Eight Decades Of Proserpine Flower Shows

One of the region’s longest standing events returns this weekend to celebrate 80 years of bringing the Proserpine community together in a vibrant and fragrant outing.

The 80th annual Uniting Church Flower Show will begin on Saturday, September 10, exhibiting flowers, orchids, pot plants, fruit, and vegetables to herald in the spring season.

This year the event theme of ‘Butterfly Garden’ will ensure the colours pop and that the “butterflies are everywhere” for the annual event.

Flower Show committee members Bernadine Stevens and Julianne O’Brien said they were more than excited for the weekend’s festivities where the people of Proserpine are “so supportive.”

“It’s a big thing picking your flowers and organising them each year. It’s a big effort they make on our behalf,” Ms Stevens said.

Alongside its regular flower show display, the 80th anniversary will host family activities like face painting for children, fabulous entertainment, and floral art, as well as a morning tea and lunch. There’s set to be plenty of cake, biscuit, and craft stalls, too.

The event committee expects upwards of 150 floral displays across the varied categories, and attendees can look forward to a special cupcake display which honours the eight decades of Proserpine Flower Shows.

The show will also host entertainment from groups like Zumba, Out of the Blue Line Dancers, Proserpine Citizens’ Band, State School Choirs, and the Mommas and the Poppas.

What: Proserpine/Whitsunday Uniting Church Flower Show And Fete Butterfly Garden 80th Celebration

When: Saturday, 10 September from 10am to 2pm

Where: Cyclone Shelter, Sterry Street, Proserpine

Over the decades, the Proserpine Flower Show has hosted incredible displays of careful gardening and cultivating from locals, and it returns this year for its 80th outing

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