New 'Breathing Spaces' award created for 2011

The National Trust has joined forced with the Garden Photographer of the Year competition to create a new award category. The ‘Breathing Spaces’ category will be centred around photographs that capture the spirit of outdoor places.

Now in it’s fifth year, the Garden Photographer of the Year competition has been steadily gaining in popularity, and in 2008 allowed international participants and held an exhibition of the winners at Kew Gardens.This year’s event opens for entries on the 1st of March, and costs vary dependent on images entered. 

For more information on the competition head to www.igpoty.com