City of Pella Staff is hard at work preparing for the biggest week of the year in town.
Annual tulip planting is underway. City of Pella Parks Director Chandler Nunnikhoven tells KNIA/KRLS news that they hope to plant between 5000 to 8000 bulbs per day, and says work will continue at Central Park through the rest of the week. This Saturday, members of the Pella and Pella Christian cross country teams will join Parks Department staff when they begin planting bulbs along Main Street. More than 105,000 tulip bulbs have been ordered for the 2015 Tulip Time celebration.