2026 Photo Competition - all entries
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Bulbinella hookeri by Nigel Hutchinson
Our annual photo competition has come around again, and it wouldn't be fair to not showcase all of the gorgeous images submitted! With 2025 being a practice run for digitising the competition, 2026 gave us an opportunity to fine-tune things - so here's all of the beautiful images from this year's photo competition!
Category: Whole Hebe or New Zealand Plant
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1st place: Gary Firth's Lophomyrtus 'Little Star' (left); 2nd place: Nigel Hutchinson's Bulbinella hookeri (right)
Category: Group of Hebes and/or New Zealand plants
1st place: Steve Harding’s group of mature Hebe ‘Holliday Hall’ (left); 2nd place: Josep Vendrell’s group of Hebes species (right)
Category: Close-up of a Hebe or New Zealand plant
1st place: Talea Harding’s Hebe ‘Oratia Beauty’ in the sunset (focus on cluster of flowers) (left); 2nd place: Lewis Normand’s Fuchsia procumbens (focus on unique upright flowers) (right)
Category: New Zealand 'Plant Hunter'
1st place: Lewis Normand’s Plant hunter Nigel Hutchinson with Shawia avicenniifolia (Syn. Olearia) (left); 2nd place: Talea Harding’s Plant hunters Nigel and Steve chatting about Hebe ‘Holliday Hall’ (right)
Thank you to every single person who took part in this year's photo competition. Whether you entered photos, or simply voted on them, every interaction is highly valued by the Hebe and New Zealand Plant Society. Creativity and plants come hand-in-hand, and we love to see how you bring creativity into a passion for plants!
Thank you, and well done (again) to our participants!