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Painting out days will return in 2025
 Memories of Painting Out Days 2024
Smallhythe Place 11th July
Cavell Park home Maidstone on June 25th
 A visit to Boughton Monchelsea Church 
Hole  Park visit in June 2024. 
Tuesday May 28th. 2024. A visit to Manor Farm - Rainy day but a couple of artists still attended
Saturday May 10th. 2024. A visit to NT Stoneacre - overcast day but lovely gardens 
by Ann Thompson
by Ann Thompson
by Sara Christmas
by S.Wallis
by L.Kalibabka
by Diane Hayes
Wednesday May 1st. 2024. An interesting visit to Bredgar railway starts our new season of painting out days.
Memories of Painting Out Days 2023
Wednesday 27th September - Belmont House and Garden
by A. Martin
by A. Martin
by H. Lampers
By J Hallett
By L. Kalibabka
by S. Wallis
by S. Wallis
by G. Wright

Thursday 21st September - Teston Lock
by Steven Wallis
by Sara Christmas
by Sara Christmas
by Sara Christmas
Lorraine Oakman- Teston
Lorraine Oakman- Teston

Wednesday 6th September - Mote Park
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By Eddy Finch
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by Lesley Kalibabka
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Tuesday 29th August - Allington Lock
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by George Wright
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by Lesley Kalibabka

9th August - Doddington
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by Christine Allcott
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by Hildegarde Bone
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by Steven Wallis
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by George Wright
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by Steven Wallis

2nd August - Upnor
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By Sara Christmas
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By Sara Christmas

26th July, Great Comp Gardens
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by Lesley Kalibabka
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by Steven Wallis
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by Steven Wallis
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by Steven Wallis

19th July - Headcorn Village
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by Yvonne Smith
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by Yvonne Smith

12th July - Lower Halstow
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By Ann Thompson
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by Lesley Kalibabka
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by George Wright
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by George Wright
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by Christine Allcott

7th July Wateringbury Marina
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by Ann Thompson
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By Colleen Wolfe

28th June - Tenterden Railway
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by George Wright
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by Ann Thompson
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By Christine Allcott

14th June Godinton Gardens
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by Yvonne Smith

5th June Sissinghurst Castle

Visit to Stoneacre Saturday 20th May

Leeds Church

Visit to Hole Park Gardens 4th May
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Memories from our Painting Out Days in 2022
Last meeting of our painting out days programme at Chatham Dockyard on 12 September 2022.
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Great Comp House and Gardens on Monday, 15 August.  Photos below.
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At Godinton House Gardens on Tuesday, 9 August.  12 members and 2 visitors attended.   Sun was out and there was a cool breeze.  
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Short watercolour sketches

A return visit to Arnold Yoke on Monday, 1 August.  The house and gardens are privately owned and we made a donation to the National Gardens

​ Scheme.  Good weather and good company.  Very many thanks to our gracious hosts.
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We revisited Belmont House and Gardens on Monday, 20 June.  Beautiful weather and a good turnout and virtually ​had the gardens to ourselves.  
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Painting by George Wright
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The kitchen garden by Lesley Kalibabka
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We always meet for lunch and yesterday were grouped underneath a Medlar tree.
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On Tuesday, 14 June a first painting out day at Boughton Church.
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On 6 May enjoyed our first painting out day of the year at Hole Park ​House and Gardens.  (Below)
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Painting Out Days 2021
We visited Belmont House and Gardens at Faversham for our last painting out day for this year.  
The weather was perfect, as was the ​company. 
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Penultimate painting out day at Chatham Dockyard on Monday, 6 September.
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On Wednesday, 1 September, we visited Godinton House and Gardens.  The sun did not make an appearance and it

​ was a bit chilly but we were given a warm welcome by the ladies at Godinton.  16 members attended.
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Godinton House by Yvonne Smith
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On Tuesday, 24 August, 16 members attended Nettlestead Place Gardens.

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​The venue was glorious and it was a perfect painting out day.
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On Tuesday, 17 August, we met at Arnold

Yoke at Leeds, the home of Mr and Mrs

Stileman.  


​17 members attended and despite the

chilly weather everyone enjoyed

themselves.  It is a lovely property with

beautifully ​maintained gardens.
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Arnold Yoke by George Wright
On Monday, 21 July, we went to Willesborough Windmill.   It was one of the hottest days of the year.
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Photos taken by Terry Longhurst and left is

his painting of inside the museum where

there is a model of a lady in a kitchen with

​housewares scattered about.
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Tuesday, 8 June   The Friars, Aylesford
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14 members attended for the first complete painting out day.  The sun was out and it was great to catch up with old friends. 
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Monday, 24 May     Teston Bridge and Country Park


Unfortunately this event as a painting day was postponed but some members still met at Teston for a hot drink and a catch-up as this was our first


​'person to person' meeting for a long time. 
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Painting Out Days 2020​
For our last painting out day this year, on Friday, 25 September, five hardy souls went to Allington Lock and braved the biting cold wind.  
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By George Wright

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We visited Belmont House and Gardens on Friday, 18 September.   It was a sunny but

breezy day, with clear blue skies.  14 members were there and it was relaxing and

​sociable.   

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By George Wright
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By Ann Thompson
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On Thursday, 4 September, we visited Great Comp Gardens.  14 members attended and whilst the sun did not make an appearance, the

​ wonderful colours of the flowers and shrubs compensated brilliantly.
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