Thousands turn out for Canberra's Great Big Bulb Dig

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Large groups of horticulturalists have taken part in Floriade's 'Great Big Bulb Dig'. The event held at the end of the flower festival each year gives Canberrans the chance to take home a piece of the action for their own gardens.

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00:00Floriade has wrapped up for another year, but for green thumbs, today is when the real

00:07magic begins.

00:09Thousands of people have turned out with their shovels, garden forks and secateurs to dig

00:14up and take home as many blooms and bulbs as they can manage.

00:19Just shy of a million flowers were planted at Floriade this year, including up to half

00:24a million tulip bulbs, so there's plenty of colour on offer.

00:28It's a complete free-for-all here, and some people are taking the job very seriously,

00:33while others are just soaking up the beautiful spring weather.

00:36My wife is running around somewhere after pink ones, but for me it's just the enjoyment

00:42of the day.

00:43We have been to one before, yes, but we arrived too late and didn't get many bulbs, so we were

00:47here early this morning.

00:49It's so lovely to see all sorts of gardeners, young and old, coming to the park and digging

00:54up the flowers, from little kids all the way to the elderly as well.

00:59And it's so nice to see these flowers are going to Canberra's Gardens, and they'll

01:04have a little bit of Floriade in their own backyard.

01:07Organisers are hoping to sell up to 5,000 gardening bags, raising up to $100,000 for YWCA

01:14Canberra to support housing for vulnerable women and children.

01:18Today's Bold Dig wraps up what organisers have described as another successful Floriade,

01:24with record attendance through the gates on the opening weekend.

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