Three Day Tutored En Plein Air Day One Takes place on Thursday August 17th 2023 in the glorious surroundings of Heywood Gardens, designed in 1906, by Edwin Lutyens and planted by Gertrude Jekyll. Tickets for Day One – €40Three Day Ticket – €100Ticket prices subject to booking fee.BUY NOW Day Two Friday August 18th 2023, in the magical […]
A Very Special En Plein Air Event ‘Three wonderful days in August’, is how we best describe the Twin Trees Festival’s, Tutored En Plein Air Painting.Taking place from August 18th – 20th, and set in glorious, Edwin Lutyens designed Heywood Gardens, the surrounding woodlands and lakes, and of course, beautiful Ballinakill village, it really is […]
The Art of Painting Outdoors Finally the day arrived and The Twin Trees Heywood Art & Culture Festival 2021 was finally underway, with day one of this year’s Three Day Tutored En Plein Air. After the disappointment of last year’s late cancelation, due to the inclusion of Co. Laois in the local lockdown, it felt […]
Saturday 20th August 2022, from 10am Our Fishing competition, for the Lutyens Cup, takes place on Saturday 20th August, beginning at 10am with a draw for fishing spots. The angling will begin at Gills Pond at 11am and will conclude at 4pm. A fee of €10 applies to all participants and places are limited. Registration […]
In Conversation with Sue Nunn We were thrilled to be invited to speak, with the wonderful Sue Nunn of KCLR 96Fm today, on her show, The Way It Is.For those of you who may have missed the interview with Twin Trees Art & Culture Festival committee member, Caragh Burns-Sharma, you can catch up, and listen […]
A Tale from the Schools’ Collection It seems the fascination with Heywood, Ballinakill, is not just a modern conviction! In the late 1930’s, a primary school student, named Nicholas Delaney, from Bray, Co. Wicklow, wrote of Heywood, for a schools project. His information had been sourced from Mr. Thomas Delaney, living at the same address […]
A Brief Introduction The tutors for the ‘En Plein Air’ event are two exceptional and experienced artists, Bridget Flannery and Jock Nichol. Bridget and Jock tutored at last 2019’s inaugural event, and we are really looking forward to welcoming them both back for our 2021 event. Bridget Flannery Since 1995 Bridget Flannery has taken part […]
The good news is that gardens available for public visiting are once again… open, following the lifting of pandemic restrictions on movement, including our very own Heywood Gardens. In a new digital format, the attached GARDENS OPEN 2020 GUIDE lists 100 gardens, both pubic and privately owned, that are open to visitors this year. Particularly […]
After the departure of the Poe family from Heywood, the house was sold to the then Leix Board of Health, with a plan to transform it into a home, for the care of the elderly. This idea was shelved because of the huge cost involved in the reconstruction of the house; which subsequently lay idle […]
Below are some photographs, from last year’s Floral Artistry exhibition, which was held at All Saints’ Chuch, Ballinakill. The festival of flowers depicted architectural designs by Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), as our festival celebrated his 150th birthday. All exhibits were expertly created by members of the Durrow & Cullohill Flower and Garden Club, and Kilkenny Flower […]