There are a
number of Flowers shows and other agricultural events organized in Ballarat
intending to showcase a number of species of flowers, celebrating its beauty as
well. But among these events organized throughout the year, the Ballarat
Begonia Festival tops the list. Approximately 100,000 tourists flock to
Ballarat to witness this grand flowers festival which spans for 10 days. This
festival is said to bring about $5-7 million in the Ballarat's economy, with
the many tourists staying in the town for the festival. Florists, flowers
enthusiasts, and even the curious public cannot help but be drawn to beauty of
this event.
The Ballarat
Begiona Festival is a community cultural festival celebrated year by year in
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The first Ballarat Begonia Festival is said to
have been organized by 1953, and since then has been one of the major events in
this town, drawing thousands of tourists. This carnival is specifically themed
around the Begonia flower, which is local to Ballarat. The climate of this
locality is the perfect match for the flower; thus, grows in abundance here as
well. The Ballarat Flowers Show features floral displays and exhibits,
paintings, parades boasting beautiful floats, and many others. This event is
likewise participated in by many local groups.
This
festival is said to have been inspired by the Edinburgh Festival, which is also
held in Australia. The Ballarat Flower Show is initiated by the then Ballarat
Mayor William Ernest Roff, along with the Greater Ballarat Association in 1952.
The first Ballarat Flowers Show was celebrated just before the 1956 Summer
Olympics in Melbourne, with the concept continuously supported by both the
Ballarat locals and the tourists that flock to this town to attend the grand
event. Since the first Begonia Flower Festival, coordinators of the event come
up with something new for the participants to enjoy and look forward to.
Year by
year, the line-up of events change in the Ballarat Flowers Shows. These changes
are intended to create the excitement looked forward to by the participants of
this annual event. As you attend the Ballarat Flowers Festival, there is always
something new to enjoy-- including, among many other things, the floral carpet.
This event is said to be the largest flower show in Australia-- and it never
fails. This event is one that is meant to stand through the years, even forming
part of the Ballarat culture and history.
Flowers form
part of the local culture of Ballarat, as much as it does with many other
localities and their respective cultures. Ballarat recognizes the vital role
that the Begonia flower plays in its identity as a town; thus, they thought of
this flower festival as an excellent way to create emphasis on their pride as
having the Begonia plant as one of their local flowers yield. Accordingly,
there are a lot of great and quality florists in Ballarat-- one of them being
the Lily's Florist Ballarat. Lily's offers the widest array of flowers, and
flowers arrangements for all occasion in Ballarat.