Where to Pick Tulips in New England

Written By Amanda Kristine

3 Pick-Your-Own Tulip Fields to Visit in New England This Spring

Trial Garden Tulip Display at Massachusetts Horticultural Society Garden at Elm Bank on Sunday, April 27, 2025

Nothing signals spring quite like the arrival of tulip season. Although brief, this vibrant time of year transforms fields and farms into colorful landscapes filled with red, yellow, pink, and purple blooms. Over the past two years, visiting a pick-your-own tulip farm has become one of my favorite spring traditions. If you’re looking to celebrate the season with a scenic outing, here are three must-visit pick-your-own tulip farms in New England that are perfect for flower lovers and photographers alike.

Wicked Tulips Flower Farm (Preston, CT & Rhode Island)

Wicked Tulips Flower Farm is renowned as New England’s largest pick-your-own tulip destination, boasting over 1.5 million tulips across three locations: Preston, CT; Exeter, RI; and Johnston, RI. Each site features more than 75 tulip varieties, creating a mesmerizing palette of colors. 

You can keep up with the status of each field throughout the season by checking the Bloom Reports on the Wicked Tulips website. Since the fields bloom at different times—often overlapping—they typically peak in the following order: Exeter, Preston, and then Johnston. As the season winds down, Wicked Tulips offers discounted weekday tickets!

Hours

  • Monday-Friday: 10AM-7PM

  • Saturday-Sunday: 9AM-7PM

Cost

  • Adult General Admission: $25 (10 stems included)

  • Child Ticket (5-17): $5 (Tulips not included)

  • Child Ticket (4 & under): Free (Tulips not included)

Exeter, Rhode Island

Preston, Connecticut

Johnston, Rhode Island

Golden Hour Tulips (Berkley, MA)

Nestled in Berkley, MA, Golden Hour Tulips is a charming 20-acre farm cultivating over 300,000 tulips. As one of Massachusetts’ few u-pick tulip farms, it offers a serene setting for visitors to select their own blooms.

The farm is open daily from 10AM-7PM during the season and tickets can be purchased on their website, here.

Hours

  • Monday-Sunday, 10AM-7PM

Cost

  • General Admission Weekday (18+): $18 (10 stems included)

  • General Admission Weekend (18+): $21 (10 stems included)

  • Child Admission (5-17): $5 (Tulips not included)

2025 Dates

  • 4/21/25 -

The Garden at Elm Bank (Wellesley, MA)

Just 20 miles from downtown Boston, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s annual Tulip Mania at the Garden at Elm Bank showcases over 75,000 tulips in a stunning display. This event offers both pick-your-own (while supplies last) and pre-cut tulip options, with each paid ticket including five stems. Timed tickets are required and can be purchased online. 

The event runs through May 4, so plan your visit soon to enjoy the vibrant blooms!

Hours

  • 4/23/25-5/4/25, 10AM-4PM

Cost

  • Adult (18+): $21.55

  • Youth (3-17): $11.96

Amanda Kristine