With spring getter underway earlier than usual this year, the Noosa Botanic Gardens have been bestowed with an extra-lush layer of colour and fragrance.
And what better time to experience this wonder than attending the First Sunday event at the gardens on Sunday 3 September.
There are plenty of things to do. Maybe start with a guided walk at 8.30am, where Noosa Botanic Gardens Friends will walk you through the best spots in the gardens to see the magic therein (bring a hat and water).
From 9am you can visit the exceptional Shade Garden, where the true horticultural exotics hang out, and grab a coffee and snack from the mobile van right outside the Shade Garden entry.
Then settle in for a couple of hours of cruisy Sunday music with Jay Bishoff and Andy Higgins below the poincianas (bring a chair or rug – and friends).
The eight-hectare Noosa Botanic Gardens are located on Lake Macdonald Drive, about 4km from Cooroy.
For more details (and a weather check on the morning) visit noosabotanicgardensfriends.com
