The document announces the winners of the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. Richard Bloom won the overall competition with a photo of Tekapo lupins. Other winning photographs included wildflowers, national parks, giant poppies, coastal gardens, yuccas at dusk, queens, blue poppies, and misty mornings. Categories included wildlife, mossy landscapes, fall foliage, memorials, and streaks in valleys. The winners showcase the beauty found in nature and garden photography around the world.

1. Cheng Shi
Red in Forest.Finalist

2. International Garden Photographer of the Year
The international garden photographer of the year in association with the Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, have announced the winners of their annual photography
competition.

3. The overall winning entry was of Tekapo lupins taken by Richard Bloom. Photograph: Richard Bloom/IGPOTY

4. Emma Jacobs
Wildflower Wilderness

5. Senén Medina
National Park Kings

6. Stuart Hall
Giant Poppy

7. Steve Deeley
Fingers of Gold

8. Matthew J Thomas’s coastal garden

9. Lesley Chalmers
Yucca at Dusk

10. Cristiana Damiano
The Queen

11. Manuela Zine
Blue Poppy

12. Carole Drake
Pigeon House at Dawn

13. Roger Foley
Sun Shower

14. Lee Beel
Misty Morning Magic

15. Will Jenkins, Age 13. The Housing Estate- The Beauty of Plants

16. Nicola Munro from
Aberdeenshire won first prize in
the wildlife category
Photograph: Nicola
Munro/IGPOTY

17. Photograph: Inês Pereira
Leonardo/IGPOTY

18. Renae Smith
Woolly in a Teacup

19. Richard Hurst
Mountain Views

20. Photograph: Lee Beel/IGPOTY

21. Brandon Yoshizawa
Mossy

22. J.K. Putnam
Jesup Path in Fall

23. Amanda Kleinman
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial

24. James Woodend
A Night to Remember

25. Mandy Disher
Full Circle

26. Paul Marcellini
Suwannee Valley Streaks

27. Simon Hadleigh-Sparks
Isabella Plantation

28. Barbara Fischer
Autumn’s Glory

29. Albert Ceolan-Autumn Colours in the Forest

30. Zsolt Varanka
'Pearl World'

31. Siyuan Ma
Synergy

32. Anne Poremskis
Blue Gum Equaliser

33. Mandy Disher
Full Circle

34. Photograph: Christine Blanchin dos Santos/IGPOTY

35. Xuejun Xia
Picturesque Earth

36. Chris Herring
Spring Breeze

37. Photograph: Patrizia Piga/IGPOTY

38. Pamela Shahlavi
Water Feature

39. Ulla Cornelius
Autumnal Rowan Tree

40. Christine Fitzgerald
The Pond

41. Photograph: Minghui Yuan/IGPOTY

42. Jean Li
The Wild Calla Lily Valley

43. Photograph: Jude Gadd/IGPOTY

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