‘Incredible’ shipping container set to steal show at Main Beach Flower Festival this weekend

Live music, stilt walkers and floral designers from across the globe will bring the Main Beach Flower Festival to life this weekend.

LIVE music, stilt walkers and floral designers from across the globe will bring the Main Beach Flower Festival to life this weekend.

Festival organisers have worked to ensure the June 27-28 is COVID safe with events happening in private bars and restaurants.

Handmade butterflies will adorn shop windows of Tedder Ave shops and fill the festival’s masterpiece, a repurposed shipping containers that arrives on the corner of Woodroffe and Tedder Ave this Friday, June 26.

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Main Beach Flower Festival artistic director Julia Rose inside a shipping container that will feature as a centrepiece at the event that’s on this weekend. Photo: Jason O'Brien

Floral art designer and creative director for the festival, Julia Rose, was sent 25,000 handmade butterflies in which to decorate the container. Due to social distancing restrictions, festival goers must view the inside of the masterpiece at mainbeachflowerfestival.com.au.

Kicking off at 10am, with online presentations available from 9am, artists involved include Richard Christensen, Qld Junior Florist of the Year 2011, Yohanes Wempy, an internationally-acclaimed Ikebana Expert and Bart Hassam, 2019 World Cup of Floral Design Winner.

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Artist Julia Rose. Photo: Jason O'Brien

The event will be officially opened by Cr Darren Taylor, Mayoress Ruth Tate and Margot de Groot, President of the Main Beach Business and Tourism Association.

Thoughts to be the world’s first “phygital” flower festival, the event is a combination of digital and physical elements to help ensure the community’s safety during COVID-19.

A 3D digital photographer has filmed the inside of the container so festival-goers can “walk-around inside’’ the container via their computer.

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Some of the 1000 paper butterflies made by Mariya Todorova. Supplied.

School children and locals made some of the 25,000 handmade butterflies, with Pimpama artist Mariya Todorova creating a staggering 1000 of the winged creatures in her spare time.

Gardening guru Costa Georgiadis sharing a Facebook post created by Ms Rose asking people to make butterflies. With his support, and that of locals, Ms Rose more than doubled her original goal of 10,000 butterflies.

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Artist Mariya Todorova teaching Issy van Drongelen, 11, and Alexander Nott, 13, how to create paper butterflies for the Main Beach Flower Festival. Picture: Jerad Williams

Main Beach Flower Festival events – Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th

Veranda Bar - 10.30-11.30am Billie Wilde accompanied by George Ferguson

12-3.30pm Champagne Boulevard Band

17 Tedder - 10am-11.45am Bohemien Gold Violinist & Flamenco Guitarist

12-3.30pm Jazz Kings

Street entertainers and performers will be walking through the Tedder Ave precinct in Main Beach from 10am and will include stilt walkers and floral photo frame models.

Main Beach Flower Festival’a artistic director Julia Rose. Photograph: Jason O'Brien

Website presenters include: (available 9am June 27th)

Richard Christensen – Qld Junior Florist of the Year 2011

Yohanes Wempy – Internationally acclaimed Ikebana Expert

Anson Low – Singapore Chapter Leader World Flower Council and AIFD

Poppy Ridsdill – Award-winning Stationery Artist

Alicia Hennessey – Make-up artist and designer

Skye Voloder – Karma Kids owner, Craft and creative

Gold Coast School of Floristry & Retail – Graduation assignment

Boutique Bouquet Arrangement tutorial

Bart Hassam – 2019 World Cup of Floral Design Winner

John Emmanuel – Luxury Wedding & Event Floral Designer

Gold Coast Bee Society – Info video

Gold Coast Community Garden – Info video

Champagne Boulevard Musical – Presentation

Christina Yew Artist – Tutorial

Queensland Opera Company Musical – Presentation

Helen Schwenke – Butterfly expert

Julia Rose – Festival creation