With spring blooms already in bud, the annual Buderim Garden Festival is set to return from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th October 2025, 
celebrating the season with a comprehensive program of open gardens, exhibitions and plant markets.
Now in its 49th year, the Festival represents the showcase event for the Buderim Garden Club, which has been nurturing the region’s horticultural tradition since its establishment in 1946.
Buderim Garden Club President John Lyon said the Buderim community has always had an affinity with gardening, with the Festival at the heart of their annual program since 1975.
“We are very proud that the Festival attracts visitors from around the state, and this year’s Festival is coming together better than ever,” Mr Lyon said.
The busy three-day schedule includes Open Gardens, the Spring Flower, Floral Art and Photographic Shows in the Buderim War Memorial Hall. At the Craft Cottage, adjacent to the Hall, Buderim’s potters and sculptors will present exhibitions including “The Sculptured Garden”, and St Mark’s Church next door have their Floral Display, and adjacent to the Hall, there are quality plant markets selling a wide range of garden plants and items.
“The Open Gardens includes six very different but all beautiful gardens that showcase the diversity in size and style of gardening in our area.” This year featuring a garden drive through that you self-drive through, featuring a special “Christmas Themed” night garden on Friday and Saturday nights from 6 – 8pm.
The Buderim Garden Festival program runs from Friday 17th October to Sunday 19th October and includes:
- Twilight Plant Market, outside on the green at Buderim War Memorial Hall (corner of Main and Church Streets, Buderim), on Friday from 3-7pm. This will include a sausage sizzle and coffee and cakes available from the adjacent Craft Cottage.
- Spring Flower, Floral and Photographic Shows, inside Buderim War Memorial Hall, on Friday 4.30pm-7pm, Saturday 8am-4pm, Sunday 8am-1pm
- Open Gardens – exclusive access to six different but beautiful gardens across Buderim, on Saturday and Sunday 8am-4pm. A free bus service will be operating from the BWMCA Hall around the Open Gardens on Saturday only.
- Plant Market, outside on the green at Buderim War Memorial Hall on Saturday 8am-4pm and Sunday from 8am-1pm
- Garden Sculpture Exhibition, at Buderim Craft Cottage – from Saturday 11th to Sunday 19th October, 9am-4pm
- Floral Display at St Marks Anglican Church on Saturday 8am – 4pm and Sunday from 8am-2pm
The Festival is made possible with the support of BGC volunteer members and the following sponsors: Sunshine Coast Council, Buderim Bendigo Community Bank, Manawee Garden Centre, Member for Buderim Brent Mickelberg MP and belle property Buderim.
Tickets are $20 per person for a weekend ticket with access to the Open Gardens and Hall Shows, or for the Hall Shows only $3 per person, $5 for a family of 2 or more, with school children and students free. Discounts are also available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets and more information are available online at www.buderimgardenclub.com/festival or from the Old Post Office, Manawee Garden Centre, Buderim Newsagency or Buderim Bendigo Bank. Tickets will go on sale from 3rd September.
