Gardening

Australia’a Open Garden Scheme thrives on the Sunshine Coast. Get your copy of the guide from your local newsagent (only $16.95) to see just how many wonderful gardens you can visit on the beautiful subtropical Sunshine Coast.

Orchid enthusiasts attend the late August and early September Orchid shows on the Sunshine Coast. Come and see enviable displays and talk to the experts at the two popular shows held, on the Sunshine Coast, at this time every year.

Late August – 30 minutes drive North Noosa District Orchid & Foliage Society Inc. RSL Memorial Hall, Maple Street, Cooroy  Early September – 20 minutes drive West Annual Nambour Orchid Society Inc Show Uniting Church Hall, 37 Coronation Avenue, Nambour

The Queesland Home Garden Expo, held each year early in July at Nambour, is one of the largest gardening shows in Australia. Meet gardening stars such as Peter Cundall, Don Bourke and Jamie Drury have regularly attended as key speakers.

A Nambour tradition, the QLD Home Garden Expo has bloomed annually for the past 20 years to the delight of gardening enthusiasts and lovers of beauty throughout the region.   Ranked among the top gardening expos in the country the QLD Home Garden Expo presents a major horticultural, gardening and educational show.   With its roots firmly planted in the soil and soul of the Sunshine Coast Qld, the expo continues to grow in size, scope and attendance.

From the early days of expo's history, Queenslanders nurtured a traditional interest in flowers and gardening. Now 20 years later the QLD Home Garden Expo is firmly planted in gardeners calendars everywhere. Highly successful in attracting both exhibitors and visitors, each year the expo appeals to a wide variety of visitors ranging from competitive horticulturists and amateur gardeners to lovers of floral beauty of all ages who all come to enjoy the prized gardens, flowers, ponds, fountains, shrubs, plants and trees that fill this premier event.

In the first week of July each year, the QLD Home Garden Expo will once again open its gates at the Nambour Showgrounds, to accommodate the expo's thousands of annual attendees. The expo features over 300 exhibitors, nationally recognized gardening experts and television stars headlining daily lecture programs, hands-on demonstrations, specialized plant clinics, major floral art competitions and much much more.

Queensland Home Garden Expo
Office 4, 14-22 Howard Street, Nambour.
Phone (07) 5441 4655

This information is brought to you courtesy of  www.homegardenexpo.net

The Maroochy Bushland Botanic Garden is a tranquil and inspirational parasite, situated 20 minutes drive, west of Mooloolaba Holiday Apartments.