Date |
Venue |
Event |
4 MAR
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Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens Auditorium | Annual Begonia Show |
Begonias for a Burst of Colour 🎨
is the theme for the begonia display of 2017.
The show is a “One Day Affair” from 9am to 4pm and the Admission fee is $4.
This is the largest and only show of Begonias in Queensland.
The display will showcase the wide diversity of Begonias — their varied foliage and colourful blooms.
This will offer an opportunity for members of the public to identify and choose particular varieties that they may wish to include in their own gardens or bush houses.
The 2017 Annual Show of Begonias is held at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens Auditorium from 9am to 4pm on 4th (Saturday) of March, where visitors can:
- Admire quality begonias in many competition classes.
- View artistic static displays of diverse begonias, including endangered species, new hybrids and rare varieties.
- Meet experienced growers and dedicated members of the society.
- Purchase many varieties of begonias not available through normal nurseries.
- Buy books published by the society.
- Make inquiries or seek assistance at the information desk.
- Participate in the “Name This Begonia” competition.
- Witness the award of competition trophies.
- Attend a plant workshop at 11am.
- Win raffle prizes.
- Enjoy light refreshments.
Contact
For further details, please contact the Show Organiser Shevanti Seneviratne on (07) 5502 2579 (after hours) or by ✉ Email to shevantis@cdmasiapacific.com
President – Carmel Browne
Ph (07) 3359 4319
Secretary – Philip Adam
Mobile 0468 373 123
In their natural environments, begonia species originate mainly in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world, including South and Central America, Africa and Asia.
Sadly many of these natural habitats are being bulldozed, and the Queensland Begonia Society members are dedicated to growing the species that would otherwise disappear.
No begonia has ever been discovered growing naturally in Australia. However, we have many keen begonia growers who do have, amongst their collections, many of the threatened species from other lands, which will be featured at the show.
Some of these will grow here under our normal conditions and others require very special cultural conditions and need to be grown in Terrariums to survive here. These will also be featured at the Show.
On display will be hundreds of the beautiful hybrid varieties that are favourites of most gardeners who love the colourful and varied foliage and flowers of these spectacular plants. Many of these hybrids have been created and introduced by our own Queensland members and also other Australian growers. Thus, new varieties are introduced into our collections.
Annual Begonia Show from the Past
Click here to see the 2012 Annual Begonia Slideshow and Gallery.
Click here to see the Videos of the 2012 Annual Begonia Show.
Related Articles
- 2016 Annual Show of Begonias on Parade (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- 2015 Annual Show of Begonias in Tropical Splendour (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- 2014 Annual Show of Begonias (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- 2013 Annual Show of Begonias (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- Gallery of 2013 Annual Begonia Show (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- Gallery of 2012 Annual Begonia Show (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- 2012 Annual Show (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- Videos (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- Begonia ‘Dancing Girl’ (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- Pot Sizes (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- Propagating Cane Begonias (queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com)
- I have always hated begonias (personal) (everything2.com)
- Annual Performance Review. (floweryprose.com)
- Begonia Beguiled (rainbowlightningwoman.wordpress.com)
- Hardy Begonias (forestgardenblog.wordpress.com)
- BEAUTIFUL BEGONIAS (2013 edition) (travelingrainvilles.typepad.com)
- Writers, Mothers, and Begonias (freedanichols.wordpress.com)
Best wishes for your wonderful show . I would surely come were I on the right continent to begin with . The preservation work you are doing with rare Begonias is important and I am glad to know your members continue to grow such a wide variety of Begonias . Thank you for leaving a link for me to find this page .
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Hi woodlandgnome! Our 2019 Annual Show of Begonias: 🍃Bold & Beautiful🎨 will be held this Saturday, as publicized in the new post.
SoundEagle🦅 has also taken the time and effort to revamp a few webpages, especially the one entitled “Begonia”.
May all of your begonias grow to your satisfaction in 2019!
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Sound Eagle, Thank you for your kindness in sharing these links and news of your Annual Begonia show. One year, maybe I can make the trip to your beautiful corner of the world to enjoy it. I am endlessly fascinated by Begonias and look forward to savoring your webpages later today. At the moment, I have a dish by my front window holding 1inch pots with starts of new varieties for our summer ahead. I’m so excited that the Begonias in Virginia will soon be in full growth again. Thank you, SoundEagle for sharing your summer with us! WG
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Hello woodlandgnome! You will be pleased to know that SoundEagle🦅 has hyperlinked many of your posts about begonias to the latest post entitled “2019 Annual Show of Begonias: 🍃Bold & Beautiful🎨”.
SoundEagle🦅 has also published a post regarding Edible Begonias. Should you succeed in creating a new begonia dish or cuisine, please kindly reply to this comment to alert SoundEagle🦅 of your culinary achievement.
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wow nice,…
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Hi Aman Thakur! Nearly 15 months have passed since you were here. SoundEagle🦅 would like to inform you that our 2019 Annual Show of Begonias: 🍃Bold & Beautiful🎨 will be held this Saturday, as publicized in the new post.
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These begonia-related posts brought memories of the Philadelphia Flower Show to mind. 🙂
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Please kindly elaborate on the Philadelphia Flower Show.
Happy mid-November to you, Anna.
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The Philadelphia Flower Show is, I think, the nation’s oldest. It is held at the Convention Center and is enormous in scale. Generally, there is a theme to which the larger displays conform. I remember one I found particularly lovely recreated the row houses so common in Philadelphia. Florists and landscape architects compete for prizes. But be sure to wear comfortable shoes, if you go! 🙂
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