September 15, 2023Posted in: Community, Events

Once this year’s Tulip Time festival is over, tens of thousands of tulip bulbs will be handed out to community members by Council volunteers. Locals are invited to pop down to Corbett Gardens on October 11 between 8:30am and 3:00pm and pick-up a free bag of 10 tulip bulbs. “We know people will appreciate having...
August 25, 2023Posted in: Community

Our collaboration with the communities of Penrose, Bundanoon, Exeter, Burrawang, Avoca, Robertson, Colo Vale, Balmoral, Hill Top, Yerrinbool, Medway, Berrima, and Wingello, to bring planter boxes to the villages during Tulip Time, is something our village communities want to see continue for years to come. Village Community Associations embraced the pilot program of hosting Tulip...
July 27, 2023Posted in: Events, Tourism

Thoughts are turning to the return of Spring in Wingecarribee with Tulip Time Tickets now on sale. Entry to the daytime event is free for residents who need only book tickets to see Tulips After Dark. Now is the time for our local community organisations and not-for-profit groups planning to have a presence at the...
May 26, 2023Posted in: Community

With 75,000 bulbs now in place and planter boxes provided to participating villages from Balmoral to Penrose, we eagerly await the return of Spring and a super-bloom for Tulip-Time 2023 in the Southern Highlands. Expanding the footprint of the popular festival, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors to our region from far and wide,...
December 23, 2022Posted in: Community, Delivering, Tourism

This year’s Tulip Time celebrations have delivered an estimated $1.8 million to the Shire’s economy with a record number of guests visiting the floral festival. A report presented to Council in December revealed that 61,000 guests visited the Shire’s premier tourism event over the course of the 18-day celebrations. Council’s Coordinator Tourism and Events Libby...