The Floriade flower festival in Australia's capital city is an annual festival redolent with the scents, sounds and sights of the Canberra spring. Canberra's Floriade is held for a month, usually from around the second weekend of September to the October weekend after Labor Day in Canberra.
Floriade is a major drawcard for visitors to the Australian capital: vast expanses of flowering bulbs and various other blooming plants in parkland beside the waters of Lake Burley Griffin.
A different theme inspires the Floriade each year.
The 2009 Floriade
The 2009 Canberra Floriade took place from September 12 to October 11 in the first half of the southern spring. The 2010 Floriade takes place from September 11 to October 10.
Floriade celebrates a different theme each year translated into the floral displays of that particular year.
Getting to the Floriade
If planning to visit Canberra for the Floriade season in the spring, driving south on Northbourne Ave should bring you to Commonwealth Park just before the bridge across Lake Burley Griffin.
Follow the directions and there should be allocated parking spaces close to the floral displays. At certain periods, it may take some time to find parking space when particularly large crowds head to the festival.
You can, of course, walk from the city centre.
Entry to the Canberra Floriade is free.
