From May 10 – May 20, 2024, the ByWard Market will BLOOM with an urban tulip experience, both day and night. 

 

For 11 days our NEW 8-Foot-Tall Blooms, Giant Bees and Butterflies will be all over the ByWard Market Plaza, and in our York St. Tulip Plaza, and every planter in the Market will be full of tulip booms! 

 

For 11 nights, feel what it’s like to be a Bee or Butterfly in the ByWard Market seeing Tulips and “Pollen” in the UV Spectrum.  This funky pollinator’s paradise offers a unique experience for guests in the ByWard Market.

 

Chalk Art will be along both sides of the ByWard Market Building, all the way up to York St.Tulip Plaza!  The entire installation will direct Festival goers to the base of the Major’s Hill Park stairs, where you can experience MORE NCC Tulip Gardens! 

 

Visit our York St. Tulip Plaza where you will find our handy Maps, Official Canadian Tulip Festival Merchandise, and Fresh Cut Tulip Bouquets for sale. 

 

Catch the Official ByWard Market Hop On Hop Off Tulip Tour, at the York St. Tulip Plaza, right by the OTTAWA Letters.  Running Daily, May 10 – 20, 2024 10am – 6pm, for only $5 Return! 

With stops at:

The Westin Hotel 

The Chateau Laurier

York St. Tulip Plaza in ByWard Market

The Lord Elgin Hotel

The Metcalfe

and the Main Festival Site at Commissioners Park

 

Official Opening of the ByWard Market Bloom

York St. Tulip Plaza

 

BYWARD FLOWER MARKET FOR MOTHER’S DAY

For Mother’s Day, the ByWard Market will be FULL of local and regional flower farm vendors. 

Expect Live Music, Buskers, Chalk Artists, and MORE! 

 

Tulip Palooza! 

Pollinator Paradise Party 5:00pm – 10:00pm, on York St. at the OTTAWA Letters. 

TIMEKODE & Friends 

Glowing “Pollen” Powder and GIANT Flowers, make for a great space to get your flower funk on!