Enjoy the spectacular variety, colour and beauty of Western Australia’s unique Wildflowers at the annual Kings Park Festival which is celebrated throughout September. In spite of a very dry winter, these Wildflowers have created a wonderful display for visitors.

The annual Kings Park Festival held over the month of September includes spectacular displays of Western Australian Wildflowers in bloom. In addition to the well-known favourites such as Splendid Everlastings, Kangaroo Paws, Grevilleas, Banksias, Swan River Daisies, Leschenaultia, etc., this year I have also included many unique varieties which may not be so familiar. Celebrate Spring as you view these magnificent wildflowers on display at Kings Park Festival.

Wildflowers of Western Australia, including Everlastings, Kangaroo Paw, Boronia, Sturt's Desert Pea, Wattle, Featherflower, Qualup Bell, Eremophila, Geraldton Wax, Verticordia, Grevillea, Hakea, and many other species, make a colourful display at the 2008 Kings Park Festival. Of special interest is the 750 year-old Giant Boab (Adansonia gregorii) which was recently transported over 3,200 kms from the Kimberley Region as a gift from the Indigenous Gija people to the people of Western Australia. 'Gija Jumulu' is a majestic tree which will hopefully adjust to its new location and live for many more years.

In addition to a colourful display of Western Australian Wildflowers, these September photos from Kings Park feature the antics of a Juvenile Red Wattlebird who has not yet learnt to fear the camera, also a return visit to see the progress of re-growth in the Law Walk area which was devastated by Bushfire 20 months ago.

Seasonal Western Australian Wildflowers and scenic views of Perth City on the Swan River add to the enjoyment of a walk in Kings Park Botanic Gardens on a sunny day in May.

A return to Law Walk in Kings Park to see the regeneration and re-growth of the natural bush in the 12 months since the devastating bushfire of January 2009. View the Swan River from Law Walk and enjoy trees and wildflowers in areas that were not affected by the bushfire.

Synergy Parkland, located at the western end of Kings Park, is home to a new Backyard Botanicals garden, where the ‘grow-me-at-home’ garden demonstrates how easy it is to grow Western Australian native plants. The new garden showcases native plants that are hardy, water-wise and beautiful, attract native birds and are all readily available from local native plant nurseries. Synergy Parkland also has spacious venues for family gatherings, BBQ facilities and children’s playgrounds.

When walking in the bush, many people think that every pretty flower they see is a true native wildflower. Unfortunately, this is far from correct and many of the 'pretty flowers' that can now be seen in bushland areas are Weeds and Introduced Species, many of which have escaped from domestic gardens. This album has been created to develop awareness of the spread of these weeds and introduced species, which in many cases, are displacing our own unique and often endangered Western Australian Wildflowers. For a start we must all take responsibility to protect our unique flora and it is the responsibility of every home gardener to never dump garden waste on vacant land or bushland.

Titles and descriptions have been added where possible and eventually I hope to identify and add more information to other images.

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