Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show

2008 Gold Show Garden Award winner "Reflections", designed by Christian Jenkins Design

The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show is a flower show held annually since 1995 in early April each year, in Melbourne, Australia. It is located in the World Heritage Site of Carlton Gardens and the Royal Exhibition Building.^[1] It is the largest horticultural event in the southern hemisphere, attracting over 100,000 visitors.^[1] It is rated among the top five flower and garden shows in the world.

References

1 2 Graeme Hopkins and Christine Goodwin: Living Architecture: Green Roofs and Walls, 2011, pg.271

External links

Melbourne International Garden and Flower Show

Coordinates: 37°48′24″S 144°58′16″E / 37.80667°S 144.97111°E / -37.80667; 144.97111

Events in the Melbourne City Centre

Note: this includes events held in the Melbourne City Centre and its fringe areas, not the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area

Summer	All: Summer Fun in the City of Melbourne December: Australian Dancesport Championships Boxing Day Test Carols by Candlelight Myer Christmas Parade January: Australian Open Midsumma Festival Melbourne International Boat Show One Day International Cricket February: St Kilda Festival Herald Sun Tour White Night festivals

Autumn	March: Australian Grand Prix Melbourne Fashion Festival Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Moomba Waterfest Melbourne Queer Film Festival April: ANZAC Day parade AFL ANZAC Day clash Logie Awards Melbourne International Comedy Festival Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show Melbourne International Jazz Festival May: Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival Logie Awards

Winter	All: Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series June: AFL Queen's Birthday clash Melbourne International Animation Festival Australian International Motor Show July: State of Design Festival Melbourne International Film Festival Open House Melbourne Run Melbourne August: Melbourne Day Melbourne Underground Film Festival Melbourne Writers Festival Manifest Craft Cubed

Spring	September: AFL Grand Final Melbourne Fringe Festival Melbourne International Festival of Brass Royal Melbourne Show Melbourne Spring Fashion Week October: Around the Bay in a Day Melbourne Festival Melbourne Marathon Festival Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival November: Head of the Yarra Melbourne Cup Carnival City2Sea

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