Photos: As spring blossoms, it’s time to tiptoe through the tulips
About 450,000 bulbs from Holland were planted last November at the Wicked Tulips Flower Farm in Exeter, R.I., where acres of open fields are transformed into a carpet of glowing colors. It is the largest U-pick tulip field in New England. Globe photographer John Tlumacki captured the splendor.
Updated May 2, 2022, 11:51 a.m.
Deva Doshi, 3, from Woburn ran through some of the tulips now ready to be picked at the Wicked Tulips Flower Farm in Exeter, R.I.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
A person walked among thousands of tulips at the Wicked Tulips Flower Farm in Exeter, R.I.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
A Dow Jones tulip.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Eliza Duenow, 1, from Newport, R.I., handed a tulip she picked to her mother, Caitlin. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
A woman’s long dress blended into the sea of tulips.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Amelia Mahoney, 19 months from Burrillville, R.I., searched for the perfect tulips. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
A young girl picked a tulip.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Several buckets of fresh-picked tulips.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
A baby carriage was a good place to hold fresh-picked tulips with Ciaran Dugan, 5 months, from Pawtucket, R.I.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
People picked their own tulips at the Wicked Tulips Flower Farm in Exeter, R.I.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
