As proud owners of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS), Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria (NGIV) are thrilled to welcome you once again to the Southern Hemisphere’s largest horticultural event, back again and better than ever for 2023.

NGIV plays a key part in delivering MIFGS each year, an outstanding event that brings together plant enthusiasts from across the globe. Our growers and allied businesses generously donate plants and gardening materials to make young designers’ visions a reality or bring show gardens to life, while our retailers delight attendees with the latest offerings of plants and products for their gardens. We work together with a range of enthusiastic and committed stakeholders to put on a show that is right up there with the best of the best.

So this year, from 29 March through to 2 April, we invite you to take in all there is on offer at this world-class show at Carlton Gardens and the Royal Exhibition Building. Join us as we celebrate the beauty of greenlife and the many benefits of gardening. There’s something for everyone at the 2023 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.

Brought to you by NGIV and our partners, here are just a few of the incredible activities, exhibits and demonstrations you’ll find at this year’s show:

Achievable Gardens

Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria are delighted to support students from four educational institutions across Victoria (Melbourne Polytechnic, Swinburne, Holmesglen and Bendigo Kangan) as they design and create the Show’s 12 Achievable Gardens.

Now its 16th year, the Achievable Gardens design competition offers students and educational institutions the opportunity to showcase their design skills and horticultural knowledge, promote achievable gardening and encourage the use of high-quality plants in the landscape.

It’s a great learning experience for students, allowing them to go through the process from concept design and project coordination to construction of the show garden. There is no public event that gives students a better introduction to working in the horticultural industry.

See the incredible achievements of these students on display in the Avenue of Achievable Gardens.

Bug and Bloom presented by The Victorian Schools Garden Program

The Victorian Schools Garden Program presents a thriving garden filled with colourful flowers that celebrates the biodiverse world of mini-beasts and pollinating bees. In the Bug and Bloom Garden, school children and families can enjoy a variety of free activities, such as exploring fascinating mini-beasts with Agriculture Victoria and observing the inner workings of the beehive with the Wheen Bee Foundation. Additionally, green thumbs of all ages can participate in planting, learn more about the importance of pollinators, and enjoy a range of other engaging and exciting activities.

The Home Grown Patch

The Home Grown Patch showcases an abundant vegetable patch and celebrates the joys of growing your own food at home. The garden displays a productive and abundant variety of summer vegetable crops, surrounded by fragrant companion plants. It highlights the journey of where food comes from and the satisfaction of growing your own food while encouraging children and parents to grow food gardens in their homes, communities, and schools.

Visitors to the garden will have access to useful information on starting a garden. In addition, the garden will display entries for the Sustainable Scarecrow Competition, a first for MIFGS, where schools will build scarecrows using reused, recycled, and repurposed materials.

Garden advice in the Home Grown Patch will be presented by All Green Nursery.

Grow Your Future 

The Grow Your Future space highlights the field of horticulture as a career option and emphasises the diversity of pathways available in the industry. Exhibits are designed to showcase the latest in industry innovation, technology and greenlife, and celebrate the exciting and ever-evolving landscape of horticulture.

Visitors to Grow Your Future will have the opportunity to learn about the many different career paths that exist within the horticulture industry and gain insight into the variety of educational opportunities available, with the aim of inspiring and educating the next generation of horticulture industry professionals.

Through interactive and engaging displays, Grow Your Future encourages people to get their hands dirty and explore the many rewarding and fulfilling career opportunities that the world of horticulture has to offer.

We hope you enjoy all that 2023 Show has to offer. As always, it promises to be an incredible and inspiring event with something for every gardener – we know the Show will leave you feeling inspired, fulfilled and ready to get out into the garden.

For more information, visit melbflowershow.com.au