Wherever you are in Australia there are events celebrating spring flowers, especially bulbs such as tulips. Check out some of these or drop the HMAA website a line with a pic and details if there’s an event you would like showcased on the website and in The Blast.
ACT
Floriade Australia’s biggest celebration of spring transforms Commonwealth Park in Canberra from September 12 to October 11 with the theme ‘Feast of Flowers’. One million blooms. Free admission.
NSW
Southern Highlands Tulip Time, Corbett Gardens, Bowral, September 12 to October 5.
Hartley Valley Garden Festival and Plant Fair, Hartley, October 24-25. Open gardens and plants for sale.
QLD
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is long-running city-wide celebration of spring featuring grand floral parades, live music, and open private gardens throughout Toowoomba. Runs from September 18 to October 5.
SA
SA Spring Garden Festival, Mount Pleasant, September 19 (8am-3pm).
TAS
Wynard Tulip Festival (October 11) and Table Cape Tulip Farm (Van Diemen Quality Bulbs, September to early October),
VIC
Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival, Kyneton. September.
Tesselaar Tulip Festival More than a million spring bulbs bloom blooming at Silvan in the Dandenong Ranges from September 12 to October 11.
Also, bulb displays at Cloudehill, Ballarat and Bendigo.
WA
Araluen Yates Springtime at Araluen! A massed floral event featuring mass plantings of 250,000 spring bulbs and 50,000 tulips. Sponsored by Yates Australia. Opens September 4. See the Araluen website for more information.
