Winter 2025/26 in my garden

Photo Competition

These photographs are the entries for the competition. They were were taken in Marden gardens between during December 2025, and January and February 2026.

Please send in your best shot from the above months with the date it was taken and a short description, to info@mardengardeners.uk, for a chance to win a £10 garden voucher and to be entered in the Best Photograph of the Year Competition 2025/6, with the chance to win a £20 garden voucher at the AGM in February. 

The vote is now closed.

Result of the Vote
Winner - no 1 by Jane Cunningham
Joint runners up - no 2 by Simon Lane & no 3 by Sue Pennicott

Photograph 1 - taken 16th January 2026

Our Green Man doesn’t look too happy, despite the sun having come out.

Photograph 2 - taken 24th January 2026

A bright streak in a dull January; a lovely burnt orange colour Witch Hazel.

Photograph 3 - taken 24th January. 2026

Galanthus atkinsii: it is only comparatively recently that I've come to appreciate snowdrops. They really lift your spirits on a dull January day when everything else is mushy and brown. I'm still not ready to pay much more than £10 for one though!

Photograph 4 - taken 17th February 2026

Snowdrops and Crocus competing for the limelight with a Hellebore trying to sneak in behind.