontulipfest.com for tickets and the festival’s official website.

What to Expect

The Harrison Tulip Festival features more than 12 million tulips in varying stages of bloom spread across 40 or so acres of land (which is five more than last year). There are over 100 different varieties of tulips as well as many kinds of daffodils and hyacinths.

Peak season for viewing the flowers is usually between around mid-April and the end of that month, although possibly a bit later in 2025. When blooming season concludes, Onos Greenhouses collects all the bulbs and makes use of them within their greenhouses. The bulbs become tulips that are sold to local regions.

What’s New at the Festival in 2025

The fields this year will have educational story boards that showcase three stories. They are 1) The life of a field tulip, 2) the life of a greenhouse tulip, and 3) the history of the farm’s 19 years as the largest and original farm-based tulip festival in Canada.

Also this year, the festival has expanded its store with more tulip-based items and many locally-produced farm and artisan products. Now more than ever it’s important to buy local and support local businesses, and the Onos Family is great at doing that. The Secret Garden is bigger and more beautiful than ever too.

Events at the Festival in 2025

A number of special events and activities happen at the festival in 2025. They include the following:

• Easter Weekend Festivities – the Easter Bunny and Tilly Tulip are on site for photos between 9:00 am and 11:30 am on April 18th, 19th and 20th. Egg hunts take place on the same days from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. There’s also face painting and balloon making stations from 9:00 am to 11:30 am on all three days.
• Sunset Yoga – an evening session of yoga with sunset views at 6:00 pm on April 21st. Admission costs $28 and includes full access to the fields and one bunch of tulips.
• Sunrise Yoga – an early morning yoga session at 7:00 am on May 3rd. The experience costs $38 per person and comes with one bunch of tulips and access to the fields.
• Live Music on the Farm – various performances are scheduled to take place on select days this season. For example, Ashley Pater performs at 4:00 pm on April 22nd and again at 5:00 pm on April 30th. Todd Richard performs on April 30th too. There are also roaming musicians on Saturdays and Sundays. (Note: All performances are dependent on weather and subject to change.)
• Tulip Talk – guests can learn about the history of the farm and the flowers it grows. The events run at 2:00 pm on April 23rd, 25th, and 29th, as well as on May 1st, 6th and 9th. The talks are included with general admission.
• Bouquet-Making Workshop – this workshop runs on April 28th at 5:30 pm. It costs $68 each and includes one bouquet to take home.
• Variety Kids Day – on April 30th partial proceeds from tulip sales are donated to the Variety Club of BC. There’s also live music by Todd Richard at 2:00 pm.
• Weekend Sunrise Openings – sunrise openings allow for re-entry throughout the rest of the day. They take place on the Saturdays and Sundays of April 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th, as well as on May 3rd, 4th, 10th and 11th.
• Instagram Photo Contest – tag @harrisontulipfestival and use #harrisontulipfest on your Instagram posts about the festival to enter various draws. Categories include Pet Portraits, Couples, Family Moments, Best Dressed and Farmers Choice. Prizes range from season passes for next year’s festival to gift baskets and certificates.

What Makes the Harrison Tulip Festival Special and Different?

Apart from the fact that it’s BC’s original and largest tulip festival, and in a stunningly beautiful area, there is something else that makes the Harrison Tulip Festival special and unique. It’s the farm’s greenhouse operations which is the reason they grow the bulbs in the first place, and that’s very different from most other tulip festivals. Most others just grow for the show.

Onos Greenhouses is the largest cut tulip grower in Western Canada, supplying close to 15 million fresh-cut tulips to grocery stores and florists in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. They export to Washington State too (or at least they usually do).

Where other farm/garden tulip experiences in the Fraser Valley and other parts of Canada are strictly for the show, the Onos family’s operation is truly a farm-based experience, which, for the family, has always been important to share with their guests. Growing Canadian bulbs for their greenhouse operation is the primary goal which allows the farm to open the fields for guests to enjoy the beauty of the flowers during their bloom time. This also explains why the farm clips the tops of its flowers before they go past their prime. Doing so ensures maximum quality for the bulbs.

For full details about the event, visit the Harrison Tulip Festival website.

Tulip Festival Video

To give you a really good idea of what to expect at the Harrison Tulip Festival, check out the video below. It shows scenes of the farm from 2024 which was the event’s first year at its current, new location. As you’ll see in the video, the place is beautiful. Even dogs think so!

Other Events at the Venue

At the same farm in Agassiz in 2023 there was also the Harrison Sunflower Festival in August and September, and the Harrison Pumpkin Festival later in the fall. Neither of these events returned in 2024, and they aren’t happening in the foreseeable future either.

When it did take place, the sunflower festival featured close to 15 acres of flowers, primarily sunflowers but also dahlias, zinnias and cosmos. The pumpkin festival was also impressive, and lots of fun for young families.

Other Information

For more information about the event, visit the Harrison Tulip Festival website.

To learn more about what the previous version of the festival used to look like, see our article about the Chilliwack Tulip Festival.

To learn more about the area and other things to do in the region, see our articles about Harrison Hot Springs and the Fraser Valley.

For details about other events at the same farm from previous years, see our articles about the Harrison Sunflower Festival and Harrison Pumpkin Festival.

Other articles that might be of interest include the following:

• Vancouver Spring Activities
• Vancouver Events in April
• Easter in the Lower Mainland
• Mother’s Day in Vancouver