Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com
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| Flower clock tulips. |
ANNUAL FLOWER BUDGET APPROVED
The city council approved a FY 2026 "flower budget" of $165K (not-to-exceed); a 15% tariff applies this year on tulips (and other bulbs) received from Ruigrok Flowerbuds, Inc. of The Netherlands - click.
Cost for the bulbs themselves is just over $37K -- but with an added 15% tariff of $5.5K. (Hyacinth and narcissus bulbs make up about $13K of that.)
After receiving them from overseas, the bulbs are grown in city greenhouses; the flowers are then used in late-winter/early-spring all around town.
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| 2026 tulip invoice. |
Comments
Sorry, that's a first-order regressive mindset.