Each year in May parks throughout Ottawa come alive with the colour of 3 million Tulip blooms. In Commissioners Park on Dow's lake there are over 300,000 tulips alone! In the parkland, west along Colonel By Drive, in the heart of Old Ottawa South, there are a number of beautiful large tulip beds. Take a walk along the Canal to enjoy the view.
As part of the festival there is a boat flotilla made up of over 90 decorated and animated boats which journey from Dow's Lake at 1:00 pm arriving at the NAC at about 3:00 pm. It is well worth the walk down to the Canal to watch.