HOLLAND, MI - The 95th Tulip Time Festival kicked off on Saturday, May 4, with thousands of people filling the streets of downtown Holland and its parks to see tulips. Related: Parades to pickleball: Check out what’s happening at the 95th Tulip Time Festival MLive was there to document the crowds at Window on the Waterfront and Centennial Park.

The Tulip Times Festival in Pella started in 1935 as an impromptu gathering of those with Dutch ancestry. From that meeting, a tradition blossomed. Pella is located in Marion County and only a 50-minute drive from Des Moines.

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HOLLAND, MI -- For eight days, 6 million tulips bloom in Holland city parks, along sidewalks and on street corners. The city population blooms, too, from 34,000 people to more than half a million people — crouched on the ground, high up in windmills and running through fields.