While winter weather has been unusual, the gardeners behind some of Buderim’s best gardens have been hard at work getting their gardens ready for the much anticipated annual Buderim Garden Festival.
This year’s Festival which celebrates the spectacle of Spring will run from Friday 18th October to Sunday 20th October with gardens, garden sculptures, plants and flowers all to be showcased.
All access Festival tickets are still just $20 per person, with Flower Show tickets from $3 per person, and $5 for families.
Buderim Garden Club president John Lyon said the Festival was the Club’s showcase event of the year, and dated back to 1975.
“The Garden Club itself was formed in 1946 so gardening has been part of the region’s long horticultural history.
“The Buderim community has always had an affinity with gardening, and the Festival attracts visitors from around the state,” Mr Lyon said.
“This year’s festival is coming together better than ever. The busy three-day schedule including Open Gardens, the Garden Sculpture Exhibition, the Spring Flower Show and Photographic Display, the Church Floral Display, as well as the always popular plant markets.
“The Open Gardens includes six very different but all beautiful gardens that showcase the diversity in size and style of gardening in our area.”
The Buderim Garden Festival program runs from Friday 18th October to Sunday 20th October and includes:
- Twilight Plant Market, outside on the green at Buderim War Memorial Hall (corner of Main and Church Streets, Buderim), on Friday from 3-7pm. This will include a sausage sizzle and coffee and cakes available from the adjacent Craft Cottage.
- Spring Flower Show and Photographic Display, inside Buderim War Memorial Hall, on Friday 4.30-7pm, Saturday 8am-4pm, Sunday 8am-2pm
- Open Gardens – exclusive access to six different but beautiful gardens across Buderim, on Saturday 8am-4pm and Sunday 8am-3pm
- Plant Market, outside on the green at Buderim War Memorial Hall on Saturday 8am-4pm and Sunday from 8am-2pm
- Garden Sculpture Exhibition, at Buderim Craft Cottage – from Saturday 7th to Sunday 23rd October, 10am-4pm
- Floral Display at St Marks Anglican Church on Saturday 8am – 4pm and Sunday from 8am – 2pm
The Festival is made possible with the support of its volunteer members and the following sponsors: Sunshine Coast Council, Manawee Garden Centre, Buderim Bendigo Community Bank and TM Estate Agents.
Tickets are $20 per person for a weekend ticket with access to the Open Gardens and Flower Show, or for the Flower Show only $3 per person, $5 for a family of 2 or more, with school children and students free. Discounts are also available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets and more information are available online at www.buderimgardenclub.com/festival or from the Old Post Office, Manawee Garden Centre, Buderim Newsagency or Buderim Bendigo Bank. Tickets will go on sale from 9th September.
