THREE WEEKENDS OF FLORAL-FILLED FUN, RUNNING FROM 18 SEPTEMBER TO 5 OCTOBER!
This year, Floral Friday is back to kick off Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers in the most spectacular way possible — and we want you to be part of it!
Floral Friday is more than just a celebration of flowers; it’s a chance to show off our region’s love for this iconic event with an enthusiastic “welcome to spring!”
On Friday 18 September, we want the Toowoomba region to burst into bloom — a living, breathing canvas of colour, community pride and unbridled carnival spirit, with colourful blooms absolutely everywhere!
Read on to find out how you can get involved!
We’re bloomin’ excited to welcome Clifford Gardens Shopping Centre as our Floral Friday Community Activation Partner for 2026!
Floral Friday is a fun, simple way for your school community to get involved in a region-wide celebration of creativity, sustainability and community spirit, all on the last day of term.
Here are some exciting ways schools can get involved:
Decorate your school or centre with florals
Brighten fences, entryways, hallways and buildings with floral decorations to create a festive street presence.
Hold a Floral Friday free dress day
Organise a floral ‘free dress’ day where students and staff wear floral outfits or bright colours. For those with capacity, join us for a World Record attempt at Queens Park for the largest gathering of people dressed as flowers.
Pair Floral Friday with learning
Link activities with classroom learning, exploring creativity, design, sustainability, and community connection.
Want to get involved? Make sure you register your school!
We’re calling on businesses to be part of our region-wide celebration of creativity and colour, and transform their shopfronts and workplaces into a vibrant springtime showcase. Whether you go big or keep it simple, your participation will help create a memorable experience for the community and visitors alike.
Register below to let us know you’re participating, and we’ll keep you in the loop with any Floral Friday updates!
Join the botanical celebration and craft your own stunning oversized flowers to display during Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers!
These downloadable templates and instructions will guide you through creating beautiful upcycled blooms (minimum 50cm diameter) using recycled materials like fence wrap and other sustainable supplies. Perfect for decorating your front door, fence or garden, these eye-catching flowers will help transform our region into a blooming celebration for Floral Friday on 18 Sept.
Whether you’re a beginner or experienced crafter, these step-by-step instructions make it easy to create your own spectacular floral display while promoting sustainability and community spirit.
You’ll find instructions for two sets of flowers in the downloadable document below!
Transform your space into a blooming celebration with our free downloadable bunting! Whether you’re a school wanting to brighten your classrooms, a business looking to welcome customers with floral charm or a resident ready to turn your fence into a festival feature, our printable bunting will get you into the Floral Friday spirit!
The PDF includes two versions – a ready-to-use colour version and a black and white version perfect for colouring in. Simply download, print on your home or office printer, cut and string up these beautiful botanical banners to join the community-wide celebration.
With thanks to Ingenia Lifestyle Darlingview
Want to get hands on and create your own Floral Friday decorations for your home, school or business? We’ll be hosting a series of Bloom Building Workshops, where you can DIY your blooms and get ready for Floral Friday!
Your $15 ticket gets you materials and expert direction from bloomin’ wonderful local artist Alex Stalling, to create and paint your own oversized blooms from recycled corflute signs!
Fri 28 Aug, 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Sun 30 Aug, 10am – 12pm
Sun 30 Aug, 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Sat 12 Sept, 10am – 12pm
Sat 12 Sept, 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Sat 5 Sept, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Sun 6 Sept, 1pm – 3pm
Sun 13 Sept, 1pm – 3pm
Toowoomba, it’s time to make history!
We’re calling on the entire community to come together this Floral Friday, 18 September, for an ambitious attempt to create the “Largest Gathering of People Dressed as a Toowoomba violet”.
The colourful community challenge will take place at Queens Park from 12pm, with organisers aiming to bring together more than 938 people dressed as Toowoomba violets and hopefully put the Garden City into the record books.
Local media outlets, Triple M Toowoomba and The Toowoomba Chronicle will help rally the region, joining us to spread the word and encourage community involvement. Together, they’ll help us issue one very important challenge to Toowoomba: can we get more than 938 people into Queens Park and make history?
Come dressed how ever you like for this event – it’s being held on Floral Friday, so bright colours and floral prints are encouraged!
For our World Record attempt we’ll be giving everyone their own Toowoomba violet crown on arrival. We’ll snap a pic and hopefully make history. It’s that simple!
Want to decorate your own flower crown? We have a downloadable version perfect for budding artists to colour in!
A Blooming Good Art Trail!
Get ready, Toowoomba’s shops are swapping window displays for floral showstoppers! We’ve got a bunch of local artists ready
to spread spring joy throughout the CBD with floral art installations sprouting at 13 lucky locations!
That’s right, from Floral Friday your morning coffee walk will turn into a blooming art trail! Use the map below to check out the locations and artists.
Planning a Carnival window display for your business? Register your business and we’ll add you to the map! Let’s see how much colour our community can grow!
Our Floral Friday art trail is proudly supported by our friends at Toowoomba Region Art Galleries.
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