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International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition 2023

Free event

Event details

15 Mar - 3 May 2023
10am - 5pm

Enjoy exploring a selection of stunning, winning images from the 16th International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition (IGPOTY). These will be displayed in large format, outdoors, near the Grass Maze.

The exhibition features a selection of photographs from across the competition’s main categories, such as: ‘Beautiful Gardens’; ‘Trees, Woods and Forests’; ‘Wildflower Landscapes’ and ‘The World of Fungi’.

Winning images from this year's IGPOTY competition

view of a stream running through a garden
'The Stream Garden' 1st place, ‘Beautiful Gardens’, Caroline Piek, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands Click for information
abstract view of a bug hotel with circles, lines and a kaleidoscopic effect.
'Abandon Hope' 1st place ‘7IM Abstract Views’, David Townshend, Northamptonshire, England Click for information
view of the night sky showing the night sky and Milky Way above the mountains and shrubs of the Canary Islands
'Blue Tajinaste' 1st Place, 'Breathing Spaces', Overall Winner, Competition, Tony North, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain Click for information
Photo of a large sand dune brightly lit by the sun on one side with shadow on the other, a small tree at the foot of the dune and another in the foreground.
'Dune' 1st Place, ‘MPB Plants & Planet’, Gigi Williams, Namib Desert, Namibia Click for information
close up image of slime moulds, which look like little balloons on stalks on a tree branch.
'Slime Mould Biodiversity' 1st Place 'Portfolios', The Royal Photographic Society Gold Medal, Barry Webb, Buckinghamshire, England Click for information
two dying orchid flowers with white, translucent petals and very visible veins
'Fallen Orchid Flowers' 1st Place ‘The Beauty of Plants’, Claire Carter, Shropshire, England Click for information
brown, white and gold image with 1 large and 3 smaller mushrooms in the foreground, blurred ferns in the background.
'Autumn Emergence' 1st Place ‘The World of Fungi’, Jay Birmingham, Monks Park Wood, Warwickshire, England Click for information
Bright white silver birch tree against a backdrop of a forest with muted, frosted green leaves
'Frosted Silver Birch' 1st Place ‘Trees, Woods & Forests’, Bernadette Benz, Auenstein, Aargau, Switzerland Click for information
view across flowering heather moor to hills in a purple haze
'Heather and Bracken' 1st Place ‘Wildflower Landscapes’, Mark Bauer, Broad Bottom, New Forest, Hampshire, England Click for information
blue tit taking flight from a sunflower head, its feathers are a translucent blue in the sunlight
'Cinciarella' 1st Place ‘Wildlife in the Garden’, Gianluca Benini, Castelnuovo del Garda, Verona, Veneto, Italy Click for information

'The Colours of Cambridge University Botanic Garden' competition

The exhibition also features a selection of higher-placed winning photographs, including images from the ‘The Colours of Cambridge University Botanic Garden’ competition, run in partnership with IGPOTY.

photo of trees in CUBG showing different autumnal colours and depths of textures
1st Place 'Glimpse of Molten Gold' Elizabeth Dougherty Click for information
Bright red, yellow and purple flowers
2nd Place ' A Splash of Colour' Gillian Plummer Click for information
bright pink magnolia flowers against a deep blue sky
3rd Place 'Morning Magnolia' David Wikramaratna Click for information

View ‘the Colours of Cambridge University Botanic Garden’ finalist and highly commended winners.

Normal Garden Admission applies.

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