International Garden Photographer of the Year 2009

Overall winner: Garden Photographer of the Year 2009 – Marianne Majerus  and her winning photograph “Layered Landscape – a Moment Captured”.

Private Garden, Luxembourg

Sunlight streams through the trees to actaea, sedums and grasses, and the layering of the mist over the fields in the distance provides a stage on which the plants perform their morning dance.  Actaea simplex Atropurpurea Group, Sedum spectabile. The scene was utterly irresistible as the early morning light broke through the tree canopy and tickled the actaea.

CATEGORY WINNERS

PLANT PORTRAITS

FIRST PRIZE

“The Beacon” by Mandy Disher

SECOND PRIZE

“Magnolia campbellii var Alba” by Brian Haslam

THIRD PRIZE

“Tulipia” by Sergey Karepanov

GARDEN VIEWS

FIRST PRIZE

“Layered Landscape – a Moment Captured” Marianne Majerus

SECOND PRIZE

“The Snake” by Claire Takacs

THIRD PRIZE

“The Hidden Bridge” by Jeff Frieson

WILDLIFE IN THE GARDEN

FIRST PRIZE

“Camouflage” by Gillian Hunt

SECOND PRIZE

“Mimikra” by Magdalena Wasiczek

THIRD PRIZE

“Crabby” by Jacky Parker

PEOPLE IN THE GARDEN

FIRST PRIZE

“Elderly man doing tai chi in Beihai Park, Beijing” by Victor Korchenko

SECOND PRIZE

“Autumn in my Garden” by Gosta Lindbom

THIRD PRIZE

“He who plants a garden plants happiness” by Lynn Keddie

THE EDIBLE GARDEN

FIRST PRIZE

“Autumn morning down on the Allotments” by Mark Bolton

SECOND PRIZE

“Heritage Purple Podded Pea” by Carol Sharp

THIRD PRIZE

“Melone Modigliani” by Carlo Silva

TREES

FIRST PRIZE

“Tree-lined Landscape” by Colin Roberts

SECOND PRIZE

“Autumn Melody” by Tom Wundrak

THIRD PRIZE

“New Growth” by Chinch Gryniewicz

Congratulations to all of the winners

Visit the IGPOTY Website to see more of the finalist entries, the portfolio section and the Young Garden Photographer of the Year

EXHIBITION

Go and see this fantastic exhibition featuring the winning entries of garden, wildlife and botanical photography bringing together the very best amateur and professional garden photographers from all over the world. Walk amongst over 100 enlarged photographs and admire the photographic skill, composition, stunning colours and wonderful garden shots all displayed in an outdoor gallery located near the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Art. Runs from 1st May to 26th September 2010 at Kew Gardens. For more info visit here