Opening Sunday 8th June 2025
The Abbotsbury Festival of Landscape Art 2025
A participatory event with insights for Artists & Visitors
… a festival in three parts
PART ONE
OPEN GARDENS FETE
In aid of The Friends of St. Nicholas Church
Sunday 8th June
GARDENS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
WE CAN WITNESS THE
ARTISTS AT WORK
12 noon – 5pm
Open Gardens Fete, with a variety of Invited Artists.
Craft stalls, plant sales, food and drink.
At The Manor House, The Old Gatehouse,
Abbey House,
Abbey Farm Flowers, Bee Nice Blooms.
Followed by an Evening Reception
5pm – 7pm,
in the Grand Abbey Barn, where votes for Art works are revealed, sealed Bids for Art works are invited, judging proceeds, and there will be Live Music.
All tickets at Garden Gates of the Manor House and the Old Gatehouse,
Open Gardens £5
Evening Reception in Grand Barn £10
Combined ticket : £15
Exhibition in the Grand Abbey Barn free entry …
12 noon – 4pm
PART TWO
OPEN LANDSCAPE
Open invitation to come
and make Art
Organised by John Meaker,
“Abbotsbury Studio”
Monday 9th –
Sunday 15th June
WE ARE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN IN.
LANDSCAPE ART IN THE ABBOTSBURY IDYLL
A week for the participation of many Artists,
FOR OBSERVATION AND EXPRESSION
Professionals, Amateurs, Students, Beginners,
DROP IN, JOIN IN, £10 FOR THE DAY
no booking necessary
Please register in the Grand Medieval Barn anytime after 9.30am,
£10 each day, £50 for seven days,
U16s and students half price.
Public free entry for Grand Barn Exhibition,
10am – 4.30pm
There will be a programme
of evening presentations and lectures,
free to participating Artists.
£10 each evening to the public.
Monday 9th – Sunday 15th
6pm – 8pm, in the Grand Barn.
PART THREE
SCHOOLS and YOUNG ARTISTS
Thursday 12th –
Sunday 15th June
Inviting Young Artists to participate, choose their view of the Landscape and make their Art as a personal response based on their observation and their feelings about whatever they have chosen.
In the Grand Barn where everyone registers will be an Exhibition many Artists works offering the freedom of a variety different approaches.
Please register each morning
after 9.30am in the Grand Barn.
Under 16s and students – £5 each day,
Under 16s must part of a school group or be accompanied by an adult, however, the chaperones please register but need not pay.
Everyone, whatever age, will have their own individual and unique response to the Landscape. It is for each person or Artist to find their own way of doing it.
A benefit of the Festival will be the variety of examples of different approaches to the Landscape in the Grand Barn Exhibition as well as in the work of Artists working in the Landscape.
Featured Work
Fiona Godfrey
Frances Hatch
