def get_geoms_for_bounds(self, bounds):
        """
        Helper method to get geometries within a certain bounds (as WKT).

        Returns GeoJSON (loaded as a list of python dictionaries).
        """

        params = {'service'      : 'WFS',
                  'request'      : 'GetFeature',
                  'typeName'     : self._feature_name,
                  'outputFormat' : 'json',
                  'version'      : '1.0.0',
                  'bbox'         : ','.join((str(b) for b in wkt.loads(bounds).bounds))}

        raw_geojson_response = requests.get(self._wfs_server, params=params)
        raw_geojson_response.raise_for_status()
        geojson = raw_geojson_response.json()

        return [g['geometry'] for g in geojson['features']]