#1 Tesselaar Tulip Festival (14 September – 13 October 2019)

Experience more than a million spring flowering bulbs on show, including over half a million tulips over themed weekends! The stroll through the historic gardens will ultimately lead visitors to pockets of Holland, indulging in traditional Dutch food, with a perfect photo backdrop of windmills. The thematic weekends include Food, Wine & Jazz Weekend, Children’s Weeks, Irish Weekend, Turkish Weekend and Dutch Weekend – paired perfectly with a sunny picnic day out with loved ones. More info.

#2 CherryHill Blossom Festival (26 September – 6 October 2019)

Visitors can wander through the magical sights of Japan right in Victoria with rows and rows of gorgeous cherry blossoms, sip on cherry-based drinks, enjoy live entertainment, and feast on different cuisines from a stellar food truck line-up with endless cherry treats including the famous cherry ice cream. The orchard’s signature Cherish Spritzer is most recommended for a delicious and refreshing sip, while soaking up the views of the Yarra Valley. More info.

#3 Bendigo Annual Tulip Display (mid to late September to mid-October)

As the warmer days and clear skies appear, more than 45,000 of Bendigo’s famed-tulips open to brighten the beautiful heritage streets. The City of Greater Bendigo's Park and Natural Reserves team put on a great annual Tulip display along Pall Mall and Conservatory Garden. The display features more than 45,000 tulips in an assortment of colours, sizes and blooming times with varieties such as Antarctica, Attilla Graffiti, Strong Gold and Silentia. More info.

#4 Golden Canola Fields

Fields of bright yellow canola flowers bring out the glow in Geelong and The Bellarine Peninsula in spring. Its robust colour gives a beautiful contrast against the bright blue skies during the day, while at sunset, the golden hour’s rays trail softly across the blanket of flowers, creating an immaculate scenery like something out of a painting! The best view is captured with the fabulous You Yangs in the background. More info.

#5 Springing like Wildflowers

Cross paths with a dazzling array of native flowers in the Grampians. Once described as the 'garden of Victoria', the region is home to more than one third of Victoria's flora. Wander through diverse landscapes and see vivid wildflowers such as the showy parrot pea bush, blue tinsel-lily to delicate scented sun orchids and bold spiky banksias that change with the seasons, taking in everything from subalpine forest and woodlands to heathlands, swamps and riverine territory. More info.

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