The Queensland Garden Expo is a popular annual three-day event for gardeners.
Attends can visit over 360 exhibitors and listen to expert talks. You can share your gardening experience and issues with like-minded people. You can view the Giant Kitchen Garden and competition entries from floral artists.
You can find out more about:
- keeping domestic chickens
- organic veggie growing
- indoor plants and floral arranging
“The Expo is not just a marketplace with more than 50,000 plants on sale each day, but also a chance to chat with growers and access the best gardening minds in the country,” said Simon Smith, Event Chairman.
“We have Australia’s largest gardening speaker program with more than 100 free lectures and demonstrations across eight live speaker stages featuring Gardening Australia’s Sophie Thomson and Jerry Coleby-Williams as well as crowd favourites Phil Dudman, Claire Bickle, Kate Wall, and many more.”
The Queensland Garden Expo features:
- 40,000-plus attendees
- 65% visitation from outside the Sunshine Coast region
- More than 7 hectares of gardening inspiration
- 360-plus exhibitors and displays, including 55 nurseries
- 100-plus free lectures and demonstrations
- 8 live speaker stages
- 50,000 plants for sale each day
Kids can be entertained in the giant playground or participate in activities and workshops.
The Queensland Garden Expo is a great excuse for a day trip, or a weekend stay on the Sunshine Coast.
About the Queensland Garden Expo
Dates: Friday 7 July to Sunday 9 July 2023
Opening times: Gates open at 8:00 am and close at 4:00 pm daily.
Location: Nambour Showgrounds, Coronation Avenue, Nambour on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Disability access: The showground offers excellent facilities for wheelchair visitors with on-site disabled parking, easy access and ground-level exhibits along with disabled toilet facilities. Guide dogs are welcome.
Purchase your ticket at www.qldgardenexpo.com.au. Entry is free for kids aged 15 and under with a giant kids’ playground to keep them entertained.
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