Spring blooms create a bountiful field of color in Wellesley
Bella Phan, 7, from Newton, and Olivia Tiernan, 4, from Milford, Conn., played on a giant Adirondack chair.
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There are 33 varieties of tulips, which visitors are allowed to cut as part of the admission fee. Connolly said that 75,000 people attended last year with proceeds going toward supporting the society's nonprofit horticultural programs. The event will run until May 4, depending on the weather and tulip bloom.
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A Killdeer kept its eyes on its nest on the ground between tulips.
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Bub Hunt, 6, from Needham, cut tulips at Tulip Mania at The Garden at Elm Bank.
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Olivia Tiernan, 4, from Milford, Conn., ran with some of the tulips she just cut.
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Visitors walked among the flowering bulbs at Massachusetts Horticultural Society's third annual Tulip Mania on Wednesday, the first day it opened.
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Aida Guarnaccia, 3, from Somerville, held a bouquet of tulips.
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