Pat Taylor – Amazing Spaces, Garden Arts Festival
Amazing spaces is taking place on the 23rd November and looking for any ideas that people have for an amazing apace. Pat listed a huge number they think-tanked in 10 minutes.
November 2023
In conjunction with the Garden and Arts Festival
We are looking for ideas and contacts of funky, quirky places to be part of a tour of some of Tauranga’s amazing spaces.
To get the ball rolling here are some thoughts.
Please add yours to the list and send to Shiv or Kathy
Floating Gin Palaces
Phil’s Place
Tiny Homes
Exotic Bordellos
Funky Industrial Buildings
Art Studios
Edgy Gardens
Repurposed Telephone Boxes
Blingy Limos
Steam Punk Emporium
Bondage and Discipline Dungeons
Farmers Building rooftop tour
Tim the Toolman Taylor Man Caves
Virtual Harbour Pilot
Street Art tour
Repurposed Shipping Containers
Bridge Tour of Cruise Liners or Super Tankers
Fairy Grottoes
The Elms
Intriguing Retail Outlets
Coffee Carts
Refurbished House Trucks and Caravans
Looking forward to your out of left field ideas
Michelle Beaton – Guess who’s Coming for Dinner
Reminder to book your place, and more hosts are wanted. Please contact Michele if you are able
Due Mary being a no show having a better breakfast offer
, Ross introduced his longtime Friend
Mark Anderson
as speaker who is the Bay of Plenty GARDEN & ART FESTIVAL Director.
Mark told us that from a very young age he traveled the northern hemisphere as a rowdy stage hand with some great named artist. One is Tom Jones. After Tom had finished performing Mark had the job of collecting the all the Bra’s and Knickers that had been throw on to the stage during the performance, he added the smalls were mostly brand new and clean.
On returning to NZ with his wife Iris in 2014, he helped set up the 2017 Garden & Art festival. After 2 years of Covid cancellations, he is now the Festival Director which is a 12 month 24/7 job.
Mark then got our attention by telling us to listen carefully because there would be a quiz with prizes! He proceeded to inform us that there was now a NZ Garden and Art Festival Trust (2001) .The Trustees are Lynda Burch (chair), James Sherson, Annie Hill, Nichola Vague and Rebecca Ryder
The Festival Dates are Thurs 17th –Sun 20 NOV. Main Partners are Bayleys, Palmers, Craigs, Tect Tauranga City and at least 16 other minor partners
The Garden and Art Trail has 74 Garden and Art shops plus 31% NEW Gardens and our very first Art Studio Trail.
Mark wanted to acknowledge and thank all our Gardeners and Artists for everything they do and a special thanks to Palmers Bethlehem, The Art Galleries, Festival Artists and Emerging Artists.
The Festival Hub” BLOOM in the Bay” is at the Tauranga race course. The Speakers Corner Hosting Ruud Kleinpaste - “ Whos in the garden”. Live Bumble Bee Hive, with Rachel Weston reading from her book “Bumble bees have smelly feet” .Marian Murphy, ancient art from the 12th century in China. Geoff Canham and Fiona Lavin - connecting people with nature. Emma Cole A Micro lesson on Microgreens, Luke Judd, Predator free BOP. Shontelle –Sweet pea and Jasmine. Kim Westerskov - Photos in your garden.
Live Music , Food ,Wine, Cocktails and Trade Stalls. A Kids Zone , Legacy Gardens and Art and Dance. Not forgetting Wearable Art and Floral Designing and Display.
Mark proceeded to ask his Quiz Questions and give great prizes of Festival Entry 4 day passes. Which were highly contested.
Speaker thanks was given by Ian Burns
Raffle: Simone had the lucky ticket Red 27 and boxed the tables for small change
Sargeant Session Ron was called out the week
before for having been in Rotary for 35 years. He has been thinking of all the changes that had happened over the last 30 years e.g.
The technological advances in human history, thanks to the life altering creations like the internet and the iPhone.
- Internet 1990, Photoshop 1990, portable GPS 1990, Email and text messaging 1991, Netflix 1997 Drones 1994, Mobile Broadband 1991 Hybrid cars 1997, Flat screen TVs 1997, DVDs 1998, Facebook 2004, You Tube 2005, Iphone2007. The First cell phone called the brick, came out in 1984, weighed almost 1 kg, offered half an hour talk time per charge and cost US$3995 Google search 1997.
Parting Thought Amanda-Jane Txt me her parting thought which I recall was deep and meaningful lbut I promptly deleted it!
Compassion, at Hiruharama (Jerusalem) on the Whanganui River. She became the first Superior of the order five months later. Mother Aubert, known initially in her religious life as Sister Mary Joseph, began taking in unwanted Pākehā children at Jerusalem, and grew interested in social work among the urban poor.