The day has come to judge the NGS Open Day
Photographic Competition! There have been some brilliant entries and it’s been
really hard to choose a winner! There were, however, a few entrants that did
stand out. I am going to post pictures from a few of them.
It’s interesting that the two very best
pictures were both of sempervivum (house leek), but at different stages of the
life cycle.
The winner is Peter Furnival, with his fabulous sempervivum rosette! It was a
close call between Peter and Rhonda
Peterson, with her sempervivum inflorescence (flower spike). Sadly, the
spike will die but the baby rosettes will continue to make a show for the rest
of the year.
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| Peter Furnival's sempervivum |
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| Rhonda's sempervivum |
A special mention must go to Mick Needham, with his beautiful lead
face mask. It is his picture of a piece of art that he created himself.
Thank-you Mick.
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I couldn’t resist showing Rhonda’s picture
of my biennial ferrula, as it is destined to die shortly and no seedlings have
appeared for next year.
A last mention to Ian Garner’s campanula picture – his harebells capture summer in
the rock garden!
A worthy winner!
ReplyDeleteYou're right Jeanette - that's a beautiful picture!
ReplyDeleteYes, Brenda and myself were delighted with the entries. Seven people sent in photos, not bad as some of the visitors did not have their cameras! One chap was a professional photographer and kicked himself for being ill equipped. Peter Furnival deserves his Marks and Spencer voucher.
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