The Power of the Flower, 70th Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers has Launched

A special event in Toowoomba has officially bloomed with the launch of the 70th Carnival of Flowers.

2019 marks the 70^th year of the Toowoomba’s famous floral carnival, an event that was inducted into the Australian Tourism Hall of Fame a few weeks ago.

More than 250,000 are expected to head to the Garden City to celebrate the “Power of the Flower.”

Councillor Geoff McDonald saying the iconic event injects a huge boost into our local economy.

The 70th Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers will begin on Floral Friday (20 September) with the launch of the Heritage Bank Festival of Food & Wine in Queens Park.   together with the opening of over 80 gardens in The Chronicle Garden Competition, four exhibition gardens and the commencement of entertainment and tour programs across our extraordinary public parks and spaces throughout the city.

The event offers a full program of community events including the Toowoomba Clivia Society Annual Clivia Show, Toowoomba Orchid Society Spring Show, art exhibitions and creative workshops, the stunning Teapots Extravaganza, Spring Polo on the final weekend and the Highfields Pioneer Village Steampunk Festival, over the full 10-days.

There will be plenty on for the everyone over the 10-days as Cr Geoff McDonald explains below.

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers runs from September 20 to 29, 2019.

Program detail at www.tcof.com.au or on www.facebook.com.au/CarnivalFlowers  

Tour detail at https://www.tcof.com.au/touroperators/   

Accommodation detail at https://www.tcof.com.au/accommodation/  

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