Leongatha Daffodil Festival and Floral Show 2023

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Posted 2023-08-20 by Gayle Beveridge-Marien ⇒ follow

Thu 07 Sep 2023 - Sat 09 Sep 2023

It’s on again, for the sixty-fifth year, The Leongatha Daffodil Festival and Floral Show. The Leongatha Daffodil Festival and Floral Show is run by the Leongatha Horticultural Society which was established way back in 1948. Seventy-five years, now that’s an awesome achievement, and it’s no wonder they’ve got this so flawlessly organised. They have plenty in store for you this year.

You will be treated to floral displays and floral art, cut flowers, Australian plant displays, camellias, photography, plant stalls and open gardens. In fact, this year their program lists 228 classes and categories of entries. You read it—228! Honestly, even though it’s a short trip from Melbourne, you should probably stay a couple of days; how else are you going to get through all of that?

Awards are given for best exhibits, including Champion daffodil, Best daffodil bloom, Best in other bulbs, Best cut flowers, Best camellia bloom, Best in cut shrub and tree, Best Australian plant, Best floral art, Best plant or plants grown in a recycled container, Best in school student section, Best fruit and vegetable, and best photography. The volunteers at the Leongatha Horticultural Society will have their work cut out for them getting through all of this. Hats off to those folks!

All you need to know to visit The Leongatha Daffodil and Floral Show:
When: Thursday 7th September 1:30pm to 5:30pm, Friday 8th September 9am to 5pm, and Saturday 9th September 2023 9am to 4pm
Where: Leongatha Memorial Hall, 6 -8 McCartin Street, Leongatha.
Cost: Entry is $5.00 for adults and children for free.
Contact: For more details email: [email protected]
Horticultural Society website: http://www.leongathahorticulturalsociety.com.au/daffodil-festival/

While you’re in town, why not also visit the Leongatha Gallery which is also celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2023. The Leongatha Arts and Crafts Society run the gallery. Besides their program of changing exhibitions, you will find a selection of traditional and contemporary local paintings, other arts and crafts. Many of the arts and crafts are available for purchase. The gallery is at on the corner of McCartin Street and Martin Place, Leongatha, in the Leongatha Memorial Hall. Admission is free and they are normally open Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 4pm and Saturday from 10am to 1pm. You can contact them on 03 5662 5370.

You might also like to take a look at the historical statue of Lennie Gwyther and Ginger Mick at Centenary Park on the corner of Anderson Street and McCartin Streets, Leongatha In 1932, when Lennie was only nine years old he rode his horse Ginger Mick from Leongatha to Sydney to see the opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge. You can read this touching story of this amazing boy and his horse in the Weekend Notes article Leongatha’s Lennie and Ginger Mick by Paula McManus.

Leongatha is in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges in dairying country and is an easy day trip from Melbourne at only one hour’s drive from Cranbourne along the South Gippsland Highway.