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GMG Awards 2024 - PGPA WINNERS

11 Dec 2024

Congratulations to Jason Ingram, Marina Walker & Clive Nichols who won major photographic awards in this years GMG awards held at the Savoy in London with some amazing images highlighting the incedibly high standard of garden photography among our members.…

SCOTLAND GROWS SHOW - PODCAST

21 May 2024

PGPA's own Ray Cox joins M.T. O'Donnell in the latest episode of the Scotland Grows podcast for a fascinating discussion on garden photography, his career journey and invaluable tips for both amateur and professional photographers. join them as they explore…

Garden Photography Talk with Ray Cox in Dundee

12 Mar 2024

Garden Photographer & PGPA member Ray Cox is hosting a talk on his breathtaking outdoor photography & photographic ethos on the 11th April in his home town of Dundee at Verdant Works for the Dundee Heritage Trust. Details & tickets are…

GMG Awards 2023 Winners

19 Nov 2023

Congratulations to PGPA members, Richard Bloom & Molly Holman both winners in this year's GMG awards on Friday 17th November. Richard was the winner of the Features Photographer of the Year award Molly won the Portfolio Photographer of the Year…

GMG AWARDS 2023 SHORTLIST

11 Oct 2023

The Garden Media Guild (our parent organisation) has published the shorlisted entries for this year's awards. There have been a record number of entries this year with notable entries from PGPA members. The awards lunch will be held, as in…

Annie Green Armitage awarded Arts Council Grant

17 May 2023

Member Annie Green-Armytage has just been awarded an Arts Council grant for Developing Creative Practice with her proposal Blue Mind, Green Mind: research into photographic work to explore and promote connectedness and mental wellbeing.  She explains: ‘I will be spending…

International Garden Photographer of the Year

08 Feb 2023

Winners of the IGPOTY Competition 16 were announced on Friday 3rd February at the launch of the exhibition at Kew Gardens in London. Congratulations to PGPA members in the following categories: European Garden Photography Award 1st Place: Marianne Majerus with 'First Light' …

GMG Awards 2022: Photographer of the Year

17 Dec 2022

Congratulations to Jason Ingram, winner of The Photographer of the Year in this year's prestigious GMG Awards. The ceremony was held in person for the first time again since COVID at the Savoy Hotel in London. Judges' Comments "The winner’s entry stood…

GMG Awards 2022:: - Features Photographer of the Year

17 Dec 2022

Congratulations to Richard Bloom, winner of The Features Photographer of the Year in this year's prestigious GMG Awards. The ceremony was held in person for the first time again since COVID at the Savoy Hotel in London. Sponsored by Cobra Judges' Comments…

GMG Awards 2022:: - Portfolio Photographer of the Year

17 Dec 2022

Congratulations to Moly Holman, winner of The Portfolio Photographer of the Year in this year's prestigious GMG Awards. The ceremony was held in person for the first time again since COVID at the Savoy Hotel in London. Judges' Comments "The winner submitted…

Gary Rogers RIP

07 Jul 2021

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of our friend and Chairman of the PGPA, Gary Rogers.  Gary was prolific in the garden media world and a much celebrated and loved garden photographer. With over…

Annette Lepple's New book, Mien Wabi Sabi Garten

29 Feb 2020

PGPA member Annette Lepple's new book is now out. Published in German, the title, 'Mein Wabi Sabi Garten' translates as 'My Perfect Imperfect Garden.' Wabi Sabi is originally from Japan and is transferred to the garden for the first time…

PGPA's Annie Green-Armytage RHS Photo Award

02 Oct 2019

Our own Annie Green-Armytage has won 2nd prize in the Celebrating Gardens category of the prestigious RHS photo competition with her image "Green is the Colour."

IGPOTY 2018 - PGPA Members' Success

15 Apr 2018

Several of our members have enjoyed success again in the 11th annual International Garden Photographer of the Year competition IGPOTY Competition 11

PGPA Members' Successes at the GMG Awards 2017

28 Nov 2017

The Gordon Rae Photographer of the Year Award was won by Clive Nichols The finalists were Jürgen Becker, Jason Ingram, Annette Lepple, and Richard Bloom. Features Photographer of the Year Award was won by Kevin Mackintosh for Modern Masters in…

Philip Smith workshop at the Royal Photographic Society. Learning from History – Photographing plants and gardens APRIL 22nd at RPS HQ in Bath

21 Mar 2017

As founder and now judge of International Garden Photographer of the Year Philip Smith has viewed and appraised over 200,000 images of plants and gardens over a ten year period. This workshop will be of interest to anyone who is…

WORK BY LEADING GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREA JONES TO FEATURE IN TRIO OF NEW BOOKS IN 2017

21 Feb 2017

Encouraging readers to observe and appreciate the full beauty of nature, plants and landscape is the common theme in three very different books this spring by leading garden photographer Andrea Jones.   Andrea wrote and illustrated ‘The Garden Photography Workshop’, to be published…

IGPOTY Results announced

04 Feb 2017

See the winners on the BBC web site (easier to view than the IGPOTY site) Look out for PGPA member winnerss

Duchess of Westminster has chosen ...

22 Dec 2016

Quote from Allan Pollok-morris  The Duchess of Westminster has chosen this photograph to be made into a ceramic tile for the Garden Wall Appeal at the much loved Garden Museum in Lambeth Palace London. "The photograph was part of a…

PGPA Members Win at the 2016 GMG Awards

26 Nov 2016

Gillian Plummer - GMG Photographer of the Year   Jason Ingram - GMG Features Photographer of the Year   Clive Nichols -  GMG Book Photographer of the Year   Please follow the link below for the pictures. http://www.jaynelloyd.co.uk/gmgawards16   All…

Jonathan Ward - Awarded Individual Chartered Status Of The CIoH

08 Aug 2016

PGPA Member Jonathan Ward of Ginger Horticulture has been a member of The Chartered Institute Of Horticulture for 5 years. Through his many years work as one of the horticulture industry's most creative photographic visionaries, he has just been awarded…

World Photo Day 19 August

08 Aug 2016

Love taking photos? Share your photographs this August 19th with World Photo Day and join the global celebration. In a world with millions of pictures uploaded every minute, World Photo Day is inspiring thousands of photographers across the planetto share…

Garden Media Guild Summer Party

10 Jul 2016

The third Garden Media Guild Summer Party is being held at The Greenhouse at RHS Garden Wisley on July 28.  This will be a rare chance to enjoy Wisley after it has closed to the public, and be a lovely…

LENSES ON A LANDSCAPE GENIUS 22 JUNE – 29 JULY 2016

24 Jun 2016

 22 JUNE – 29 JULY 2016 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT www.buildingcentre.co.uk  PGPA photographers included in the exhibition: Andrew Lawson, Andrea Jones, Allan Pollok-Morris, Gary Rogers, Derek St Romaine, Matthew Bruce, Jacqui Hurst, Stephen Studd, Steffie Shields