When is canberra floriade 2011

Around Floriade you will find wine barrels containing the types of soil available from Martins and what you can grow in them. Experience the beauty and health benefits of exercising in the gardens before they open to the public. Daily walks begin at 8am from the traffic lights crossing Commonwealth Avenue. Everyone welcome; no bookings necessary. For more details visit www.

Got a favourite Showcase Display Garden? Discover the hottest outfits for Spring Carnival as well as the key looks of the season presented by the Canberra Centre style team. Sample some of the newest hair and beauty products on the market and chat with industry professionals.

Leona began her first fashion label, Morrissey Edmiston, shared with former business partner Peter Morrissey, in the eighties. The label received significant local and international recognition and dressed a string of celebrity clients. Leona launched her solo label with business partner Jeremy Ducker in to celebrate the confident, urban woman.

A tribute to the dress in all. Leona uses a variety of fabrics, from her signature sleek jersey to soft luxurious silks and crisp cottons, chosen to compliment the style and flattering cuts of the garments and allow for confidence during the day and sheer elegance during the evening. Students will work in teams to design, style and parade garments made out of modular elements developed at CIT.

Come and discover the latest colours and looks for Spring Carnival and find a style that compliments your shape and personality.

Why not consider a free mini consultation with a Canberra Centre stylist. All displays have been asked to acknowledge principles of water conservation and alternative energy use. Visit page 53 for more information. This display explores innovative techniques and ideas that translate harmoniously into any outdoor area. The garden pays tribute to the Traditional Custodians of the region and celebrates the cultural landscape of the ACT area.

Find out how home gardeners can protect their local remnant bushland by using local nursery plants instead of invasive native and exotic species. Be inspired by second Sunday en design, gard an innovative t selection and a diverse plan t m expert gues practical tips fro to garden w speakers on ho ve water in d sa sustainably an yard.

Learn how to transform your backyard and meet chefs and gardening experts in The Gourmet Garden for tips on growing and cooking the fruits of your labour. Throughout Floriade, chefs will harvest produce from the garden beds to add to and enhance their dishes. Bunnings Kitchen Demonstration Come and see the experts demonstrate the features within the Bunnings kitchen, learn how to create the best layout and what you need to consider when designing a new kitchen in your home.

Daily, At Floriade. His break into television came after landscaping the home of a TV producer, who asked Jason to do a screen test for Auction Squad. He ended up being the resident landscaper on that show for four years before joining Better Homes and Gardens.

This year at Floriade you can see Jason live on:. Don Burke shares DIY tips this year, Don will be showing ecologically sustainable ways that re-used things can make a difference in our gardening life. Come see Courtney live at Floriade.

Saturday 22 September, 3pm to 4pm at The Gourmet Garden. Growing up the youngest of six children meant her parents taught her the importance of being resourceful, which formed the foundation of her food philosophy - serving and sharing fresh, seasonal, clean, simple produce with a flair. Did you know that Bun nings was started by brothers Art hur and Robert when they arri ved in Western Australia in ? Follow floriade on Facebook and Twitter.

Learn about growing and cooking in harmony with the seasons, and how to make the vegetable garden your starting point, instead of the supermarket shelf. Since his debut on ABC Canberra, Graham has taken to radio like a duck to water and relishes chatting with listeners about their gardening joys and woes. Graham has been awarded the prestigious Veitch Memorial Medal VMM in recognition of his contribution to gardening and horticulture in Australia.

Janelle is one of the original chefs to inspire viewers every day Ready, Steady, Cook! Rhythms of the World The myriad of rhythms played on Stage 88 and across the park will astonish visitors to Floriade, providing an opportunity to travel the world through music.

From the infectious Soca and Reggae of Trinidadian Errol Renaud to the hot and fiery Flamenco of Bandaluzia to Los Chavos, you will be mesmerized by this extravagant world carnival. Saturday 6 October, 12pm to 4.

Lorina completed postgraduate voice studies at ANU in Canberra. She has won several prestigious opera awards, attended the National Opera Studio and performed internationally. In Lorina joined Opera Australia as a principal artist. Saturday 15 September, Elana centres her music around her powerful and flexible voice, which ranges. Saturday 13 October, Telstra Road to Discovery is open to performers and songwriters. For more information and how to enter, head to www. Once again the Farmyard Nursery will offer viewing and touching areas to interact with calves, sheep and lambs, goats and kids, chickens, ducks, bunnies, kittens and piglets.

Daily from Saturday 15 to Sunday 30 September, 10am to 4pm. You can be part of this community project simply purchase a gnome, get painting and enter the competition. For details, email floriadegnomes hotmail.

Daily throughout Floriade, 10am to 4pm. Did you know that Australia has over species of reptiles, from the size of an insect to the length of a car? With live dragons, goannas, pythons, skinks and turtles Reptiles Inc introduces you to some of our countries amazing and bizarre nonvenomous reptiles and amphibian species in uniquely designed habitat enclosures and petting zoo with a difference! Michael Clonaris and wife Etsuko Nagashita-Clonaris believe the relaxing qualities of Japanese paper folding enables children to entertain and educate themselves for long periods of time with minimal exertion and provides society with an active meditational tool.

Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 September 10am to 4pm. All entries will be sent back to the Canberra Glassworks and put on display. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Authors are solely responsible for the content and accuracy of their sites, including opinions they express, and Albion College disclaims any and all liability for that content, its accuracy, and opinions it may contain.

Please direct questions or comments to insttech albion. A feast for the senses. Planning for Floriade begins in February, when marketing and horticultural teams collaborate to invent a theme, and design corresponding floral arrangements. Once Canberra Day has passed in March and Commonwealth Park is open for the digging the planting begins.

The appearance of the garden changes from the first day to the last, Andrew says. Three-dimensional displays are a new addition this year, and are created using mounds of soil, shaped for effect. Also new for , the Australian National War Memorial has set up a Victory Garden, showcasing plants that were grown for use during times of war, in Australia and around the world. Regular Floriade attractions include the 35m ferris wheel, which provides an aerial view of the beds, and an array of entertainment and workshops in line with the theme of nature.

Event manager Matthew Elkin says the theme for Floriade , A Feast for the Senses, celebrates the sights and smells of the region at springtime. For the past three years, the festival has also included a nighttime component, where displays are lit up.

Take a road trip into our distant past, when dinosaurs roamed and an ancient inland sea teemed with prehistoric creatures. The posies are all spread out and really thick and lush, she was amazed by that.

The royal couple had arrived at the event in a classic motor launch known as the Admiral's barge - a vessel featuring polished wood and brass and used for ceremonial events. The barge sailed around Lake Burley Griffin, under bright summer sunshine and the Queen and Duke were watched by thousands of well-wishers who lined the banks.