For the third year, Kat Von D and Vevay, Indiana native Lisa Fisher have worked together to create a unique spring attraction. Along with the community's help, they planted 15,000 black tulips just outside Von D's home in Vevay. The tulips are peaking now, so this could be your last weekend to see them. Von D said she purchased her home from Fisher, who still owns the adjacent field where the tulips are planted.
"So when I approached her about doing something with this empty lot here, I was like 'hey, what do you think about planting a bunch of tulips?'" said Von D. "And she goes 'that's cool.' I'm like, 'do you mind if they're black?' And she was like that's, that's cool.'"
The well-known tattoo artist, musician and entrepreneur wanted a creative way to get people to Vevay and share the small town she has fallen in love with. Fisher said it's working, after seeing the tulip tourists at downtown shops and restaurants.
Von D has talked with people who have come in from across the country to see the tulips, including someone who drove up from Texas last weekend. They started with 10,000 black tulips the first year, which grew to 15,000 this year — and they hope to double that next year. Tulips typically only bloom for about two weeks in the spring. To get them to all bloom together, they try to plant them all within 48 hours.
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