City of Boulder's Annual Tulip Bulb Giveaway!

The most anticipated few hours of summer are nearly upon us: no, not the BolderBoulder, not CU's first home game, or even String Cheese at Red Rocks, we are talking about the City of Boulder's Annual Tulip Bulb Giveaway. All those delightful beauties that bloom on the mall every spring are up for grabs as the City's Park and Rec Department hands them out on a first come, first serve basis tomorrow, August 27, starting at 11:30 a.m. on the 1300 Block of Pearl Street. (Note: For City of Boulder residents only)

There will be about 300 to 400 bags of tulips available. Parks and Recreation staff changes the variety and color of the tulips planted on the Pearl Street Mall every year to provide a unique and impressive display each spring. Each fall, staff plant about 15,000 new tulip bulbs. After the bloom, staff removes the bulbs to make way for summer plantings, storing them until the annual tulip bulb give-away each August. Pearl Street Mall tulips are imported directly from Holland from a wholesale provider.

So come on down and grab a big 'ol Boulder bag of blossoming bulbs to make your yard as pretty as April in Downtown! Now if we could just get those buskers and hotdog carts on your lawn too...

Win Free Tickets to Boulder Book Store Authors!

Be a part of the Boulder Book Store's 35th Anniversary celebration!

Click here to enter to win a complimentary pair of tickets to see one the authors listed below.

Neal Stephenson - Anathem
Wednesday, October 1 at 7:30pm
Event will be held in the Upstairs Ballroom of Boulder Book Store.
Anathem, the latest invention by the bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, is a work of great scope, intelligence, and imagination that ushers readers into a strangely inverted world . Please note that Neal Stephenson will sign only one non-Anathem item for each copy of Anathem purchased at the store and signed at the event.

Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book
Tuesday, October 7 at 6:30pm
at Unity of Boulder Church (2855 Folsom)
Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place―he's the only living resident of a graveyard. This chilling tale is Neil Gaiman's first full-length novel for middle-grade readers since the bestselling and acclaimed Coraline. Neil Gaiman will be presigning copies of The Graveyard Book and, due to his travel schedule, will be unable to sign books at the event.

Philippa Gregory - The Other Queen
Monday, October 13, 7:30pm
Event will be held at Unity of Boulder Church (2855 Folsom)
The Other Queen, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines, Mary, Queen of Scots.