Tulip Time Festival

Bowral's festival of flowers

Tulip Time will be held from 12 September - 6 October 2025. More than 80,000 tulip bulbs and annuals are planted in Corbett Gardens creating fields of blooms and spectacular floral patterns. There are also market stalls, art installations, live music and roving performers. The gardens are open 9:30am -4:30pm every day during the festival with extended hours each Saturday from 9:30am - 6pm.

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Tulips in full bloom and colour at the annual Tulip Time Festival in Corbett Gardens in Bowral, Southern Highlands

Tulip Time Festival in Corbett Gardens - Bowral

Couple exploring the Tulip Time Festival

Follow the Tulip Trail

More tulip bulbs are planted across the Southern Highlands. Follow the Tulip Trail to other sites across the area including the Southern Highlands Visitor Information Centre in Mittagong and Leighton Gardens in Moss Vale. As you walk through the villages, you can admire the many gorgeous private gardens residents have planted in front of their homes that are also brimming with tulips.

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Tulip Time - one of Australia's oldest and leading floral festivals blooms, Bowral

Tulip Time - Bowral - Southern Highlands

Children viewing the tulips in full bloom and colour at the annual Tulip Time Festival at Corbett Gardens in Bowral, Southern Highlands

A stylish 72-hour stay in the Southern Highlands

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A stylish 72-hour stay in the Southern Highlands

For more than 150 years, travellers have been drawn to the quiet country charms of the Southern Highlands. Today, it’s still the perfect pastoral retreat for busy city folk looking for a weekend of good food, great wine and southern style.

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