🌷 Tulip Day & Picnic in Union Square! 🌷
Details
💐 Join us for a blooming beautiful morning in downtown San Francisco! Tulip Day transforms Union Square into a colorful floral garden with 80,000 tulips, and visitors can take home 6 tulip plants for free!
🌷 Beyond the flowers, enjoy live music 🎶 and see models wearing spectacular gowns made from real tulips—like floral floats in a parade! It’s fantastic people-watching, a joyful spring atmosphere, and we're kinda fun too!
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📅 Date: Saturday, March 21
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – about 2:30 PM
📍 Location: Café Rito inside Westin St. Francis Hotel on Union Square, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA
🔗 Event Info: https://flowerbulbday.com
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☕ OUR PLAN
☕ 9:00 AM – Meet at Café Rito inside the Westin St. Francis Hotel to grab coffee and a breakfast bite.
🌷 9:30 AM – Walk together to Union Square Plaza to join the Tulip line.
🎶 1:00 PM – Tulip selection opens in Union Square Plaza (and closes at 4:30 PM or as soon as they run out!)
🧺 🥪 Optional Picnic Lunch After at Yerba Buena Park.
Yes, it’ll be a bit of a wait—but we’ll make it fun with games, chatting, great people-watching, photos, and lots of chances to get to know each other.
We’ll enter the line together around 9:30 AM and stay together as it moves*, so arriving early helps everyone share the wait and keeps things fair for the group and respectful to those behind us in line.*
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🌷 Finding Our Group
Look for our sparkly green streamers and hosts Gabriela and Leah wearing colorful bead necklaces. That will help you spot our group in the crowd.
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🌷 A Quick Note About the Line
Because this is such a popular event, everyone who wants tulips will need to help hold our place in line. We’ll rotate short breaks so people can stretch, explore nearby, or grab a snack while others keep the line moving.
To keep things fair for everyone (and the people behind us), please plan to arrive early and join us by about 9:30 AM if you'd like to stand in line together.
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🎒 What to Bring
• Tote bag or sturdy plastic bag for your tulips (bulbs will be wet and dirty)
• Water, hat, and sunscreen
• A jacket (it's San Francisco!)
• Bag lunch or plan to buy lunch nearby
• Optional: lightweight folding stool or chair
• Comfortable shoes and good spirits!
We’ll take lots of photos and create fun memories together as we welcome spring. 🌷
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🚊 GETTING THERE
Public transit is highly recommended.
🚇 BART: Powell Street Station is only a 5-minute walk (.2 miles) to Union Square Plaza. Plan your trip on BART.
🅿️ Parking: Downtown parking is limited and expensive. Carpool if you drive and share gas & parking costs. Nearby garages include:
- Sutter-Stockton Garage – 444 Stockton Street
- Union Square Garage – 333 Post Street (across from Macy’s)
- Expect to pay $6/hour, up to a 12-hour maximum of $40 for either garage.
📱 Tip: The SpotHero app (or spothero.com) offers competitive prepaid parking in nearby hotels and garages, but spaces go fast! Book yours today.
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RSVP soon! This is a very popular event, and the earlier we line up, the better our chances of getting beautiful tulips…without having to wait forever!
Please remember! If your plans change, update your RSVP as soon as possible, so some lucky person can attend in your place!
💬 Questions? Post in the comments!
Day-of-event, text:
- Gabriela 415-987-9507
- Leah 415-309-1162
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