National Tulip Festival
May 2005

Nora was among 150 artists invited to create a 5-foot tulip for the National Tulip Festival in 2005. The theme of the event was a celebration of Ottawa's 150th anniversary, so Nora chose to focus on the maple sugar harvest which is an important tradition and industry around the Ottawa region.   The Tulip Art Garden held further works inside a tent on the grounds of  Ottawa City Hall. After the initial festival in May, the tulips were brought on tour to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.