Congratulations on your new garden club. I know it is somewhere in the united states, but the way you treat tulips and most other plants, is going to depend a lot on your growing zone. Al

Al is so right. It will also depend upon the variety of tulip as well. Most varieties do not reliably return here and bloom nicely a second season, so they are more like annuals here.
There are however, I just recently learned, varieties that reliably return and multiply.

Maybe once you post your zone/location, someone can tell you what varieties might be good for your area.

If you wish to list your garden zone and location in your profile (see, I am 5/6 S IN) you can set it up via the Member Pages link, found at the bottom of any page. Then choose Edit your Personal Information

Sue