Windmill Island Gardens

Tulip Festival 2024

Went with my mom to see the tulips for their festival. Sadily when we went on May 6th near the beginning of the festival some of the tulips have wilted. The weather has been messy from cold to warm to...

Windmill

This is a cute and fun place to visit. You are allowed to go up the windmill, which provides great views of the surrounding area. Great gift shop, an old organ that still works, and great photo ops.

Most of the flowers dried

most of the flowers dried and died, if you are looking for flowers (or lots of tulip flowers) this year is not ideal, we visited on May 5 and was basically disappointed.

Tulip Time 2024 Visit

We visited during Tulip Time and had a wonderful visit. Admission price is fair, grounds are well kept and tulips were beautiful. When visiting during Tulip Time arrive early, as in before the park op...

Beautiful grounds

Entrance fee was reasonable. Tulips were underwhelming compared to Veldheer gardens. The best features are the costumed attendants, the well kept grounds, and the amazing windmill that you could ent...