For the first time in the history of the Tesselaar Tulip Festival, Tesselaar will not open its gates to the public this year due to Covid-19.
Tesselaar Tulip Festival was to take place in Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges from 12 September-11 October with an expected visitation of over 100,000.
This year was set to be the event’s 67th year.
Festival director Paul Tesselaar said it was a very disappointing decision to have made.
“Our tulips are in the ground and the team at Tesselaar have been working hard to ensure we presented Victoria and beyond with another year of amazing colour and excitement both on and off the fields,” he said.
“However, with the current Stage 4 restrictions and ever changing Covid-19 landscape it has left us with no other option than to cancel this year’s event.”
“Personally, I would like to thank all our staff for their hard work and our loyal visitors for their understanding during this extraordinary time in our lives. We look forward to presenting a bigger and brighter festival for you in 2021.”
Tesselaar will continue to share the colour and beauty of the tulip fields via their social media pages during September and October.
