during Canada's 150th 2018: "A World of Tulips" 2019: Canadian Tulip Festival; ReRooted 2020: Canadian Tulip Festival; Liberation75 (Held Online during CoVid19) 2021: Canadian Tulip Festival; Liberation 75+1 and Rembrandt & Dutch Masters Trivia Because of the ongoing Canadian support for the Netherlands during the war, Seymour Cobley of the Royal Horticultural Society actually donated 83,000 tulips to Canada from 1941–1943, several years before the Royal Family followed suit. While the Netherlands continues to send 20,000 bulbs to Canada each year (10,000 from the Royal Family and 10,000 from the Dutch Bulb Growers Association), by 1963 the festival featured more than 2 million, and today sees nearly 3 million tulips purchased from Dutch and Canadian distributors. Photographer Malak Karsh became widely known for his photographs of the Tulip Festival. Official Festival Site Commissioner's Park - Dow's Lake Commissioner's Park, on the shores of Dow's Lake is a major centre of activity for the Tulip Festival. The largest concentration of tulips in the National Capital Region — some 300,000 — can be found planted along a 1.2 km section of the lakeshore. See also Liberation Day (The Netherlands) Canada–Netherlands relations National Tulip Day in The Netherlands National Canadian Liberation Monument, with its own "Man with Two Hats" sculpture References External links "The Story of the Ottawa Tulip Festival" Festivals in Ottawa Gardening in Canada 1953 establishments in Ontario Festivals established in 1953 Annual events in Canada Flower festivals in Canada Spring (season) events in Canada Annual events in Ottawa