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The Queensland Garden Expo is the state's premier gardening event, held over three days in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast. The expo attracts over 40,000 visitors each year and is a must for all novice gardeners and green thumbs alike. Highlights include workshops, demonstrations and lectures from some of Australia's leading gardening experts.

For gardening ideas, information and advice the Queensland Garden Expo is the place to be with a full program covering an extensive range of garden topics spread across eight live stages. A free Plant Clinic will be available, with a team of gardening experts offering advice on gardening problems and plant identification.

Plants! Plants! Plants! From rhododendrons to roses, ferns to fuschias, geraniums to grevilleas, camellias to callistemons; over 50 nurseries will showcase the largest plant market is Queensland, featuring many unusual and rare species.

Outstanding Landscape Garden Displays are a wonderful source of ideas and inspiration for your own garden design. For tips on turning home-grown produce into delicious gourmet meals, make your way to the Cook's Garden stage. Find information and advice on how to start your own veggie patch at the "Giant Kitchen Garden' - a sustainable garden fully planted and constructed onsite.

Many garden clubs and societies will be present with fabulous displays showcasing their plants and activities. The Nambour Floral Art Group will present the Annual Floral Design Competition and Display, which exhibits fantastic entries each year with group members available for advice and suggestions.