{"id":9280,"date":"2022-04-05T17:44:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/?p=77138"},"modified":"2022-04-05T18:08:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:08:48","slug":"2022-rhs-photographic-competition-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/2022-rhs-photographic-competition-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 RHS Photographic Competition Winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Veronica Peerless\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 05 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The winners of the prestigious 2022 RHS Photographic competition have just been announced. The competition celebrates the power of gardens and the beauty of wildlife and attracts thousands of entries from amateur and professional photographers. This year, the winners were selected from almost 10,000 entries across nine categories. Here, we highlight some of our favourites.<\/p>\n

Discover some of the winners of this year\u2019s RHS Photographic Competition<\/h2>\n

Plants category<\/h3>\n
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Saffron Sunset captures crocuses blooming near an office block in Iowa<\/span><\/figcaption> Sanjay Jani<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The Overall Adult winner and winner of the Plants category was Sanjay Jani\u2019s \u2018Saffron Sunset\u2019 photograph, capturing crocuses unexpectedly blooming alongside a concrete office wall in Iowa, USA. The judges said that the image stopped them in their tracks and perfectly summed up the longing for spring that comes at the end of winter.<\/p>\n

Gardens category<\/h3>\n
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Illuminating the past and present by Andrea Jones captures Tom Stuart-Smith\u2019s design for Madresfield Court, Worcestershire, at dawn<\/span><\/figcaption> Andrea Jones<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The gardens category was won by Andrea Jones for her image of Madresfield Court in Worcestershire, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith. The topiaried yew, Stipa gigantea<\/em>, roses and herbaceous perennials, are captured perfectly in the early morning light.<\/p>\n

Macro category<\/h3>\n
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Green stars by Marek Mierzejewski captures the detail of Equisetum arvense, field horsetail<\/span><\/figcaption> Marek Mierzejewski <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Marek Mierzejewski was unaware of the exquisite beauty of Equisetum arvense<\/em> (field horsetail) beneath his feet in a meadow in Gdansk, Poland \u2013 until the striking rows of green stars were revealed through the macro lens of his Canon EOS 6D Mark II.<\/p>\n

Indoor gardening category<\/h3>\n
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Kam Hong Leung photographed a worker in the Waterlily House at RBG Kew<\/span><\/figcaption> Kam Hong Leung <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Kam Hong Leung captured a worker at RBG Kew tending to the plants in the Waterlily House, which was designed to showcase the giant Amazon waterlily (Victoria amazonica<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Social media category<\/h3>\n
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A summer meadow photographed on a family walk in the Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds<\/span><\/figcaption> Sara Bishop<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Sara Bishop captured the beauty of a summer meadow at its peak, taken on a family walk in the Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds.<\/p>\n

Under 11s category<\/h3>\n
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The stark beauty of life reflected in a winter pond at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Essex<\/span><\/figcaption> Alex Chapman<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Alex Chapman shot this image of a reflection in a winter pond at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex on an iPhone XR. Nicola Stocken, photographer, garden writer and competition judge said that the image \u201cimmediately jumped out for a rare spontaneity, a real conversation piece: was it serendipity or the result of patience and planning?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Illuminating the past and present by Andrea Jones captures Tom Stuart-Smith\u2019s design for Madresfield Court, Worcestershire, at dawn<\/span> <\/figcaption> Andrea Jones<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Saffron Sunset by Sanjay Jani captures crocuses blooming near an office block in Iowa.<\/span> <\/figcaption> Sanjay Jani<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Green stars by Marek Mierzejewski captures the detail of Equisetum arvense, field horsetail<\/span> <\/figcaption> Marek Mierzejewski <\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The stark beauty of life reflected in a winter pond at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Essex, taken by Alex Chapman<\/span> <\/figcaption> Alex Chapman<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRichard Bloom, award-winning photographer, regular contributor to Gardens Illustrated<\/em> and competition judge said: \u2018This year\u2019s competition has seen an incredibly diverse and outstanding range of imagery from deeply considered intricate and labour-intensive images to instinctive decisive moment captures and everything in between. There are many beautiful, clever and highly creative photographs, some strange and unusual and some surprisingly moving.\u2019\n

The category winners will be available to view at the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2022 at Saatchi Gallery, open from 9th-29th April, or online at rhs.org.uk\/photocomp<\/a>.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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