Buderim Garden Club proudly presents the annual Buderim Garden Festival will run from Friday 18 October (3pm) through to Sunday 20 October. The festival will attract gardeners and interested spectators from around the state. The festival will centre in and around the Buderim War Memorial Hall (corner of Main and Church Streets, Buderim). A major feature of the festival is the competitive Spring Flower & Photographic Shows including cut flowers, floral arrangements, potted plants, foliage, hanging baskets, bonsai plants and garden photography.
Adjacent to the hall there will be a Quality Plant Market selling a wide variety of garden plants such as bromeliads, gerberas, orchids, staghorns & ferns, sub-tropical’s, roses, geraniums, cottage garden plants, begonias, cacti & succulents and garden novelties.
The Flower & Photographic Shows and Quality Plant Market, based at the Hall, will be open - Friday (twilight session) 4-7pm, Saturday 8am-4pm and Sunday 8am-2 pm. The Friday twilight session will include a sausage sizzle and coffee & cakes available from the adjacent craft cottage, which will also be open displaying a Garden Sculpture Exhibition.
There will be 6 Exclusive Open Gardens in the Buderim area which are selected to showcase the diversity in size and style of gardening in our area. Visitors will be able to see the Open Gardens by either using their own transport, or without traffic and parking problems via a free small bus service operating from the Hall. The gardens will be open Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 9am-3pm.
An inclusive weekend Festival ticket for all of the above is $20.00, or $3 each ($5 family) entry only to the Spring Flower Show in the main hall and the Garden Photography in the hall foyer. Pre-Purchased Festival tickets will be available at Manawee Nursery, the Old Buderim P.O., Buderim Newsagent or Buderim Bendigo Community Bank branch and on sale @ Hall during the Festival.
Ticket can be purchased online @
www.buderimgardenclub.com/festival (ticket sales normally start in August).
We welcome bus groups, and a discount of $15 is available for pre-booked groups of 10 or more. Book on 0448 714 561 or president@buderimgardenclub.com (payments can be made on line or by cheque in the mail).
Please book as early as you can, so that arrangements can be made for your tickets to be sent (postage cost) or, these can be picked up at the Hall or at the 1st Garden visit on the day of your trip.
At the Craft Cottage, adjacent to the Hall, is the home of Buderim’s artists, potters and sculptors who will present their exhibitions including “The Sculptured Garden” which features sculptures, along with unique planters, outdoor wall art and functional and decorative pottery.
Next door to the Hall is St Mark's Church which will be decorated with floral arrangements.
Light refreshments will be available on site at the Craft Cottage, with the Buderim Village Green across the road having local Cafés, the park being an ideal place to wander and picnic.
We have three local major sponsors - the Manawee Garden Centre, Buderim Bendigo Community Bank and TM Estate Agents. Manawee Garden Centre is one of QLD's best nurseries and is within easy walking distance from the Hall. The official opening is at 11 am Sat. 19 October. On Sunday 20, the Monster Raffle will be drawn at 1.00 pm and the festival will finish 2 pm.
Festival details and the Flower Show Schedule are available on the website www.buderimgardenclub.com/festival ,
And BGC Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/BuderimGardenClub