The 2019 Spring Fest saw a resounding boost to the city's economy, with $3.4 million injected to the city as a result of the event.
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Data released ahead of the March 10 meeting of Griffith City Council - where the minutes of eight meetings of the Spring Fest working group are due to be tabled - indicates last year's festival brought in a total of $3,446,033 to the local economy in what was a 69 per cent increase from the 2018 event.
Chairwoman of the working group and Councillor Rina Mercuri said she was "thrilled" with the growth in the festival.
"It's a huge team effort not only from council and the working group but the whole community," she said.
"The Garden Festival weekend has become so popular there is no accommodation available ... everything's booked out.
"We'd like to see it grow even more ... it's something we can't see die."
The festival was built off a strong portion of people travelling to the region for the event, with the city seeing an estimated 6,898 visitors make an three night stay on average over the course of the festival.
Groups of visitors from outside the region participating in coach tours were one of the standout contributors to the overall economic impact, with 19 groups bringing in a total injection of $325,622 between October 13 and 27.
Council's events coordinator Georgina Horton said she was pleased to see the event growing and said the 2020 edition plans to be even larger due to the occasion being the 30th anniversary of the Garden Festival and the 25th year of Citrus Sculptures taking over the town.
"It's great to see how much Spring Fest brings to our local & regional community," Ms Horton said.
"There is still a lot of room for improvement in developing the event and it's exciting to see where it could be in a few years time."
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The seven gardens which took part in the Garden Festival saw an estimated 5851 entries over the course of the three-day event, a 32 per cent increase on 2018 but not as high as the 2017 festival, which drew in 7284 people through the garden gates.
Cr Mercuri said the working group is looking for suitable gardens to join this year's festival, with the call being put out for gardens of any type, size or location - with the group keen to bring in more gardens located right in the city.
