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There’s always something new, as well as tried and true, on offer at the Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival – and it’s not too late to get your tickets.

The biennial festival, with Bayley’s as principal festival partner, returns to delight this year from November 19-22, with its many participants beavering away in readiness in the lead-up.

The talented people opening up their gardens and studios for the festival will include an inspiring number new to the festival’s garden and art trail, festival director Marc Anderson said.

“We find that our festival-goers love it if their favourite gardens and artists return offering another opportunity to visit, yet they also appreciate new offerings waiting to be discovered behind garden walls and studio doors.

“We have plenty of both favourites and newcomers … a whole mix of delights,” Anderson said.

He reckons festival-goers are in for a treat, with 85 garden and art stops on this year’s trail. There will be the opportunity to meet more than 100 artists who will display their work throughout Western Bay of Plenty gardens, studios and galleries. The trails are sponsored by Palmers Bethlehem in partnership with Metlifecare Greenwood Park.

Anderson said those hitting the trails can expect plenty of diversity. There’s art featuring various mediums and styles, while the garden mix includes rambling ones, small plots and plenty in-between.

For Palmers Bethlehem owners Shane and Paula Smith, it will be their fifth time supporting the festival trail. “Their enthusiasm for the event remains strong,” Anderson said.

Shane and Paula Smith of Palmers Bethlehem, keen supporters of the BOP Garden & Art Festival trail.

Tickets to the biennial festival are available at Palmers Bethlehem, Décor Gardenworld, isite Tauranga, Pacifica Garden Centre, Te Puke Florist, the Arts Junction Katikati and online at: eventfinda.co.nz.