Jonathan Ward | Garden Photographer's Association

Seed sowing at sunset

Horticulture is more than nice gardens. It has shaped the countryside to privide food for the planet.

Location: Kent, England

The Haws Langley Sprinkler Yellow - One Pint

Engineered from durable recyclable plastic, this multi-purpose small watering can will be your versatile little helper. The fine spray rose is perfect for gently and accurately watering seedlings and young plants, and can be easily removed for general watering duties.

Location: Studio

The first ever YPHA in person meeting

The group was created to unite the scatterings of under 35s working in horticulture, to better facilitate collaboration, education and innovation. YPHA’s primary focus is to consider how the industry might evolve to appeal to a younger demographic than has previously been the case both in terms of future horticultural employees and future garden centre customers.

Location: RHS Wisley

Wild Flower (Dactylorhiza Spp.)

Flower Portrait

Location: Road side verge, Great Cumbrae.

The Garden, October 2020

Back Cover

Location: Private Garden Hampshire.

The Grubby Gardeners

Charity photo shoot for a naked gardeners calendar.

Location: RHS Wisley, United Kingdom.

Allium sphaerocephalon

Flower Portrait

Location: Private garden, West Sussex

How to get kids gardening with the Skinny Jean Gardener

Full book photography.

Location: UK

Taking a break

Taking a breather whilst raking up a wild flower meadow after its late summer cut.

Location: Bromley, Kent

Sunrise over Gatwick

Private garden built overlooking Gatwick Airport

Location: near Gatwick Airport, UK

Self Seeded Aquilegia

Self Seeded Aquilegia in a private garden near Billingshurst in the South Downs National Park

Location: West Sussex

Dicentra 'Spring Gold'

Flower Portrait

Location: On location in a garden, UK

Front Cover Image, 100 years if idverde

Gloucester Cathedral

Location: Gloucester

Working Better Together, Prolandscaper Magazine

Conquest Creative Spaces Show Garden, Gardeners World Live

Location: Gardeners World Live 2018, UK

Pigsqueek

One of the common names for Bergenia is Pigsqueak, due to the sound produced when two leaves are rubbed together.

Location: UK, Garden

Sunrise over Shotley Royal Naval Cemetery

Sunrise over the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Shotley Royal Naval Cemetery. During the 1939-1945 War, Shotley Gate was the Royal Naval Training Establishment H.M.S. Ganges. There are 99 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war here, including 3 unidentified sailors of the Royal Navy and 1 unidentified seaman of the Merchant Navy.

Location: Shotley Gate

Glasshouse in the Global Growth Vegetable Garden

A bespoke octagonal glasshouse manufactured by Hartley Botanic.

Location: RHS Hyde Hall

Glasshouse in the Global Growth Vegetable Garden

A bespoke octagonal glasshouse manufactured by Hartley Botanic.

Location: RHS Hyde Hall

The Global Growth Vegetable Garden

Designed by Suffolk-based garden and landscape designer Xa Tollemache, and has a circular design to symbolise a globe with four quarters, representing Europe & the Middle East, Asia, North & Central America, and South America. At its centre is a bespoke octagonal glasshouse manufactured by Hartley Botanic and will grow every day, exotic and ornamental vegetables from around the world. Planted in a combination of ground-level and raised beds, we will be testing growing tender edibles in the dry Essex climate, to see how they develop.

Location: RHS Hyde Hall

Gardens at Kupari

In 1991 when the Croatian Homeland War broke out, the Yugoslav army bombarded and burned their former holiday resort. As they left the hotels and gardens were set alight by phosphorous bombs. The Palm Trees stand testament to the power of nature to survive.

Location: Kupari Beach Resort, Croatia

Sunrise on RAF100

Sunrise through a laser cut panel by Stark & Greensmith, on the RAF100 garden at the 2018 RHS Malvern Flower Show.

Location: RHS Malvern 2018

Xanthorrhoea australis

The Grass-tree, Southern grasstree, Austral grasstree or Black Boy is an Australian plant. It is the most commonly seen species of the genus Xanthorrhoea. Its trunk can grow up to several metres tall and is often branched. In certain Aboriginal languages, it is called Bukkup, Baggup or Kawee

Location: Sicily

Mountfield SP556BV

Lawnmower shown in vertical storage mode, shot in a 'pop up' studio at the clients office, edited to place the product on a clear background.

Location: Studio

Pea in the cup

Location: Franchi seeds display, Hampton Court Flower Show.

The Harvest

Location: Hartly Botanic Stand, RHS Chelsea 2017

The Gardeners Shed

Location: West Dean Gardens, Sussex, UK

Passage to Mediterranean

The project for this garden is based on the relationship between man and nature in the Mediterranean landscape. A closed structure enables the visitor to experience the various phases of interaction with nature, starting from a ‘zero nature’ phase, completely artificial, and gradually discovering specific plants, until he or she emerges into a full-scale Mediterranean garden. Artun Agbulut, Hande Kalender, Melis Yuksel, Murat Usta, Sabahattin Sakalli and Yagmur Yenice – Istanbul Technical University and Mustafa Kemal University (Turkey).

Location: Radicipura Garden Festival, Sicily

Hortus Salis

Millions of years ago the Mediterranean Sea was transformed into a desert, the water evaporated leaving tons of salt behind it. The salt had a deep impact on human life, and for millennia it was an integral part of the Mediterranean culture through the so-called Salt Routes, examples of which may still be found in Sicily, between Trapani and Marsala. This installation explores the concept of salt in the garden, celebrating the connection with man in the Mediterranean, and in particular in the Island of Sicily.

Location: Radicipura Garden Festival, Sicily

Hillier Gardens, Centenary Border

360 Stitched panorama of the longest double border in the United Kingdom, at 250m Long, that's a lot of weeding !

Location: Hillier Gardens, Hampshire, UK

Pansy Matrix Morphius

Location: Trials Ground, UK

Viola

Viola Sorbet Purple Imp

Location: Trials Ground, UK

Sunrise on site

Mature Hazel trees, due to be planted in a private garden.

Location: West Sussex

Sun rise over Verbena bonariensis @ The Real Flower Company

This farm nestled in the South Downs National Park, is where hand-tended garden roses, wildflowers, herbs and foliage are grown. Full of natural charm, character and the vital ingredient – scent, responsibly grown with sustainable farming techniques and eco-initiatives. Certified under the Assured Combinable Crops Scheme, and part of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme this 11 acre farm is a member of the Farm Wildlife Advisory Group.

Location: Hinton Ampner, Hampshire

Dahlia 'Carolina Wagemans'

Dahlia 'Carolina Wagemans' is a bushy, tuberous variety with toothed, pinnate, dark green leaves and, in summer and autumn, dark, upright stems topped off with double, pale apricot flowers, turning pink as they mature.

Location: Withypitts Dahlias, Sussex, UK

Brand USA-The Austin Garden-Hampton Court Flower Show 2016

The landscape and gardens of Austin, Texas, are captured in this garden’s design, Corten steel and sandstone, materials commonly used in the region, are a significant part of the garden’s hard landscaping. A structure made from aged, rusting scaffold poles topped with corrugated iron and a water feature constructed from blocks of natural stone set in a circle and supporting a corten steel bowl form the focal points. The pathways are constructed from crushed stone and reflect the colours found in the region, with boulders creating a feeling of the Texan landscape. The planting includes Echinacea, Acacia, Agave, Ratibida and Coreopsis

Location: Hampton Court Flower Show 2016

Bosco Verticale

Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest), Tree covered residential Towers, in the Perta Nuova area of Milan, covered on 900 trees, on 8,900 square meters of terraces.

Location: Milan, Italy

Erysimum Winter Party

The bright three-coloured flower spikes of this wonderful variety start off as a rich magenta, before fading gradually through bronze to a golden-yellow as they mature and winter comes to a end.

Location: Private garden in theUK

Vydrofarm

Hydroponic system with LED technology

Location: Top Secret Location

Garden Media Guild News, Spring 2016

Location: Print

Bjorn Wood / Buttacup

Winner of best new product Garden Press Event 2016

Location: Studio

Young Plant Production

Early morning in a propagation house at one of the leading young plant producers.

Location: Warwickshire, UK

Down in Jungleland

The Jungle sits in a steep-sided valley, creating a microclimate at least five degrees warmer than more Northern Gardens. Here the exotic palette of plants brought back from across the world, both by the intrepid Victorian plant hunters and more recent collectors flourish.

Location: Lost Gardens of Helligan, Cornwall