Plein Air Painting Opportunity at the Mapua Garden Tour
Good afternoon everyone,
It is with great pleasure to announce that our Māpua Garden Tour 2024 is now live for ticket sale. Thank you all again for participating and providing us all the information required.
The self-guided Māpua Garden Tour will take attendees along 14 beautiful and unique gardens, each showcasing the creativity and passion of you as local gardeners. There is a nice variety of small and large gardens featuring lots of natives, many flowering roses and peonies, several ponds, stunning ocean views, meandering paths to vegetable gardens, fruit trees and citrus orchards, and much more! As attendees wander they can enjoy observing painters performing their craft in one of the gardens, adding an artistic flair to the experience.
During the tour attendees can immerse themselves in the world of garden art, featuring preserved moss art, garden sculptures and handcrafted pottery on display. There is also the opportunity to browse Ruby Coast’s pre-loved clothing in one of the garden.
Attendees can indulge their taste buds at our picturesque lunch location at Garden House Kina, where a sandwich & hot drink, or cake & hot drink special await, alongside refreshing coffee, delightful baking, and fine wine available for purchase at select gardens. To conclude the tour attendees can add the special option of a prosecco & dessert platter at Jellyfish. All options are available as an add-on when purchasing tickets online.
As a special treat, there will be an exciting array of prizes to be won. Every ticket will go into our raffle where attendees will have the chance of winning one of the below prizes:
- $20 Garden House Kina Voucher
- Bag of Rabbit Island Coffee Beans (valued at $31.99)
- Painting by Nicole Russell – painted on the spot in one of the gardens!
- Tall Crystal Vase with Flowers (valued at $340.-)
- Handcrafted Pottery Bowl by Maureen Ryan – displayed in her garden studio
- Preserved Moss Wall Art Piece by Gaea (valued at $800.-)
Please share this event with your friends, family and neighbours and get them excited for an inspiring weekend supporting Mapua School while enjoying the beauty of our community’s gardens, food and art. Posters and brochures will be shared along local businesses, if you know of any great places to share this information or would like to receive brochures to hand out, please let us know!
Please note this event is 12+ yrs. and adults only. Anyone who is unable to make it to the weekend can still enter the raffle by purchasing a raffle ticket only. Head over to www.foms.nz/events for more information and to buy tickets, and follow us on Instagram @mapuagardentour for the latest updates. This is where we will be sharing lots of information and photos about your participation as well! If there are any particular images or information you’d like us to post about, please email them through.
We will be in contact again a week prior to the tour to share final information and updates for during the weekend. If you have any questions, would like to share any ideas or concerns, please give Angela a call on 021784801.
Best regards,
Friends of Mapua School