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Marigolds, snapdragons, dahlias, sunflowers, cosmos, cleomes, petunias, gomphrena, celosia and salvias in every colour of the rainbow will be in bloom this month across four hectares of Tesselaar Flower Fields, at Silvan.

Held on Tesselaar’s flower farm in the magical Dandenong Ranges, KaBloom will be an explosion of colour in nature, with waves of over 1 million flowers in bloom across five acres of gardens.

Now in its second year, the event may not have as big a following as their landmark spring tulip festival, but it does offer more variety in flowers.

Fourth generation nurseryman, Paul Tesselaar said they had been looking for another way to share the farm during the year.

“While the Tesselaar Tulip Festival is a wonderful event, it’s only four weeks of the year,” he said.

“KaBloom gives us another opportunity to invite people into our paddocks and interact with colour and nature. It also continues my family’s strong tradition of sharing their passion for cultivating and growing plants that began over 60 years ago.”

Festivities begin on April 6 and run until April 28.

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