The International Garden Photographer of the Year Blenheim Palace special award has been announced

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Published: Wednesday, 10 July 2024 at 07:21 AM


The International Garden Photographer of the Year‘s special award for Blenheim Palace is now in its sixth year. The winners of the award have just been announced, with first place won by Barry Roberts.

1st place, Barry Roberts in IGPOTY Blenheim Palace Competition ‘Lovely on the Water’ Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom © Barry Roberts

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Mark Hatt won second place, while Barry Roberts was also awarded third place in the competition.

2nd Place in the IGPOTY Blenheim Palace Competition
Mark Hatt 2nd place in the IGPOTY Blenheim Palace Competition Blenheim, ‘Looking Towards Woodstock’ Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

His Grace the Duke of Malborough chose the winning image and said: “I chose this photograph as it has captured the beauty of the colours shining on the leaves of the trees together with the ducks peacefully feeding in the darker end of the water.”

Finalist in the IGPOTY Blenheim Palace Award
Doug Lamb finalist in the IGPOTY Blenheim Palace Award ‘I Could Tell You Some Tales’ Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Barry will be presented with a prize at Blenheim Palace, and a selection of photos entered into the Blenheim Palace exhibition will be toured with the IGPOTY 17 exhibition when it arrived at Blenheim Palace from 10th July to 9th September.

3rd Place in IGPOTY Blenheim Palace competition y Roberts (#458136)
Barry Roberts 3rd place in IGPOTY Blenheim Palace competition ‘Old Twisty’ Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom © Barry Roberts

The IGPOTY is now in its 18th Competition year and runs a number of localised Special Awards and tours to exhibition venues such as UNESCO World Heritage Sites – the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Blenheim Palace.

Highly Commended in the IGPOTY Blenheim Palace Award
Ian Bone Highly Commended in the IGPOTY Blenheim Palace Award ‘Italian Garden’ Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

The main IGPOTY competition normally opens in January-February (TBC) and closes on 31st October (12 Noon/GMT) each year.

Finalist in the IGPOTY Blenheim Palace competition
Kaye Leggett finalist in the IGPOTY Blenheim Palace competition ‘Blenheim Garden’ Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom