Heritage Wildflower Events

Celebrating the 2025 Sunshine Coast Wildflower Festival.

Enjoy a range of events as part of the wildflower exhibitions at Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct in the Glass House Mountains, and at Landsborough Museum.

Glasshouse Mountains flora workshop

The Glass House Mountains are like beacons, visible from many parts of the southern Sunshine Coast and islands. They are of deep spiritual importance to the Kabi Kabi and Jinibara people. On their steep, rocky slopes are beautiful, tough plants. Many of these are endemic, found only on the Glass House Mountains, and no-where else in the world.

Join Rowena Thomas and Hilary Pearl for a two hour workshop learning some of these plants. Rowena is a co-author of the “Ranger Field Guide to the Native plants of the Glass House Mountains National Park”. Hilary studied several areas of montane (mountain) heath as part of her recent PhD project. Just why are there so many endemic species on these mountains? Why are these areas so important for conservation? How do we look after these areas into future? And, yes, you can grow many of these species in your garden!

We recommend you bring a pen, a torch (or a phone with a torch), and your own eye lens if you have one. Magnifying lenses and eye lenses will be available to use, and worksheets will be supplied. Come and join us for this very special workshop.

Location	Date and time	Registration
Bankfoot House	Friday 29 August, 10.00am-12.00pm	Register

$10 per person. Registration essential. (30 people max) No refunds unless event cancelled.

Wildflower painting hands-on workshop

Learn how to paint the beauty of wildflowers using acrylic paints. Join the Heritage Library team for a step-by-step workshop focusing on the drawings and paintings of the Sunshine Coast’s most famous conservationist, Kathleen McArthur. Use a selection of her paintings to inspire your creation. No experience needed! Hosted by Sunshine Coast Libraries, Heritage Library.

BYO paint apron. Brushes and paint provided.

Location	Date and time	Registration
Bankfoot House	Friday 19 September, 10.00am-11.30am	Register

$15 per person. Registration essential. Ages 16 and over. No refunds unless event cancelled.

Puppet story time and live bug display

Classic stories told with the help of puppet bugs, followed by a live bug experience.

Location	Date and time	Registration
Landsborough Museum	Wednesday 24 September, 10.00am-11.30am Wednesday 1 October, 10.00am-11.30am	Register

Free. Registration essential. Ages 3 to 8. (Puppets max 25 people)

Insect mounting and pinning workshop

Traditionally reserved for high school students, an increasing number of younger students have taken up the challenge of learning how to start an insect collection. This workshop is suitable for students aged 10 and up. They will learn everything they need to know including how to collect, mount, label, preserve and present an insect collection.

As part of this workshop, students will be provided with a setting board, pins, mounting needles, labelling card, instruction booklet and an Australian butterfly and beetle/bug to mount.

Location

Date and time

Registration

Landsborough Museum

Friday 3 October,
10.00am-11.15am

Friday 3 October,
12.00pm-1.15pm

$10 per person. Registration essential. Ages 10 and over. No refunds unless event cancelled. Hosted by Bugs Ed.

Native Beekeeping 101 workshop with live bees

This popular workshop covers both our native Australian stingless bees and our solitary bees. Learn how to attract them into your garden with plants and insect hotels. You will also see a stingless bee hive split and get to taste their amazing honey.