Join us for BLOOM: Wollondilly Garden Expo & Plant Fair on Sunday 9 November, from 8am–2pm at Picton Botanic Gardens.
Enjoy expert demonstrations, gardening workshops, live music, market stalls packed with plants and outdoor goodies, delicious food trucks, and fun kids’ activities.
BLOOM brings together the Wollondilly gardening community to celebrate, share and grow.
Keep an eye on Council's Facebook page to keep updated.
NEW FOR 2025 - BLOOM GARDEN COMPETITION
This year, the BLOOM Garden Competition will transition to an online platform, allowing participants to submit digital entries and engage with the community through a public voting system.
Further details regarding entry requirements, timelines, and voting processes can be found in the dropdown below.
Stallholder & Sponsorship Applications Now Open!
If you are a garden, outdoor, or fresh produce related business or service interested in participating as a stallholder, or if you’d like to support the event as a sponsor, please follow the links below.
STALLHOLDERS
To register your interest in becoming a BLOOM stallholder, please submit an online application form .
SPONSORS
Council invites your business to be involved in BLOOM: Wollondilly Garden Expo & Plant Fair and take up one of the fantastic sponsorship packages.
To sign up as a BLOOM sponsor or for further information, please contact:
Alannah Keating– Event Officer
Phone: 02 4677 4480
Email: events@wollondilly.nsw.gov.au
BLOOM GARDEN COMPETITION
COMPETITION TIMELINE
Entry Period: 13– 26 October 2025 (entry information will be released in the coming weeks)
Online Judging Period: 27 October– 7 November 2025
Online Awards Announcement: 7 November 2025
Awards Presentation: 9 November 2025 at BLOOM
CATEGORIES
Best Garden
All garden entries are entered into the Best Garden category automatically.
Best Small Residential Garden
Gardens entered into this category are considered to cover an area less than 1000² metres. This category can include, but is not limited to, courtyards, pot gardens, balconies, and terraces.
Best Large/ Rural Garden
Gardens entered into this category are considered to cover an area greater than 1000² metres. This can include the whole garden or a part of it.
Best Native Garden
Entries in this category must consist of a significant proportion of Australian Native plants, and should provide habitats and food sources to encourage native fauna.
Best Edible Garden
Entries in this category can be: Vegetable gardens, fruit gardens, culinary herb gardens, bush tucker gardens or gardens that are a combination of all of these. Gardens entered must contain consumable produce.
