The Howick Art Group is “very pleased” that its home, the “beloved” Green Gables Cottage in Cook Street, will again be open to the public for gallery viewings from early next month. Julie Mitchell, of the Howick Art Group, says the gallery cottage is reopening on Saturday, October 4, with a showing of members’ works inside the cottage and outside, if the weather’s good. “The cottage had been closed for Auckland Council maintenance work both inside and out. “The Howick Art Group recently held a very successful 60th anniversary spring exhibition, with many comments from those attending saying the artwork was of a very high standard. “The pieces on display in the refurbished cottage gallery will be no less so.