Fresh Blooms for your Home

Filling our home with fresh flowers is simply my favorite. There is something so beautiful about bringing the outdoors inside and I find any excuse I can to come home with new blooms. Hydrangeas, Tulips or Roses you name it and I will gladly take them all! While we have always found a way to incorporate a tiny piece of the outdoors into our home throughout the year, it is truly during the spring and summer months where not only our flowers are blooming but our house as well. During this time especially, I seek out cute local spots to find flower arrangements for our mantle and table tops to bring our hibernating home back to life. There are so many quaint shops and small farms that we hardly find time to go to them all. This year, after years of the spring months passing us by and us continue to say, “next year” we purchased tickets to visit Wicked Tulips.

Wicked Tulips Flower Farm is and was simply stunning with five acres of picturesque land covered in freshly blooming tulips! The u-pick farm in Rhode Island is the perfect day trip destination to find flowers to fill your home with. Rows upon rows of brightly colored tulips wait to be hand picked to make the most delightful bouquets. Bulbs are also available to take these beauties home with you to grow in your own personal garden. Each type of tulip that is available by bulb can be seen in the Wicked Tulips show garden. We spent a good portion of our day in a wonderful tulip daze as we walked the show garden to get some ideas for our own gardens at home and picked dozens of tulips to bring back with us. The entire day was spectacular and there is no doubt that this will be a spring tradition.

Here are a few things to keep in mind when planning your visit!

Tickets sell out incredibly fast (understandably so), but tickets are required and must be purchased in advance. To ensure that you receive the first updates on ticket availability make sure to sign up for their newsletter, you can do so here.
Sunscreen is a must! I don’t know about you, but at this point in the year I am craving time in the sun despite the heat and I easily forget to protect my skin. Even the few short hours we were out picking tulips left my skin slightly burnt. Here are a few of my favorite sunscreens.

Day travelers should bring a small vase of water depending on how many flowers you intend to pick. This was a thought that never crossed my mind, which is so silly because I’m not sure what I was expecting to happen to the flowers once they were picked and put into a toasty car (lol). Although Wicked Tulips does provide a bucket of water for you to dip your tulips in before you leave on our way home (an hour drive) some of our tulips would have benefitted from a little extra water to keep them hydrated.
There are picnic tables! This was our very first time at Wicked Tulips and even though I read the FAQ only a thousand times I wasn’t sure what to expect as far as bringing food, but once we arrived and saw all of the perfect picnic spots next year we will definitely be bringing a blanket and some lunch. If you are traveling from southeastern Connecticut make sure to check out a few of our favorite local sandwich shops that are along the way! Here and Here.

Tickets to the farm are sold out through Mother’s Day, but make sure you head over to their website to see if they will be open for a third week this season. I hope you all have a chance to visit and if you aren’t able to this year that you can in the years to follow! All outfit details are below!