Floriade and the Secrets of a Beautiful Life

Do you ever feel like celebrating Spring? Well, there’s no better place to do it than Canberra. I’m standing here surrounded by a sea of flowers, over one million blooms. The colours, variety and shapes are overwhelming. The sculptures and designs of the flowerbeds are truly magnificent. It’s a blaze of colour and beauty. Floriade, the name of this flowery extravaganza, is an annual month-long celebration of spring in the heart of Australia’s capital. It’s become Canberra’s most iconic annual tourism event. You will find cultural celebrations, horticultural workshops, market traders, artistic displays, music, markets and food. But it’s all centred around flowers. Flowers mean love, happiness, peace and beauty. But that’s not all. They also symbolise a very important flowery language. They remind us of the power of beautiful words. When flowers blossom, the fragrance and beauty spread. They permeate the environment and make it a better place. And the same is true of kind and beautiful words, they spread, build people up and change the world by making it a better place. So today, we’re going to admire the beauty of flowers and discover something about a very important flowery and powerful language.