LGT’s Photography Awards 2024
Steffie Shields reveals who impressed the judges in the 2024 Lincolnshire Gardens Trust annual photographic competition.
It was our pleasure, once again, to be invited to help judge the Lincolnshire Gardens Trust ‘Unforgettable Gardens’ Photographic Competition, which has been running for 26 years!
The high number of digital entries to date indicates its ongoing popularity and gave the judges quite a task once more.
The prize-winning entries in each of this year’s seven categories received their awards at the LGT AGM in mid-November held at the Parish Hall in Welton, together with the other highly commended awards.
The overall standard remains rewardingly high, with the Plant Portrait category once again proving the most popular.
As you visit the county’s wonderful gardens this year, whatever the season, remember to take photographs, whether with phone or camera. Choose your favourite images by next autumn and then send your entries in!
Here’s how to enter the Lincolnshire Gardens Trust Unforgettable Gardens Photo Competition 2025! Email digital entries (images should be available in high resolution and at least 300dpi) to: shieldssb@aol.com. We recommend sending images by wetransfer.com or dropx.com – or, if you prefer, send prints (please include an SAE for a safe return) by post to: Steffie Shields, The Old Orchard, Church Lane, Welby NG32 3LS. Entry forms can be found on the LGT website: www.lincolnshiregardenstrust.org. Closing date: Friday 24th October 2025.
If you are a member of a local camera club, please share this competition information with fellow members and friends.
COMPETITION RESULTS
Capturing Lincolnshire’s Unforgettable Gardens
1st: (MAIN PIC) Joanna Heselwood – ‘Temporary Water Feature, Petwood’
2nd: (PIC 2) Danny Rollitt – ‘Secret Garden of Louth’
3rd: (PIC 3) Danny Rollitt – ‘Gunby Hall’
In My Lincolnshire Garden
Winner: (PIC 4) Susie Cook – ‘Build It and They Will Come’
Highly Commended: (PIC 5): Joanna Heselwood – ‘Dolls, Cowslips & Minuets’
Junior Category – Let’s Get Out There!
Winner: (PIC 6) Holly Rose Richens – ‘Ombre Dahlia’
Highly Commended (PIC 7) Louis Richens – ‘The Ink Spots’
Garden Personality
Winner: (PIC 8) Susie Cook – ‘Peek a Boo’
Taste of Lincolnshire
Winner: (PIC 9) Joanna Heselwood – ‘Boston Pumpkins with Gautby Asters’
A Favourite Tree in Lincolnshire
Winner: (PIC 10) Joanna Heselwood – ‘Stately Beech at Petwood’
Plant Portrait
Winner: (PIC 11) Susie Cook – ‘Starburst’
Highly Commended: (PIC 12) Joanna Heselwood – ‘Frosted Aster’
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