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Botanical Bazaar Gardening and Eco Living Festival

Nerang Country Paradise Parklands, Gold Coast

2 – 3 Aug 2025

Paid Event

What…

Green thumbs, eco-enthusiasts and families alike are invited to celebrate sustainable living at the 2025 Botanical Bazaar Gardening and Eco Living Festival.

Now in its 10th year, the festival has become the Gold Coast’s premier gardening and sustainable lifestyle event, featuring more than 100 green-focused exhibitors, live demonstrations and interactive workshops on everything from composting and permaculture to backyard beekeeping and edible gardening.

Visitors can soak up expert advice from Australia’s leading horticulturists, eco-innovators and wellness advocates, browse an incredible range of plants and eco-products, and enjoy live music and local food trucks in a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere. Kids will love the hands-on nature craft zones, butterfly tent and sustainability games.

Hosted by the Rotary Club of Gold Coast, the festival is a major community fundraiser, supporting local environmental education and youth projects. In 2024 alone, proceeds from the event helped fund community gardens, school permaculture programs and Rotary youth initiatives across the region.

“This isn’t just a garden show,” says Rotary Club of Gold Coast Director of Projects David Baguley. “It’s a celebration of community, sustainability and practical solutions for living in harmony with our environment.”

With strong support from local councils, environmental groups and fellow Rotary clubs, the Botanical Bazaar continues to blossom into a must-attend event that not only inspires greener living, but delivers real impact for the community.

Dig in, get inspired and grow a better future – one plant at a time.

Where…

The 2025 Botanical Bazaar Gardening and Eco Living Festival will once again be held at the beautiful Country Paradise Parklands, 74, Billabirra Cresent, Nerang, Gold Coast.

More information…

Event Tickets

Tickets are on sale now, with single day passes $20 for adults. The popular Weekend Pass is also back at $25 for the two days.

Don’t miss some of your favourite speakers, or discover someone new, enjoy a picnic-style brunch/lunch/afternoon tea around the Big Fig Tree or find a little cosy nook. Relax and take your time as you explore the vibrant atmosphere and all that Botanical Bazaar offers.

$2.00 from every ticket will support the Western Queensland flood recovery.

Speakers

Speakers for the 2025 Botanical Bazaar Gardening and Eco Living Festival include:

  • Gardening Australia’s Sophie Thomson
  • Horticulturist and garden designer Phil Dudman
  • ‘The Worm Monger’ Hannah Churton
  • The Flow Hive co-inventor Stuart Anderson
  • Red Soil Organics founder Kane Dabbous
  • Floral Couture artist Julia Rose
  • The Shed Organics founder Jordan Alexander
  • Space Plants founder Shane Sadkowsky
  • Kombumerri & Quandamooka woman Justine Dillon
  • Landscape architect Costa Georgiadis (TBC)
  • Agricultural science and environmental Consultant John Palmer OAM
  • Food Agribusiness Network FAN member DR Kevin Redd
  • Horticulturalist Claire Bickle
  • Global Permaculture Ambassador Morag Gamble
  • Landscaping consultant Gavin Bullock

Workshops

Workshops for the 2025 Botanical Bazaar Gardening and Eco Living Festival include:

  • Native flower arrangement workshop
  • Create your own bonsai
  • Grow your own dragon fruit
  • Bee all natural – make a seed bomb
  • Building healthy living soil
  • Bee a beekeeper
  • Grow your own microgreens
  • Paper leaf printing
  • Recycling small things
  • Extracting eucalyptus from leaves
  • Biodiversity collage workshop
  • All about bromeliads
  • Bokashi Bucket Workshop
  • Intro to home mushroom growing
  • Gold Coast 2035 – creating positive futures together
  • Make your own aglaonema slump
  • Nature lino printing
  • How to care for your pruning tools