A Map of Belle Isle is at the bottom of this page.
The 2026 Special Attraction is the newly renovated Belle Isle Casino. It is not a place to gamble but to gather in a beautiful natural setting. Click on photo to learn more.
Photo: Paul Rutiz
Detroit Yacht Club
Belle Isle State park
One Riverbank Road,
Detroit, MI 48207
Registration at DYC begins at 11:00am.
Seating begins at 11:30am.
Luncheon served at 12:00pm.
Program will start when the meal begins.
Parking
The DYC has a large, free parking lot. Valet parking at is NOT available.
If walking is a problem, please arrive early for a handicap space or travel with a friend.
PLANNING YOUR DAY
Are you are bringing a floral centerpiece to the luncheon?
Drop it off at the DYC between 9:30am and 10:30am.
Your centerpiece is a LOAN to the Daffodil Day Luncheon,
you will be taking it home after the luncheon is over.
Remember, do NOT to take home a centerpiece you did not bring.
Belle Isle is now a Michigan State Park.
The Detroit Yacht Club no longer has the agreement with the DNR that you do not have to pay a fee when on the way to DYC event. You may have to buy a Park Passport for $15 at the permit booth as you enter Belle Isle. If the permit booth is unmanned, you may drive on to the Belle Isle without a Michigan State Park Passport. It is possible a nice police officer may explain that a Park Passport is required and how to purchase one.
An annual Michigan State Park Passport is now $15 for Michigan residents. It gives you entry to all Michigan State Parks for a year. Many of you may have supported Michigan State Parks by purchased the Park Passport when you renewed your license plate. If you did, a "P" is on your annual license plate tab. The day fee for cars of non-residents is $12.
Belle Isle Casino
2025 Special Attraction
Daffodil4Detroit docents will be present at the Casino from
10:00am to 11:00am. They will be happy to answer your questions.
The Casino will only be open in the morning.
Recent Daffodil Day Special Attractions are also well worth visiting.
2022 Special Attraction: Piet Oudulf Garden, near the Whitcomb Conservatory
2023 Special Attraction: “One World … Under Michigan Stars,” metal sculpture
2024 Special Attraction: Belle Isle Nature Center (open until 5:00pm)
2025 Special Attraction: Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory (open until 5:00pm)
In Detroit Yacht Club
Registration starts at 11:00am on the second floor lobby of the DYC.
After you receive your name tag, you may enjoy a glass of non-alcoholic Daffodil Delight, our very popular "mocktail" and take advantage of the Daffodil4Detroit selfie station.
If you pre-purchased one of the NEW Daffodil Tiles, you may pick up your tile up next to the Daffodils4Detroit table with the vendors in Peacock Alley. Additional Daffodil Tiles and Daffodil Notecards will be available for purchase.
After you receive your name tag, you may enjoy a glass of non-alcoholic Daffodil Delight, our very popular "mocktail" and take advantage of the Daffodil4Detroit selfie station.
If you pre-purchased one of the NEW Daffodil Tiles, you may pick up your tile up next to the Daffodils4Detroit table with the vendors in Peacock Alley. Additional Daffodil Tiles and Daffodil Notecards will be available for purchase.
Shopping opportunities in Peacock Alley,
off the second floor lobby, will be open from 10:00am to 12:00pm,
Vendors 2025
Megan Swoyer, watercolorist, will offer scarves, notecards & other "objets d'art"
Rachel Lutz's The Peacock Room will offer festive spring fashions.
Don't miss the hats.
Judy Duffy Little Cottage Designs, gift items for the whole family
Laurie Tennent, photographer, will offer scarfs, trays and other items from her "Belle Isle Collection".
Amy Peterson's Rebel Nell: Unique jewelry that is handmade from graffiti, and other found objects, by empowered women in Detroit. "ONE OF NO OTHER KIND"
The Daffodil Day Luncheon will begin at 12:00 noon.
Chicken Salad, Roll & Butter, Coffee or Tea, & a delicious dessert.
(A Vegetarian Option may have been pre-ordered.)
The luncheon will start with a brief invocation, followed by a report by Megan, of the Belle Isle Conservancy.
The main program will begin when the luncheon starts.
Speaker: Heather Grondin Chief Relations Officer of the Windsor Detroit Bridge Authority
Topic: NEW Gordie Howe Bridge
Take the Grand Tour of Belle Isle
The map uses a flower symbol to show some of the places daffodils bloom on Belle Isle. There are many more daffodils scattered on the island. The DYC, Anna Scipps Whitcomb Conservatory, Belle Isle Nature Center, "One World....Under Michigan Skies" sculpture, and the Piet Oudolf Garden are labeled. Gabriel Richard Park, to your left as you enter the bridge, has very large plantings of daffodils and is also labeled.
For the Grand Tour, turn right as you exit the Belle Isle Bridge.
You will be on the Strand, the first part of a ring road that circles Belle Isle.
The sites you will see include, in order, the Scott Fountain, the Casino, the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon, the Piet Oudolf Garden, the Anna Scrips Whitcomb Conservatory, the Aquarium (open Friday to Sunday) the Dossin Great Lakes Museum (open Friday to Sunday), the athletic fields, the US Coast Guard Base, the "One World…Under Michigan Stars" metal sculpture, the golf course, the Belle Isle Nature Center and Daffodil Hill, a serpentine raised bed planted with thousands of Daffodils4Detroit bulbs. The Detroit Yacht Club is just past Daffodil Hill. As you leave the luncheon, you will pass the swimming beach, parts of the Iron Belle Trail, and, just before the bridge, the Detroit Boat Club.
We hope you enjoyed Daffodil Day 2026 and will return to Belle Isle,
Michigan's most popular State Park.
For the Grand Tour, turn right as you exit the Belle Isle Bridge.
You will be on the Strand, the first part of a ring road that circles Belle Isle.
The sites you will see include, in order, the Scott Fountain, the Casino, the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon, the Piet Oudolf Garden, the Anna Scrips Whitcomb Conservatory, the Aquarium (open Friday to Sunday) the Dossin Great Lakes Museum (open Friday to Sunday), the athletic fields, the US Coast Guard Base, the "One World…Under Michigan Stars" metal sculpture, the golf course, the Belle Isle Nature Center and Daffodil Hill, a serpentine raised bed planted with thousands of Daffodils4Detroit bulbs. The Detroit Yacht Club is just past Daffodil Hill. As you leave the luncheon, you will pass the swimming beach, parts of the Iron Belle Trail, and, just before the bridge, the Detroit Boat Club.
We hope you enjoyed Daffodil Day 2026 and will return to Belle Isle,
Michigan's most popular State Park.
