Following the success of last year’s competition, the Friends of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh are excited to announce that this year’s competition is now officially open.

The Categories

The competition has been expanded in 2013 to feature two extra categories:

Garden View: A landscape taken in any of the four Gardens. Note: images should not feature any identifiable people.

Plant Portrait: A plant (tree, shrub or flower) either singly or in a group of the same plant, or a close-up, taken in any of the four Gardens.

Abstract: An experimental or expressionistic photograph (could be of a plant, an animal or a view of one of the Gardens.

Wildlife in the Garden: Animals, insects or birds taken in any of the four Gardens.

Young Photographer: Photographers under the age of 17 can enter their pictures into this category.

Photos must be the original work of the entrant and taken at one of the four Gardens of RBGE within the last year. Care must be taken not to damage plants or RBGE property in taking the photos. We would ask that tripods are not used in the rock garden.