Is your green thumb tingling? Could it tingle more? On Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2, you might find it buzzing with greenery-fuelled excitement if you visit the Rocklea Showgrounds, soak in the splendour of nature and scour the place for race specimens to take home with you.
For the fourth year, the Brisbane Plant Collectors Fair returns with a weekend-long market dedicated to all things green and growing. Browse and buy hard -to-find and unusual plant species from around the world, spanning bulbs, perennials, trees and shrubs, orchids, herbs, cacti and succulents, and exotic tropical plants. There's always sales, guest speakers, and food and drink options.
Plus, in the kind of smart move an experienced garden whiz — and garden shopping whiz — obviously planted, the fair usually boasts a plant cloak room so that you can purchase some growing goodies, leave them somewhere safe and keep perusing. Parking your new flowering pals typically sets you back a gold coin, with the garden creche run by the Friends of the Botanic Gardens and Sherwood Arboretum.