Garden and Artfest 8 - 14 November 2010
LATEST NEWS:
Garden and ArtFest supporting Enviroschools
The journey of the Enviroschools programme has been driven by the kaupapa of creating a sustainable world. It began with the seed of an idea about young people creating healthy peaceful, sustainable schools, and has developed into a diverse and rich network of learning and action in communities nationwide. In the Bay of Plenty, there are now 80 Enviroschools - 38 per cent of all schools in the region. The team of the Garden and Artfest is actively involved assisting in the process, finding resources and offering expertise whenever possible.
Schools sign up to the programme when they feel ready and are supported by staff at Environment Bay of Plenty and EastBay REAP or Tauranga City Council... Read more >>>
New director team to grow Garden and Art Festival
Tauranga’s popular Garden and Art Festival (GAF) announces the appointment of a new director team to head the event in the future.
The new team, Jo Bond and Arne Herrmann, are established professionals in the Festival circuit with Ms Bond having been involved in three of Tauranga’s major festivals for the last 6 years (Jazz Festival, Arts Festival and Garden and Art Festival), while Mr. Herrmann came to Tauranga from the New Zealand International Arts Festival in Wellington to direct his first National Jazz Festival this year... Read more >>>
