Tony North has been named winner of this year's Inte ational Garden Photographer of the Year competition.



Barry Webb was awarded first place in the Portfolios section and a Gold Medal from the Royal Photographic Society.



Gigi Williams' photograph of the Namib Desert in Namibia was awarded first place in the Plants and Planets category.



Fallen Orchid Flowers by Claire Carter won the Beauty of Plants category.



The Wildlife in the Garden category was won by Gianluca Benini. His picture, Cinciarella, was taken at the Castelnuovo del Garda in Verona, Italy.



Heather and Bracken by Mark Bauer was taken in the New Forest in Hampshire and won the Wildflower Landscapes category.



Abandon Hope by David Townshend was inspired by a line from Dante's The Divine Comedy.



The Beautiful Garden category was won by Caroline Piek.



The World of Fungi category was awarded to Jay Birmingham for his picture entitled Autumn Emergence, which was taken in Monks Park Wood, Warwickshire.



Be adette Benz waited for a day with hoar frost before taking her picture called Frosted Silver Birch which won the Trees, Woods and Forests category. It was taken in Auenstein, Aargau, Switzerland.



Courtesy : BBC
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