WOODBURN, Ore. Ross Iverson spent decades growing and harvesting broccoli,
pole beans and cauliflower on his family’s Woodburn farm for Birds Eye Foods.
So, it chafes the traditional farmer a bit every year when his family grows
but doesn’t harvest the equivalent of 20 football fields of red, yellow,
purple, white and orange tulips just for city folks to see and photograph during
the annual Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival.
“It’s fine,” said Iverson, 85. Then, he adds with a wink: “This year the market
is hot (for tulips). People are buying them.”
Iverson and three of his six grown children are the farmers behind the festival,
which is celebrating its 25th year. It runs daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until
April 25 at South Meridian Road in Woodburn.
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