Tickets are still available for November's Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival – which not only promotes the unique lifestyle of the Bay of Plenty, but is fast becoming NZ's premier garden and art event.

All involved with the festival are passionate about gardens, art and promoting the beautiful Bay of Plenty.

For those keen to get their tickets as soon as possible, there are now more outlets to purchase them from.

These include online with Eventfinda, and also in-store at Palmers Bethlehem, i-site Tauranga, Décor Gardenworld, Pacifica Home & Garden Store, Te Puke Florists and Katch Katikati – Katikati Information Centre.

The 2022 festival, with Bayleys as the principal festival partner, offers a garden and art trail spanning from Katikati to Te Puke with 74 garden and art stops.

This year 32 per cent of the gardens are new to the festival and there is a brand new art studio trail within the main trail.

As well as this, people can also participate in the festival's popular three-course Long Lunch with host and former ‘NZ House & Garden' magazine editor Lynda Hallinan, who will be joined by NZ's 'bug man” Ruud Kleinpaste.

The hub of the festival at Tauranga Racecourse – Bloom in the Bay – will feature porcelain and floral art, live music, sculptures, Polynesian wall art, pottery, jewellery, woodcraft, garden art, carving, murals, glass art, cake decorating, millinery, food and trade stalls, a kids' area, demonstrations, talks, sustainable and wearable art, workshops and photography.

The Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival is on November 17-20.

Visit: www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz for ticket sales and more information.