Bowood Woodland Gardens. April 30th 2025

 

Occasionally, the weather in April defies the prediction of

showers, and instead delivers glorious warmth and sunshine.

Such was the case when members of St Mary’s Art Group

visited Bowood Woodland Gardens, in Wiltshire. The gardens,

part of the Bowood Estate, have been home to ten generations

of the Lansdowne family for almost 300 years.They are a haven

of peace, serenity and colour. So much colour! Hence a perfect

spot for some plein air sketching and painting.​​

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The old adage ‘April showers bring forth May flowers’ clearly needs updating as flowers in these woodland gardens had already bloomed and blossomed into a multitude of heavily perfumed azaleas, magnolias, and rhododendrons. Our timing was also spot on for the carpets of bluebells covering the woodland floors. If any artist ever needed inspiration, here, in Bowood Woodlands we were totally surrounded by it. All of us were in total agreement that, (as Wallace and Gromit would say), it was a ‘Grand Day Out’.