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“South Texas’ newest tourist attraction blooming soon near San Antonio”

August 13, 2019 By texas

Texas Tulips farm

What do ’80s TV show Dallas and the Netherlands have in common? In a roundabout way, they are all responsible for inspiring Texas Tulips, a new cut-your-own flower field blooming soon near San Antonio.

Texas Tulips’ newest field is currently underway at 15122 FM 775 in La Vernia, about 30 miles west of downtown San Antonio. The operation allows patrons to stroll through massive rows of tulips and cut their own flowers from a field of thousands of blooms.

According to owner Pieter Koeman, Texas Tulips should open in mid-February 2020 and close in late March/early April, depending on the weather.

Texas Tulips, which has a similar operation in Pilot Point, near Dallas, is the latest endeavor from a family with a long floral history. Koeman grew up in the Netherlands, where his mother and father operated a ran an 80-acre tulip farm for more than 40 years.

After his father’s death in 2011, Koeman, finding inspiration from an unusual source, decided to move to Texas.

“The idea to open a tulip farm in Texas originally came from when I was young and was watching Dallas, the TV show, with my family. We always loved that show, and we were fascinated by Texas,” Koeman says. “When my dad passed away, we saw an opportunity to go to Texas and start a u-pick tulip farm there.”

In 2015, Koeman and his wife, Petra, opened the first Texas Tulips on a six-acre field in Pilot Point. The farm was a hit in North Texas and inspired the family to head south for its second outpost.

Like its North Texas farm, Texas Tulips’ La Vernia location will offer pick-your-own flowers from a field of thousands. For $5 entrance fee, visitors can select tulips from a variety of colors, all priced $2.50 per stem. Discounts for veterans, seniors, and students are also available. And, because this is the age of social media, and it doesn’t get more Instagrammable than a massive field of blooming tulips, the company also offers a day-long, $25 photographer package.

“We love spreading the joy of tulips to people, as it’s one of those simple pleasures of life,” Koeman says. “The tulip is such a happy flower and one of the first signs of spring.”

By Katie Friel Aug 12, 2019, 1:15 pm

http://sanantonio.culturemap.com/news/city-life/08-12-19-south-texas-newest-tourist-attraction-this-spring-near-san-antonio-texas-tulips-farm-field-pick-your-own/

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“Buzzworthy Texas Tulips is opening its first San Antonio location in the spring”

August 13, 2019 By texas

By Madalyn Mendoza, mySanAntonio.com
 Updated 7:18 am CDT, Friday, August 9, 2019

San Antonians will no longer have to make a road trip to Dallas to see what Texas Tulips is all about. The "u-pick" tulip farm that has become a hit on social media for dates and Instagram photos is opening a second location, in the San Antonio area, Spring 2020, according to the company's social media pages and website. Photo: Facebook Screengrab

“San Antonians will no longer have to make a road trip to Dallas to see what Texas Tulips is all about. The “u-pick” tulip farm that has become a hit on social media for dates and Instagram photos is opening a second location, in the San Antonio area, Spring 2020, according to the company’s social media pages and website.”

The “u-pick” tulip farm that has become a hit on social media for dates and Instagram photos is opening a second location, in the San Antonio area, Spring 2020, according to the company’s social media pages and website.

“We are very proud to serve both the Dallas and San Antonio area and cannot wait to spread the tulip joy further,” the post reads. “We are tremendously looking forward to seeing you tip-toe through the tulips Spring 2020 in either Dallas, TX or San Antonio, TX or maybe even both!”

The Thursday afternoon announcement calls the new farm their “San Antonio, TX tulip field.” The address is listed as 15122 FM 775 in La Vernia.

Entrance fees are $5 per person and $2.50 per stem, according to current pricing on the website.

 

There is also space for picnics.

Fans online celebrated the news, tagging their dates or commenting about being anxious to go.

“Texas Tulips are opening up in SA and my heart is so happy,” Twitter user @jmedusa93 said.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/Buzzworthy-Texas-Tulips-is-opening-its-first-San-14291037.php#photo-18047763

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“Tiptoe through the tulips in San Antonio next spring”

August 13, 2019 By texas

By Mary Claire Patton – Digital Content Curator
Posted: 9:12 AM, August 09, 2019
Updated: 11:12 AM, August 09, 2019

LA VERNIA, Texas – A giant tulip field is coming to the San Antonio area in Spring of 2020.

U-Pick tulip field is opening a second location next year, in addition to the ever-popular tulip field near Dallas in Pilot Point.

The company made the announcement on Facebook Thursday.

Entry fees start at $5 per person and $2.50 for each individual tulip, which will come wrapped in paper with flower gel for the stems.

Discounts are available to veterans, seniors and students at $7.50 a person, which includes the entrance fee and three tulips.

Children 12 months and younger will be admitted for free to the tulip field.

The tulip field will be located at 15122 FM 775 just south of I-10.

For more information about the tulip farm, click here.

https://www.ksat.com/things-to-do/tiptoe-through-the-tulips-in-san-antonio-next-spring

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North Texas Daily: “Texas Tulips’ history serves more than just an Instagram post”

April 26, 2017 By Texas Tulips

What started as a fascination with the prime time soap opera “Dallas” nearly 30 years ago has since found itself blooming into something much bigger right here in North Texas. Though everyone they knew discouraged it, Pieter and Petra Koeman were determined to bring their dream to life in the United States.

In January 2015, the Koeman’s, along with their children Pieter Jr., 11, and Hillary, 9, made the move to Pilot Point where their new home and ultimate business, Texas Tulips, awaited them.

Finding the right location for this dream was no easy task, however.

“We started this process five years ago, [and] before that, neither one of us had ever been to the United States,” Petra said.

“We didn’t know anyone here at all,” Pieter added.

Though unfamiliar with Texas aside from what they had seen on TV, the Koeman’s jumped into the moving process with only one plan: finding the right real estate agent.

“We came across a guy by the name of Kelly Peace,” Pieter said. “I told him we were coming from the Netherlands and wanted to start a tulip farm. I think he thought it was a joke.”

Even after discussing their plans and expectations over the phone in great detail with their real estate agent, nothing came to fruition until Pieter and Petra showed up unexpectedly in DFW one day.

“To be honest, I was a little leery at first because I thought it might have been some kind of prank or a scam,” Peace, 50, said.

However, after multiple visits to the United States, the Koeman’s rid Peace of any skepticism he had.

“Maybe six months after they left the first time, they came back,” Peace said. “That’s when I realized they were really serious about this.”

Peace eventually served as more than just a realtor.

“[Peace] helped us with everything from finding a suitable bank to a lawyer for our immigration process,” Pieter said. “We were very fortunate to find him.”

Pieter and Petra Koeman in front of their primary farming tractor, shipped from the Netherlands. Alec Spicer

Locking down a consistent relationship with a realtor they could trust was only half the battle.

Texas’ notoriously unpredictable weather posed concerns for the Netherlands natives when scoping out the right location for their tulips. After doing extensive research, the Koeman’s came to decide Pilot Point would be the ideal spot for their vision.

“We did a lot of investigation that was necessary for the growth of flowers from weather history to soil stability in many areas around Dallas,” Pieter said.

Although they had no experience with American nature or its climate, the Koeman’s weren’t strangers to tulip farming. Having come from a long line of family farmers, Pieter sold tulips back in the Netherlands for many years prior to his newfound American residence.

“In the Netherlands, I still worked with the flowers, but I was mainly selling to wholesalers and it just wasn’t fulfilling for me,” Pieter said.

It was this same lack of fulfillment that helped the Koeman’s come up with their idea to cultivate fields reminiscent of their native land. It wasn’t until after they opened Texas Tulips to the public that the Koeman’s realized they had tapped into a vacant floral market in Texas and its surrounding areas.

“I think what we’re doing here is different [because] there is nothing truly like this in the south,” Pieter said.

Along with just one other native Dutch farmer who also now calls Texas home, Pieter plants and tends to the entirety of the tulip fields himself.

With a $5 entrance fee, a charge of $2.50 per tulip stem (though picking is not required to enter) and free parking, the Koeman’s have created both a unique and affordable experience for residents of North Texas.

Not only do the Koeman’s make efforts to maintain a cost-effective business model, they also take advantage of free marketing with a number of social media platforms. Instagram, Twitter and Facebook have proven to be instrumental in spreading word of their still relatively young business.

“I actually heard about it through a Facebook post that was going viral with these photos of huge tulip fields so I drove like 45 minutes to see it for myself,” Collin College student Olivia Rodriguez, 23, said. “I spent something like $40 on tulips alone by the time I left.”

Regardless of a recently noticeable growth in attendance, particularly in young people, the Koeman’s insist they are just happy to share the experience they’ve created with others.

“The money is not what makes us happy. I get more of a good feeling when I see people out here in our fields, taking pictures for Instagram and just enjoying the tulips than I do seeing them buy anything,” Petra said.

Tulip bulbs remain in the fields at Texas-Tulips. Alec Spicer

Profit is far from their biggest concern during Tulip season, which is mid-February to late March, however. Pieter and Petra continue their business throughout the year by selling bulbs, all of which are imported directly from the Netherlands, on their online web show. They also hold a Christmas tulip fair in December.

“We still get calls every single day asking if the actual fields are open,” Petra said as she returned from a phone call inquiring about the field’s hours of operation.

“Unfortunately it’s a small five to six week period beginning in February,” Pieter said.

Only a few years into their North Texas tenure, the Koeman’s have created a resounding attraction at a rapidly growing rate.

“They had this vision for their own American dream that they really believed in, and it just blew up,” Peace said. “I saw it myself when I visited the fields for the first time, and I nearly teared up.”

The Koeman’s remain confident in their choice to leave everything behind and begin their new chapter of life in the U.S. despite the 30 years of patience and planning. In fact, even aside from initial inspiration from J.R. and the cast at Southfork Ranch many years ago, Pieter and Petra plan to make North Texas their home for good.

“Everyone here has welcomed us with open arms, our children love it and we’re just so happy to finally be here,” Pieter and Petra agreed. “We want to do this for the rest our lives.”

 

Source: http://ntdaily.com/texas-tulips-history-serves-more-than-just-an-instagram-post/

Featured Image: Texas-Tulips entry sign at the head of Pecan Creek Ranch in Pilot Point. Alec Spicer

Filed Under: highlights-2017

Tulips are already blooming in Texas

February 27, 2017 By Texas Tulips

Thanks to the warm weather, a tulip farm in Pilot Point is already seeing some beautiful flowers!

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Huffington Post: A Texas Tulip farm with roots in Netherlands

February 24, 2017 By Texas Tulips

Yes there are tulips in Texas and like everything else in Texas, they are big and beautiful.

We have a yearly tradition of visiting the Dallas Arboretum during their Spring bloom season to enjoy the hundreds of colorful spring blooms from tulips, daffodils, Dutch Iris and hyacinths, pansies, violas, poppies and thousands of other spring-blooming annuals and perennials. Dallas Arboretum was the only place around town where you could see rows after rows of tulips – that was before Texas Tulips entered the spring blooms scene.

Set in a farm only 45 minutes drive from Dallas, Texas Tulips looks like a mini getaway to the tulip fields of Holland. With a forecast of sunshine and high 60s this weekend, we are planning on packing a picnic and stopping for a visit. For a minimum entrance fee you get to pick the tulips you want in a cute basket. Then you pay for the tulips and the staff puts them in gel and wraps them beautiful to take home and enjoy. Texas Tulips has brought the joy of Holland tulips right here to Texas!

If you like to grow them in your own yard plan early and buy their pre-cooled Tulip bulbs sold by the dozen that are prepared and ready for planting. The bulbs will be delivered early-December 2017 through early January 2018. If you like the blooms but not the work, Texas Tulips will even come plant it for you. They have a bulb planting machine that can plant bulbs quickly, easily, and can even plant through sod. This service is available if you buy 2000 plus bulbs.

Pieter and Petra Koeman, who are originally from the Netherlands, brought a piece of their home to Texas by opening Texas-Tulips. They visited Texas several times, loved what they saw, and finally decided to set up a tulip company in Pilot Point Texas. They found the perfect fusion of fertile soil, country charm within the DFW-Metroplex, and nice weather during the spring season in the gentle, rolling hills north of Dallas. They plant the tulips in December and they bloom from March to end of April. Their mother Afra at 73 years old, is still very active in the company, she along with her husband owned a 80 acre tulip farm and each winter grew tens of millions of tulips in their greenhouses. These tulips were then sold at flower auctions in the Netherlands. Spring is usually when we North Texans begin searching for bluebonnet fields to take our spring pictures, this year instead head to Texas Tulips for your Easter or Spring pictures. It’s a European floral paradise right in the heart of North Texas with rows upon rows of yellow, white and pink tulips blossoming. The gorgeous pictures will have your friends thinking that you went on an European getaway to the tulips gardens of Netherlands.

 

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-texas-tulip-farm-with-roots-in-netherlands_us_58af9142e4b02f3f81e445b9

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