1. IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY
gary marlowe JULY 2014
IMAGES OF
THE HAMPTON COURT
PALACE FLOWER SHOW

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©GARY MARLOWE | 2014
IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY
ABOUT THESE IMAGES
THIS WAS MY FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW SHOOTING PRESS DAY AT THE RHS HAMPTON COURT PALACE FLOWER
SHOW. IT’S THE WORLD’S BIGGEST FLOWER SHOW AND TAKES PLACE IN THE GROUNDS OF HENRY VIII’S
PALACE BY THE THAMES. WITH ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS, COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS, I THOUGHT THE
SHOW GARDENS WERE QUITE DISAPPOINTING, WITH FEW STANDING OUT AS BEING EITHER TRULY EYE-
CATCHING OR UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAKES A GARDEN PHOTOGENIC. DESPITE THE EXTRA SPACE
COMPARED WITH CHELSEA, GETTING ‘CLEAN’ SHOTS OF THE ENTIRE GARDENS AT HAMPTON (I.E. WITH
NOTHING SPOILING THE BACKGROUND) IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, SO I FOCUSED MY ATTENTION ON
INTERESTING DETAILS AND INTERESTING PLANTING. PRESS DAY STARTED IN BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND ENDED
WITH DRAB GREY SKIES AND A DOWNPOUR. THERE’S A LOT TO COVER IN JUST A FEW HOURS, SO IT’S ALWAYS
A BIG RUSH JUMPING FROM ONE SHOW GARDEN TO THE NEXT AND HOPING YOU’VE NOT MISSED ANYTHING
INTERESTING. THIS WAS MY FIRST HAMPTON SHOOTING WITH THE NEW OLYMPUS OMD EM1, I THINK IT’S
CAPTURED SOME OF THE BEST BITS AND HOPE YOU ENJOY LOOKING AT THEM!

4. IMAGES OF
THE 2014
HAMPTON COURT
PALACE FLOWER SHOW
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6. DESIGNED BY JIM FOGARTY, THE GARDEN WON A GOLD
MEDAL aND WAS NAMED BEST SHOW GARDEN

8. THE BUBBLES IN THE POOL WERE ACTIVATED BY HASHTAGGED TWEETS

9. THE ONE SHOW GARDEN DESIGNED BY COMPETITION WINNER ALEXANDRA NOBLE

10. PLANTING ON THE JORDAN’S WILDLIFE GARDEN

11. ERYNGIUM NEPTUNE’S GOLD ON THE BOUNCE BACK GARDEN

12. ASCLEPIAS SPECIOSA

13. THE ONE SHOW GARDEN

15. WRATH! A FIERY CONCEPTUAL GARDEN DESIGNED BY NILUFER DANIS

16. THESE VIBRANT RED BALL DAHLIAS JUST DON’T LOOK REAL!

21. THE BOUNCE BACK GARDEN DESIGNED BY FREDERIC WHYTE

22. SINGER SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR

23. THE GOLD-MEDAL WINNING CONCEPTUAL GARDEN, WRATH!

24. THE JORDAN’S WILDLIFE GARDEN DESIGNED BY SELINA BOTHAM

26. SLOTH DESIGNED BY SHEENA SEEKS

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