As part of our Special Spring Meeting at Lenham on Sunday 19 March 2017 we held a photographic competition.
Here are the winning images in each of the six classes.
Click on an image to view full size and to scroll through each class, and F11 for a full screen experience.
Class 1
A close-up of the detail of part of a plant.
For example, stamens, veins in a flower or leaf, markings on a seedpod or stem etc.
1st. Crocus-stigma, Bryn Lerwill
2nd. Clematis ‘Multi Blue’, Zoe Rollings-Mathews
3rd. Dandelion seed head, Bryn Lerwill
Class 2
A close-up of part of a plant.
For example, one or more whole flowers, buds, leaves, stems, seed heads etc.
1st. Sarcococca: new flowers, old fruit, Robert Lines
2nd. Camilia ‘Debbie’, Robert Lines
3rd. Rudbeckia, Bryn Lerwill
Class 3
A picture of a whole plant
1st. Mammillaria, Bryn Lerwill
2nd. Galanthus nivalis, Robert Lines
3rd. Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’, Virginia Oakes
Class 4
Plants in association.
Two or more plants in the garden, or in the wild, to show an attractive or interesting combination.
Tree trunk with ferns, Hilary Spon
2nd. Meconopsis cambrica and Aquilegia vulgaris, Hilary Spon
3rd. Meadow, Bryn-Lerwill
Class 5
Garden ornament.
A garden view showing an attractive man-made ornamental feature, such as statuary, urns or pots, seats, garden structures, gates, etc.
1st. Urn and foliage, Mounts Court Farm, Karin Proudfoot
2nd. Borde Hill Garden, Hilary Spon
3rd. Walled garden at Thenford, Karin Proudfoot
Class 6
Life in the garden.
A light-hearted look at people, pets and wildlife in the garden.
1st. Fox in the garden, Ian Stoddard
2nd. Garden explorers, Virginia Oakes
Best in Show