by Cimino | 19 Aug 2021 | Exhibit, J Barry Ferguson Fund
J Barry Ferguson Fund 2021 galleryWhere vendor and vendee combine practical philanthropy to fund actions to enjoy, protect, and restore the Mahurangi Click to view—perchance to bid Hardenbergia violaceaafter Sydney Parkinson Plate 72 Banks’ Florilegium, Alecto...
by Cimino | 17 Aug 2021 | J Barry Ferguson Fund
Rare and heroic inclusion in charity art exhibition Prints from Alecto Historical Editions Banks’ Florilegium are rare for a reason. The never-used engraved copper plates from which they were printed had lain, effectively forgotten, for 200 years before being...
by Cimino | 27 Jul 2021 | Uncategorised
J Barry Ferguson Fund supporting Mahurangi actions Parisian Studio Scene Oil on canvas signed and dated 1963, Gunvor Bull-Teilman, from the painter, printmaker, sculptor, and book illustrator’s student days. First seen by Barry in Onslow, “re-united” in New York, in...
by Cimino | 22 Jul 2021 | Regional parks
Splendid summer to protect Te Muri sense of isolation Already three years behind in its 10-year review, the draft regional parks management plan is now not due to be approved for release until November. Submissions on the monumental—the current document runs to 504...
by Cimino | 20 Jul 2021 | Uncategorised
Tickets to J Barry Ferguson Fund botanical (and floral) art and book exhibition—cancelled View J Barry Ferguson Fund botanical and floral art exhibits Tickets to J Barry Ferguson Fund botanical art exhibition—cancelled Event J Barry Ferguson Art & Book Collection...
by Cimino | 3 Jul 2021 | Paths and trails, Sea-level rise, Te Muri Crossing
Te Muri access dictated drop-in location Was it not for John Darrach’s 1880s activism, Saturday’s coffee-and-croissants drop-in day, in Mahurangi West’s former school, would have been held in Sullivans Bay. John Darrach was so exercised about the danger to the 23...
by Cimino | 27 Jun 2021 | Action plan, Regatta 2022, Sea-level rise, Te Muri Crossing
Mahurangi West land restoration planting Sunday 11 July Officially, the West is East, but in practice it is neither, nor is it in the Mahurangi hydrological catchment, it being in that of Te Muri. First planting day under the Mahurangi Land Restoration label appears...
by Cimino | 21 Jun 2021 | J Barry Ferguson Fund, Regatta 2022
Dozen reasons to want not-a-tickets to the prize-giving dance Dozens of reasons exist for not selling tickets to the prize-giving dance. Tickets were sold to the first, revived, regatta dance, which was styled the Mahurangi Regatta Ball, complete with...
by Cimino | 5 Jun 2021 | Paths and trails, Regional parks, Te Muri Crossing
Te Muri Crossing coffee-and-croissants drop-in day Te Muri Crossing high tea 2022, will be on Mother’s Day. Mothers who were treated to Sunday’ high tea at Tu Ngutu Villa clearly enjoyed the afternoon, the star-studded cast of speakers, and the silent auction. The...
