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Community Home Australia Floriade Community Party

Community Home Australia Floriade Community Party, Club Kalina, Tuggeranong. Photos: Kerrie Brewer

‘Perfect opening’ to Floriade 2023 in Canberra

Floriade, Canberra’s annual springtime flower festival, opened on Saturday 16 September – and the beautiful weather set the scene for a perfect opening to the four-week event, the ACT Government states.

CIT students design gardens at Floriade

CIT students are designing gardens at this year’s Floriade - among them an ex-public servant who went to the first one.

History and theatre meet at Lanyon Homestead

Four plays, six actors, one stunning rural location – stories of our past come to life in Drought & Other Plays by Millicent Armstrong.

CIT students create Storybook Flowers at Floriade

From pages to petals, CIT students will tell some of their favourite childhood stories in the form of flowers at Floriade.

What’s on around Canberra in September 2023

Hello sun, hello September, Spring is finally here and the Canberra region is set to bloom this month.

NightFest celebrates Floriade’s Dark Side

Tickets go on sale today for NightFest, Floriade’s Dark Side, with after dark live entertainment and stunning horticultural illuminations.

Floriade Community applications open

Apply now to participate in ​Floriade Community, which expands the flower festival into Canberra’s suburbs and town centres.

Floriade raises over $70,000 for 2 local charities

Canberrans dug deep during Floriade, Australia’s biggest celebration of Spring, this year, with more than $70,000 raised for local charities as part of The Great Big Bulb Dig and other on-site activities. Yesterday,...

Different laws for different paws: Are Canberra’s cats left out?

Bandit is making quite a name for herself in the Canberra cat scene, she can often be spotted at the markets around Canberra or sitting politely outside a café. One place that Bandit wasn’t allowed to step a paw in was Floriade, much to the disappointment of her owner Boat. Now the pair are calling for fair treatment between four-legged friends.

427,000 people enjoy Floriade 2022 despite wet weather

Floriade, Australia’s Biggest Celebration of Spring, attracted more than 427,000 people for its first year back after a two-year hiatus. 

Hey, Canberra kids! Do you know ‘what’s in your backyard?’

At first glance, you may think you have very few native animals scurrying around your backyard, but Australian gardening icon Costa Georgiadis says there’s a whole lot more than you think.

Stop and hear the sounds of spring at Floriade 2022

Floriade is back with a bang; the bang of a drum, that is, as the festival’s 35th installment praises the ‘Sounds of Spring’. For the first time since 2019, the month-long festivities return to Commonwealth Park from 17 September to 16 October.

Have you seen Floyd’s family? Join the great Floriade gnome hunt

With Floriade less than two weeks away, Floyd the Floriade gnome has been busy with preparations. His large family thought this would be a great chance to branch out from commonwealth park and see more of our beautiful city, but they have gotten lost! Now, Floyd needs our help to locate his 35 lost relatives as their absence is keeping him from putting the finishing touches on the flower beds.

NightFest returns to light up Floriade nights

NightFest returns to Commonwealth Park during Floriade this year, with a new program of events, after-dark fun, and illumination of blooms.

Floriade and new partner supporting 2 local charities

Canberra’s annual celebration of spring, Floriade has announced a new presenting partner for the next three years in Synergy Group, a forward-thinking local consultancy firm.

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