19 - 22 November 2020
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Jump on the official Garden & Art Festival shuttle and take the hassle out of your festival experience.
Read moreBring your own bike or hire a DayTripper electric bike then grab a shuttle pass to unlock the array of spectacular cycle trails on offer.
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📸 Want to know how to take beautiful photos of your garden?
Then you'll want to get along to "Behind the Lens – Capturing the Plant World" with Kim Westerskov at Bloom in the Bay, our Festival Hub.
In this photo workshop, Kim will demonstrate how to capture the beauty of flowers, ferns, grasses, and forests, plus how to create “artworks” from these photos. Tips, techniques, and inspirational photos will be shared.
Thursday 19 November: 5:30pm
Friday 20 November: 3pm
Entry to Bloom in the Bay is free for pass holders and kids under 14 years and $5 at the gate for everyone else.
Click the link below and invite your friends!
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🎨 ARTIST FEATURE: Tauranga Art Society.
An incredible group of 200 local artists displaying a large collection of fabulous artworks in many different mediums including oils, acrylics, watercolour and pastels.
Real talent shines through in this colourful exciting display. Many different sizes, styles and genres of art are on display including OUTDOOR ART that is weatherproof art that can be hung outside on a fence, wall or tree).
All artworks are for sale. Make sure you put this amazing exhibition of local talent on your art stop list.
Don't miss their Exhibition at Bloom in the Bay @ Racing Tauranga.
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Sue Groos sounds like a good place to stop
👨👨👦👦 Bloom in the Bay! Bring the whole family down to the Festival Hub @Racing Tauranga 19 - 22 November.
@Little Sweethearts Montessori are looking forward to delighting your child in the very special Children’s Garden.
The Children’s Garden is a fun interactive space in which your child can explore, create and have fun. From planting a seed, painting a rock, or making rose petal bath salts your kids will have a blast!
Grab a bite to eat from the food trucks and listen to some great live music.
$5 entry at the gate and festival pass holders and kids under 14 are FREE.
Why not make it a fun day out for the whole family!
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🎨 ARTIST FEATURE: Tauranga Lyceum Art Group
The Lyceum Art Group started in 2005 as another activity for the members of the Lyceum Club, as well as any other women interested in watercolour painting. Some artists also paint in Oils and Acrylic.
You can discover all of the wonderful artists from the Tauranga Lyceum Art Groupat the Roseneath Garden (number 24).
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🍃 Have you started planning your garden trail?
Do you want to wander around a rural garden that invokes feelings of relaxation and peacefulness? Seating encourages you to sit and soak up this piece of paradise.
Featuring Artist: RusticMetalArt.
Hmmmm yes please!! Hint hint, garden number 79 in your maps folks 😎
Plus don't miss the 1950 restored Massey Ferguson Tractor 🚜
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🌼 Flower Crown Demo – SweetPea and Jasmine, because every girl needs to know how to make a flower crown!
Learn the technique to create a lush flower crown using beautiful flowers and foliage that will survive and look amazing.
SweetPea & Jasmine is a floral business established in 2014 nestled in the hills of Pahoia they focus their business around local bespoke bouquet deliveries, designing and creating stunning wedding and event installations plus run classes in their Flower School.
Thursday: 19 November 2.30 - 3pm @ Bloom in the Bay.
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🚲 🌻 Did you know we have a bike trail this year? What an awesome way to get around and soak up the Festival. Just look out for the red bike trail on your map.
Hiring an e-bike is perfect for the free-spirited adventurer wanting to explore the Garden and Art trail by bike. DayTrippers will offer a range of the latest Giant electric bikes for hire complete with all safety gear. The bike trail is marked on the festival trail map to show you the way and their luxury DayTripper Shuttle will provide 8 locations to hop on or off with your bike to navigate the trails.
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🌏WIN!!! 🌏
🌻We've teamed up with our eco-buddies Envirohub Bay of Plenty and have a two tickets to the "Climate Change & the Economy Speakers Forum" this Wednesday 28 October 7pm - 9.30pm.
Here's how to enter:
1. Tell us why you'd love to win.
2. Tag who you're going to bring along! 🌷
We have our fingers and toes crossed for you, good luck!
T&C's:
- Competition closes Sunday 25 October 2020, and a winner will be drawn and announced on Monday.
- Winner must be able to attend www.facebook.com/events/317023926028483/ (tickets not redeemable/refundable)
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Got our tickets today. So excited, looking forward to my first time.
🌿Local landscapers Lara Bui and Isaac Weston have created this permanent concept garden at Tauranga Racecourse. How amazing does it look?! 🙌
You'll be able to experience this at the entrance to Bloom in the Bay our Festival Hub.
Want to know the inspiration behind it?
The Bay of Plenty land and sea are the inspiration behind the concept garden. The garden's main feature are the Totems or Pou whenua which in their design, reflect the Kaimai ranges, Wairoa River and stingray of the inner harbour.
The artwork will incorporate copper into locally sourced railway sleepers and will stand with a feature tree - Acer palmatum Bloodgood.
Isaac is a Tauranga artist whose design process incorporates fire, water, air and acids to reveal the hidden elements of metal. His work can be seen at the galleries and garden centres throughout the North Island under the brands of "Re.Work.It" and "Isaac Weston Artist". www.reworkit.co.nz/
Lara runs local indoor plant company Cool Plants, and her back ground is in landscape and design. www.coolplants.co.nz/
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Thank you for sharing!🙏🌿❤
The countdown is well and truely on!!
What a year! We are so very proud of all the wonderful gardener's who are so positive and passionate and they make it extra special. We have many new and wonderful gardens on display and of course your favourites, which are forever developing, are back too. 🌸🌾
It's not too late to grab your one-day pass ($35) or multi-day pas ($65) here: www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz/tickets/ or from
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Are you starting to plan your garden trail?
Keep an eye out for these handy symbols in your Directory, as you may want to give yourself longer at the larger gardens to wander around! 🌺🕷️🍃
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