About Buderim Craft Cottage

Buderim Craft Cottage is a not-for-profit organisation which was established in 1967 by a small group of keen artists and craftspeople.

In 1974 the first stage of the existing building at 5 Main Street Buderim (between St. Mark’s Anglican Church and the Buderim Library) was constructed.

Since then there have been many additions, which together comprise a large building with facilities suitable for the members to pursue a wide range of arts and crafts. Plans are in hand to further extend and improve these facilities.

Since our humble beginnings, we have grown to almost 400 members, both men and women, where 13 individual groups can practice their various arts and crafts on most week days.

The Patchwork Group, Silversmiths Group and Mixed and Multi Media Art Group all have sub-groups which meet in the evening to accommodate members who are still in the workforce.

Buderim Craft Cottage enjoys a reputation for high quality art and craft and is an important part of the Buderim community. Each year the Easter Fair, held on Easter Saturday and the Christmas Fair, held on the last weekend in November, attract hundreds of visitors looking for quality gifts and enjoying refreshments in the outdoor eating area.

Many of the groups hold annual or biennial exhibitions and sales of work and these are well known and very popular.

Painting left has kindly been donated by the family of the late Teifi Waldron, one of the founder members of the Cottage.

Titled flowers on a checkered cloth.

Acrylic painted in 1983.