Old Westbury Gardens

Last week I went to Old Westbury Gardens with several artist friends. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the former home of John S. Phips and his family. The estate is surrounded by 200 acres of formal gardens, landscaped grounds, woodlands, ponds and laked. We started out at the formal walled garden which is spectacular.

Conservatory Garden Statue

On Saturday I went into the city to meet the NYC Urban Sketchers in Central Park at the Conservatory Garden at 5th Ave and 105 St. It is a beautiful and well-tended section of the park. We've sketched there before. This formal garden has an English, French, and Italian garden within it. This was painted in the English garden. I was surprised to see that the water lilies were still in bloom...I guess due to the unusually warm weather until recently. I loved the statue and tried to find the title of it but had no success.