Queensland Garden Expo

The Queensland Garden Expo is one of Australia’s largest expos, attracting over 34,000 visitors and over 360 exhibitors each year.

The expo boasts different varieties of plants and gardening experts who will give information and advice about gardening, landscaping, botany and the newest gardening tools and techniques.

Queensland Garden Expo is a ‘must see’ in 2025 for green thumbs and novice gardeners alike. Held in the Sunshine Coast hinterland town of Nambour in July, this three-day expo is Queensland’s premier gardening event, attracting visitors from all over Australia. Some of Australia’s leading gardening experts participate in lectures, demonstrations, and workshops in three days.

Queensland Garden Expo offers a wide variety of plants and garden products. With so many fantastic exhibits already booked, you can be sure there will be a massive range of garden tools, books, ornaments, pots, garden furniture and much more.

The Queensland Garden Expo also boasts dozens of nurseries at the event, so you will be sure to find many new releases and your favourite varieties for sale. If you need gardening advice, information or ideas, then the Queensland Garden Expo is the place to go.

A full program of free lectures and demonstrations on six “live” stages daily covers various gardening topics. Plan your day to avoid missing out on your favourite expert!

What better way to learn than to get hands-on with some experts? Whether you’re an expert gardener or just beginning, there’s always something new to learn or make in the wonderful world of gardening. The Expo will offer several workshops during the event, so get hands-on and broaden your gardening knowledge simultaneously.

Are you wondering how to stop grasshoppers from eating your hibiscus, or why aren’t your tomatoes flourishing? The Plant Clinic is a place that provides free personal help with gardening problems and plant identification. A dedicated team of gardening experts will be on hand throughout the Garden Expo to answer your questions and give free personal advice.

Queensland Garden Expo offers the country’s largest speaker program of any gardening event. Visit us on any of the three days of the event, and you will find free talks on various topics running on six live stages. More than 120 presentations from over 40 speakers promise to deliver anything you need to know about gardening…and more!

Parking is available within the Showgrounds for $8 per car per day, with access to this at 8am. Parking in this area is limited and not available to purchase online. All proceeds from parking fees are donated to local service and community groups.) Gates open at 8am and they ask you not to approach the gates before this time.

There are also alternative parking areas located at:

• Nambour Bowls Club adjacent to the Showgrounds. The cost is around $5 per day, with all proceeds going to the operators
• Two locations off Donaldson Road.
• Multi-storey car park on Mill Street. $5 for up to 4 hours and free on the weekend. After parking, take a short walk around the corner to the Nambour Station and catch the free shuttle bus to the Showgrounds.