Floriade Community

Bring spring to your neighbourhood

Floriade Community puts hundreds of thousands of bulbs and flowers into the hands of local groups. Together, spring blooms right across Canberra, not just Commonwealth Park.

300,000

Bulbs and flowers shared each season

100

Community groups took part in 2025

Tulip Trail

Every planting site mapped

Applications for Floriade Community 2026 are now closed

Applications closed on 12 April 2026. Successful groups will be notified from 24 April 2026.

Be notified when 2027 applications open! Sign up here for updates.

Floriade, beyond the park

Each year, we distribute a share of Floriade’s flowers to community groups who plant and care for them in everyday public spaces.

From school courtyards to neighbourhood shopfronts, it makes our city’s shared gardens part of the Floriade festival.

Proudly supported by Icon Water.

Growing community gardens takes care, commitment – and water.

What successful applicants receive

Bulbs and Flowers

A mix of spring bulbs and annuals to plant and maintain locally.

Participant Handbook

A simple, step-by-step planting and care guide. No green thumb needed.

Floriade Community Sign

A branded sign for your planting site showing who created the display.

Optional Community Grant

Funding to host events alongside your garden bed. Find out more about the Community Grants here.

Who can apply

Floriade Community is open to many types of community groups and organisations.

🌷 Schools and early learning centres

🌷 Retirement villages and aged care providers

🌷 Churches, faith groups and community centres

🌷 Residents’ groups and local community organisations

🌷 Sporting clubs, wellbeing groups and not-for-profits

🌷 Local shops and cultural and creative institutions

🌷 Environmental, sustainability and volunteer-led groups

🌷 Youth development organisations (e.g. Scouts, Guides)

🌷Inclusion-focused and multicultural organisations

Not sure if your group or site qualifies? Get in touch — we’re happy to help.

Eligibility checklist

Before you apply, check that your group and planting site meet these requirements.

Your Organisation

✔️ Incorporated entity, or

✔️ Applying under an auspice arrangement with a registered organisation that holds insurance and legal responsibility

Your Planting Site

✔️Clearly visible to the public in everyday settings

✔️ Minimum 10m² total planting area.

✔️ Can include garden beds, pots, or creative containers (e.g. wheelbarrows)

Your Commitment

✔️ Able to plant, maintain and care for the display throughout the growing season

✔️ Display maintained for public viewing throughout the 30 days of Floriade.

The Tulip Trail

Every Floriade community garden is mapped on the Tulip Trail. This makes it easy to discover spring blooms across Canberra – beyond Commonwealth Park.

2026 Tulip Trail Map

The interactive map will be available once the season starts in September 2026.

2026 Participants

Floriade Community puts hundreds of thousands of bulbs and flowers into the hands of local groups, helping spring bloom right across Canberra. Explore the organisations and community groups taking part in 2026.

Flower bed with bright yellow tulips and mixed spring plants in the foreground, beside a wooden sign reading “Swinger Hill” and a Floriade information board, with a crowd of visitors gathered under tents and bunting in a park setting behind.

Forrest Tennis Club

Kingston & Barton Residents Group

KU Braddon Children’s Centre

O’Connor Uniting Church

Papilio Early Learning Turner

Pialligo Residents Association

The Aerie Retirement Village, Narrabundah

The Griffin Gardening Group

The Y Canberra Region

Urban Education Deakin ELC

Yarralumla Residents Association

YWCA Canberra – Campbell Cottage Early Learning Service

YWCA Currawong Child Care Centre

ACT Playgroups Cook

Carers ACT

COGS Kaleen Community Garden

Emu Creek Landcare Group

Giralang Primary School P&C Association

Kangara Waters Aged Care Centre

Lions Croke Place Wetlands Land Care Group

Macquarie Primary School P&C

Melba Copland College

Miles Franklin Primary School

Mount Rogers Joey Scouts

Poplars Holt Early Learning

YMCA Early Learning Centre Strathnairn

YMCA Early Learning Holt

360 Early Education Casey

360 Early Education Throsby

Canberra Reptile Zoo

Edge Early Learning Ngunnawal

Franklin Early Learning

Gungahlin Mosque Multicultural Community Garden Group (GMMCGG)

Mitchell Organic Community Garden

Pre-Kindergarten, Burgmann Anglican School, Forde

Pre-Kindergarten, Burgmann Anglican School, Gungahlin

Urban Education Gold Creek

YWCA Winyu Early Childhood Service

Anglicare – Calwell Early Childhood Centre

Blinky Bills, Urban Education Gowrie

COGS Kambah Community Garden

Communities at Work Appletree House Childcare & Education

Communities at work Taylor CCEC

Community Home Australia

Conder Early Childhood Service

Fadden Primary School P&C Association

Good Pathways Church

Greenway Views Seniors’ Living

Isabella Plains Early Childhood School

St Clare of Asissi Primary School

St Mary in the Valley Anglican Church

St Thomas the Apostle Primary School

The Pines Tennis Club

Wanniassa School

Wonderschool Monash

360 Early Education Rivett

Amberfield Seniors Living

Azure Retirement Village Community, Marymead CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn

Canberra Grammar School Community Project

Canberra Montessori School

Coombs Early Learning

Curtin Trees and Gardens Group

Duffy Primary School P&C

Girl Guides ACT & SE NSW

Hughes Community Centre

Immanuel Woden Valley Lutheran Church

Isaacs Neighbourhood Group

Mount Taylor Scout Group

Noah’s Ark Early Learning Centre

Perinatal Wellbeing Centre

Peter Pan, Busy Bees Early Learning

Rotary Club of Canberra Sundowners

Sacred Heart Primary School

St Alban the Martyr Anglican Church

St John Vianney’s Primary School

Weston Creek Community Orchard

Whitlam Community Garden

Woden Valley Early Learning Centre