Earlier this year Loseley Park and Surrey Life magazine launched a photographic competition. The idea being it to find the finest photographers who could capture the beauty and atmosphere of Loseley’s ancient walled garden and grounds.
The competition was open to all ages of amateur photographer with the categories including landscape, the walled garden, flowers, wildlife and people in nature.
Loseley Park is a historic manor house and acquired by the direct ancestors of the More-Molyneaux family at the beginning of the 16th century. Incredibly the 500 year story of the family and their home continues with visitors still finding it fascinating.
We were initially attracted to Loseley Park by its incredible gardens. The rose garden for example is planted with over one thousand Old English Rose Bushes and framed by long, low and precisely clipped box hedges.
The herb garden provides seasonal flavours and essential ingredients to the kitchen on a daily basis. It is an important part of daily life at Loseley Park and has been for hundreds of years.
The flower garden offers a combination of traditional herbaceous plants and mixed shrubs set off with annuals and bulbs to build a bold and fiery display. Think subtle reds and burnt oranges complimenting vibrant yellows and blues.
A contrast to the white garden which provides a tranquil oasis of white, cream and silver around a central water feature. The kitchen garden has adopted organic methods gardeners have used through the years, including companion planting, and also houses a collection of Garden Organic Heritage Seed Library plants.
We were invited by Loseley Park to attend the prize giving of the photography competition which took place this week. The house looked spectacular in the dark and we received the most wonderful welcome from the More-Molyneaux family.
There we were able to browse other entries in the photography competition whilst we took in what is a truly magnificent house. This was the first time we’d been inside and it was an incredible sight.
It was a special evening thanks to the More-Molyneaux’s hospitality.
What topped it off was winning the best flower category with a Foxglove photograph. A huge surprise but as the first photography competition I’ve entered, one I will most certainly relish.
Huge congratulations and very well deserved. It looks like a really beautiful place.
Thank you very much Livi, so chuffed. It really is a wonderful place π
Wooo hooo! Congratulations. Gorgeous photo of a gorgeous flower x
Thank you so much Sam, really kind of you π
Congratulations again! It is a beautiful photograph, very well deserved xx #PoCoLo
Thank you so much Sara π
Congratulations! π And well deserved, your photo is just fantastic. π xx
Thank you Katia π
Congratulations, well deserved. Looks a marvellous place to visit π #pocolo
Thank you very much Lisa, it’s a fabulous place to visit π
Congratulations! And it is such a lovey photo π
Thank you very much – it’s nice to see flowers again π
It is a gorgeous photo – well done π
Thank you so much Jocelyn π
A HUGE congratulations! Very well-deserved. And what a beautiful place to receive your award…
Thank you so much, was really chuffed. The photos in the post are from Loseley Park, it’s beautiful π
Congrats! Very much deserved π xxx
Thank you Charlotte π
AWESOME! Congratulations you talented lady xxx
Thank you lovely, SO chuffed π
well done you. you very clever lady x
Thank you so much Sarah, I’m sure it was luck!
Many, many congratulations lovely….. so well deserved. XXX
Thank you so much Sarah π
Well done Charly – fab photo – thoroughly well deserved. I love looking at your photos every week #pocolo
Thank you so much Cathie, much appreciated π
Your photos and eye for photography are excellent and that foxglove photo is a really memorable one. A really well deserved win, congratulations!!
Thank you so much Tas, that’s really lovely of you to say x
congratulations! that is brilliant. it is a beautiful shot, great colour and freshness.
Thank you very much Louise π
I am SO pleased for you, you really deserved this for your amazing photography. And what a lovely place to take photos too – I know it well. Thanks for linking to PoCoLo x
It’s fabulous isn’t is Loseley Park. Thank you so much, super chuffed π
Ooh congratulations, how fabulousness! Xx
Thank you very much π
Oooh very good, congrats!
Thank you very much Alexandra π
well done – you always take such lovely photos and this one definitely looks like an award-winner! Congratulations!
Thank you Afra, that’s so kind of you π
Well done you, with all the stunning photographs you take, I’m sure there are more awards to follow.
Thank you Mary, lets hope so *dons thinking cap*
Oh Charly this is wonderful (sorry I’m a bit behind on my reading and only just seen it). The first of many many more photography awards I am sure. Well deserved you talented lady x
Thank you so much honey, really chuffed π
Massive congratulations!!! very well deserved xxx
thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments x
Thank you so much Jaime x
Looks beautiful
Thank you Louise π
Wow that is brilliant! Very well done
Thank you so much Emma, was super chuffed π
Fab! You deserve it as your photos are stunning.
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