MFL
Association Morges Fleur du Léman
at the heart of two major flower shows
Morges Fleur du Léman, an association at the heart of the Tulip Festival and the Dahlia Festival
In order to continue offering these two floral events completely free to the public, the association must self-finance approximately 80% of its budget. These resources come notably from sponsorship, flower bed sponsorships, the sale of bulbs and tubers, entertainment activities, fundraising dinners, the raffle, promotional items, and donations.
The association is run by an entirely volunteer committee, supported by a project manager and an event assistant (equivalent to 110% full-time), as well as by over 80 dedicated volunteers. It also has around ten private members who meet each year at the Annual General Meeting held in June.
You will find the composition of the committee as well as the association's bylaws in the attached PDF documents.
Best Public Festival Award 2024
In October 2024, the Morges Fleur du Léman association traveled to The Hague in the Netherlands to represent the Morges Tulip Festival at the World Tulip Summit. Our flower show had the honor of winning the best public festival award.
Fleurs de la tulipe
Awarded the "2019 World Tulip Destination Worth Travelling For" award
The "World Tulip Society" is an association aiming to bring together all tulip stakeholders from parks and festivals around the world, as well as distributors and artists who have taken the flower as their model.Every two years, the members of this association gather at the "World Tulip Summit" congress. This summit provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and celebrate the tulip, its history, and to create connections between the various stakeholders on the theme of the tulip.
The Fleur du Léman association was thus awarded the "2019 World Tulip Destination Worth Travelling For" award (Tulip destination worth visiting).
Label VAUD AMBASSADEUR depuis 2023 pour ses deux événements de floralies.
Launched in 2022, the VAUD AMBASSADEUR community brings together businesses, producers, and entrepreneurs from the Canton of Vaud. Its ambition? To create a dynamic of meetings and development opportunities in order to generate new synergies.Certified around 23 criteria, these institutions shine together and proudly display the colors of the VAUD brand. They share common values that embody Vaud excellence and thus contribute to the identity and reputation of the canton.
The Morges Fleur du Léman association received the VAUD AMBASSADEUR label in September 2023 for its two flower shows.
Intangible cultural heritage – or living traditions – encompasses oral traditions, customs, festivals, and the gestures and know-how of traditional crafts.
The Heritage Unit of SERAC manages the Cantonal Inventory of Intangible Heritage and supervises the work of the Cantonal Commission for Movable and Intangible Heritage (CCPMI). The latter reviews grants from the Cantonal Fund for Movable and Intangible Heritage and submits them to the Head of the Department of Culture, Infrastructure and Human Resources (DCIRH) for decision.
Regarding the Tulip Festival, click here.
Manifestation-Verte.ch
This is a platform that offers recommendations and tools for organizing events in a sustainable manner.
The current platform was born in 2017 from the merger of CI Manifestation Verte and ecosport.ch. CI Manifestation Verte was founded in 2006 by cantons and cities and focused on the theme of waste. Ecosport.ch was created in 2001 with the sponsorship of federal offices and Swiss Olympic and was dedicated to greater sustainability in sports events. Thanks to this merger, the platform was able to combine key expertise and offer valuable support to Swiss events of all kinds. Summit Foundation supports the development of the platform in French-speaking Switzerland.
You will find more information about the Tulip Festival's positioning here.
Supporting the association and its festivals
Supporting the association: several ways to participate
Join the association and enjoy our benefits.
With an annual membership fee of CHF 30.00, become a member of the Morges Fleur du Léman Association (or CHF 50.- per couple). In return, you will benefit from:
- - 10% off souvenirs during the Tulip Festival
- 1 voucher for 4 tubers at the Dahlia Festival
You can register by writing to info@fetedelatulipe.ch.
Give a little of your time and share the festival with us!
The Association always needs extra hands for:
- welcoming the public during activities,
- providing information at the chalet-boutique,
- selling souvenirs,
- providing information and collecting catalogues,
- participating in digging up and selling bulbs at the end of the festival.
Volunteer Information Session
- Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
- Maison des Associations, rue du Fossé 16 in Morges
Support our events and benefit from tailored visibility.
We are always looking for sponsors for our upcoming editions.As a sponsor, you directly support our festivals and benefit from tailored benefits according to your commitment.
For further information: info@fetedelatulipe.ch
Every contribution, large or small, helps us continue.
You can also support the Association with a donation via:Bank details:
- IBAN: CH13 0076 7000 E509 5749 2
- Morges Fleur du Léman, CP 154, 1110 Morges
- Merci d’indiquer lors du paiement : Donation
QR code below - please indicate when making your payment : Donation
Find our forms here and send them back to us directly at info@fetedelatulipe.ch
Our support projects!
Planting the bulbs
Discover how the Tulip Festival bulbs are planted.
The gardeners of the City of Morges design the flower bed layouts. They take care to consider the flowering period of the different varieties present in the same bed, so that each composition is harmonious and successful.
Flower Bed Design Competition
As part of a 2nd-year course, the landscape gardening, horticulture, and nursery apprentices at the Morges Vocational Training Center each design a tulip bed. From the 100 creations presented, a jury selects certain beds that will then be planted in the Parc de l'Indépendance.
Two other beds are created by young people from Repuis and by employees of the Lavigny garden workshop, two associations that support young people in difficulty or with disabilities.
April – during the Tulip Festival
City employees evaluate the beds to verify whether the compositions and arrangements they imagined are successful. Each year, approximately 200 new varieties are chosen to offer visitors an unprecedented array of flowers.
September – October
The gardeners begin planting the tulip bulbs: They arrange the beds according to the established plans. They remove the grass, plow the soil, and level the flower beds. The bulbs are placed with the future stem facing upward, then buried at a depth of approximately three times their size.
During this period, schools come to help the gardeners, thus discovering the profession and the pleasure of working with flowers.
Online bulb sales
Sale of 60 bulb varieties throughout the festival, online, on the website www.flowerbulbs.ch. A QR code is present on the beds available for sale (in the park and in the city during the festival). Delivery will be made to your home and only in Switzerland at the end of September, and orders can be placed from mid-March to the end of May.
