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Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers 2026: dates, tickets and what's blooming
The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers runs over three weekends across the city's parks, with the big free displays in Queens Park and Laurel Bank Park. Queens Park alone is planted with around 50,000 seedlings and bulbs each year, including pansies, petunias, dahlias, delphiniums and Dutch iris. The parks are free to wander at any hour during the Carnival, while food events like FEASTival are ticketed. Toowoomba sits on the Great Dividing Range about 90 minutes' drive west of Brisbane.
- Dates
- 18 September to 5 October 2026
- Price
- Free park displays, some events ticketed
- Where
- Queens Park and Laurel Bank Park, Toowoomba, QLD
- Hours
- Parks open any time during the Carnival, event times vary
- Getting there
- Park-to-park shuttle buses link the main Carnival parks, and there is street parking around Queens Park on Lindsay, Margaret, Campbell and Godsall streets. Toowoomba is about 90 minutes' drive from Brisbane, with Greyhound and Murrays coaches and Queensland Rail services from Brisbane.
Dates checked on the organiser's site on 26 September 2026.
What's blooming


Where it is, and what's nearby
Queens Park and Toowoomba Botanic Gardens
Toowoomba
Best: September to OctoberBeing confirmed
Lilyvale Flower Farm
Lilyvale · 16 km away
Open: not yet confirmedBeing confirmed
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha
Brisbane · 100 km away
Best: September to NovemberBeing confirmed
Brisbane Flower Market
Rocklea · 103 km away
Best: all yearBeing confirmed
Can't make it?
Bring the dahlias home
Tulipanna in Bondi has dahlias in season.