The RHS Photographic Competition is open to amateur and professional photographers alike, who have an interest in taking photos of gardens, plants and wildlife.

This competition has six distinct categories for adults to enter and separate ones for children and young people.

Categories

Adult (aged 19 and over)

Plant Portrait: This category is for photos that show the plant, tree or shrub as a whole or near whole entity; for example a shot that includes the petals, stem and leaves of a flower

Plant Close-up: This category is for photos that focus on certain details of a plant, tree or shrub; for example the bark of a tree

Garden View: This category is for photos showing a garden landscape, either looking into or out of a garden

Wildlife in the Garden: This category is for photos of insects, birds and creatures found wild in the garden (N.B. this does not include domestic pets)

People in the Garden: This category is for photos of garden lovers in their natural habitat

Garden Edibles: This category is for pictures of fruit and vegetables that have been grown in a garden, allotment or landshare site.

Children and Young People

Budding Photographer (aged 14 – 18)

In the Garden (aged 13 and under)

For the above categories please take a picture of whatever interests you in your garden, from snakes in the grass to super tall sunflowers.

Please remember to include a short story with each of your images, as we want to know as much as possible about why you decided to take the picture you did.