April 26, 2019
Wondai’s 22nd Garden Expo was a huge success over the Easter weekend … despite the number of competing events on offer around the South Burnett.
By 1:00pm on Saturday, more than a 1000 people had come through the gates, and they just kept on coming the rest of Saturday afternoon and on Sunday.
Wondai Garden Expo president Helen Young said the event just kept on growing and evolving.
She thanked all the stallholders who had supported the event this year, the old favourites plus the new faces.
And she thanked the team of volunteers – especially from the Wondai QCWA, Wondai Lions and the Wondai Garden Club – who made it happen, as well as local businesses that supported the event.
“It’s now one of the most long-lived events in the region,” she said.
Speaking at the official opening, South Burnett Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff said the crowd was “awesome, considering how many other things are on”.
Cr Duff, given the task of officially opening the show, whipped out her trusty roll of pink ribbon.
She’s been known to use pink scissors, a chainsaw and a hedge trimmer to open local events … but this time the chore fell on the shoulders (or teeth) of Wondai Garden Expo committee member Peter Biltoft, much to the laughter of onlookers.
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Some of the champion entries on display:
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[UPDATED with correction. An earlier version of this report stated the event was run by the Wondai Garden Club. It is, in fact, organised by the Wondai Garden Expo committee which includes members of the Wondai Garden Club plus other community groups and Wondai residents]
