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30th August 2011 LINKS PRESS RELEASE IGPOTY website IGPOTY Press Page INTERNATIONAL GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION - DEADLINE SOON! International Garden Photographer of the Year is calling for entries for its fifth annual competition. Top prize £5000 plus cash prizes for all category winners. £2000 for portfolio winner plus Royal Photographic Society Gold Medal. Deadline: 30 th November 2011 The competition has a range of exciting and inspirational categories: The Beauty of Plants (sponsored by Photobox) Beautiful Gardens Wildlife Havens Breathing Spaces (sponsored by the National Trust) Bountiful Earth Fragile Landscapes Greening the City Full details of how to enter the competition can be found online at www.igpoty.com. Full email support is given for the entry process. The overall winner will be awarded the title ‘Int ernational Garden Photographer of the Year’ and receive a cash prize of £5,000. All winning images will be shown at a prestigious exhibition at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 3 rd March 2012. The exhibition will then tour to other venues in the UK and around the world. All winning and commended images will feature in a prestigious book to be published March 2012. The winners of the fifth International Garden Photographer of the Year competition will be announced on 3 rd March 2012.

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International Garden Photographer Of The Year Competition

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30th August

2011

LINKS PRESS RELEASE IGPOTY website IGPOTY Press Page

INTERNATIONAL GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION - DEADLINE SOON!

International Garden Photographer of the Year is calling for entries for its fifth annual competition.

Top prize £5000 plus cash prizes for all category winners.

£2000 for portfolio winner plus Royal Photographic Society Gold Medal.

Deadline: 30

th November 2011

The competition has a range of exciting and inspirational categories:

The Beauty of Plants (sponsored by Photobox)

Beautiful Gardens

Wildlife Havens

Breathing Spaces (sponsored by the National Trust)

Bountiful Earth

Fragile Landscapes

Greening the City

Full details of how to enter the competition can be found online at www.igpoty.com. Full email support is given for the entry process.

The overall winner will be awarded the title ‘International Garden Photographer of the Year’ and receive a cash prize of £5,000.

All winning images will be shown at a prestigious exhibition at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 3

rd March 2012. The exhibition will then tour to other

venues in the UK and around the world.

All winning and commended images will feature in a prestigious book to be published March 2012. The winners of the fifth International Garden Photographer of the Year competition will be announced on 3

rd March 2012.

Uniquely among major photographic competitions, all entrants can receive professional feedback on their entries on request.

Don’t miss the opportunity to view the stunning outdoor exhibition of images from the fourth International Garden Photographer of the Year competition at Wakehurst Place, Sussex. The exhibition is open from 8

th October 2011 until 31

st January 2012. For more details visit the

IGPOTY website.

Notes to Editors

• For further press information and/or inspirational high resolution images please contact Mary Denton. Email: [email protected] or Telephone: +44 (0)1295 711668. • High-quality material on garden photography from leading photographers will be gratefully supplied in return for promotion of the IGPOTY competition. Please contact Mary Denton for further details. • The closing date for submissions for the fifth IGPOTY competition is November 30

th 2011. Entries should be made online at

www.igpoty.com • For more information about Wakehurst Place visit www.kew.org/visit-wakehurst