Gea Local: Explore Floriade in your local region - Our Canberra

Red and green are the colours of the COGS Kambah Community Garden.

Returning for its third year, Floriade Community has brought the colour of Floriade to suburbs across Canberra.

Beginning in 2020 and reimagined for this year’s festivities, community groups have gotten hands-on by planting Floriade’s signature bulbs and annuals in the Canberra regions, creating the Tulip Trail.

Canberra Organic Growers Society (COGS) Kambah Garden are just one of the 100 community groups participating in Floriade Community.

“Being involved with the Floriade Community project has been a rewarding experience for us. This is our third year participating in Floriade Community – and our enthusiasm grows each year,” Kambah Garden Convenor Allan Sharpe said.

“People passing by often make favourable comments about the blooms and many come in for a closer look, giving us an opportunity to talk to them about what we do at COGS gardens.”

Two women sit next to a bed of yellow tulips _{Fuelled by FOGO. Linq residents Ayesha and Vikky with their version of Floriade Community}_.

Residents of the Linq Apartments in Belconnen have been recycling their food and garden waste as part of the ACT Governments Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) pilot program.

The waste produced as part of the program has since been collected and processed into compost. Linq residents Ayesha and Vikky have used one of the first batches of FOGO compost produced to fertilise soil and grow tulips in the gardens around their building.

“The other residents of Linq and I have been composting our food scraps for a while now as part of the FOGO program,” resident Vikky said.

“We received a processed bag of compost from City Services to use on the 30 bulbs we planted and it’s fantastic to see our little gardens thriving each day.”

A full list of Floriade Community participants can be viewed on the Floriade website: https://floriadeaustralia.com/floriade-community/

Discover Floriade in your local region below.

Central Canberra:

Yellow and red tulips with purple annuals below sit in front of city landscape in background
_{Alinga Street and Northbourne Avenue, Canberra City.}

Pink and red tulips outside the Royal Australian Mint
_{Royal Australian Mint, Deakin.}

Woden, Weston Creek and Molonglo Valley:

Yellow tulips sit atop a brick wall with a sign that reads 'Floriade Isaacs Neighbourhood Group" _{Isaacs Neighbourhood Group, Isaacs shops.}

Rows of yellow and pink tulips in a garden bed _{Scouts Association of Australia, ACT Branch, Garran.}

Tuggeranong:

Yellow and red tulips site bellow an orange sign that reads "TAYLOR CHILD CARE & EDUCATION CENTRE _{Communities@Work, Taylor Child Care and Early Education Centre.}

A garden bed of red tulips sit behind a sign that reads "Welcome to COGS KAMBAH Community Garden" _{Canberra Organic Growers Society (COGS) Kambah Garden.}