Category: Plants

Photography Competition 2024

Posted on: 12th June 2024 by: Sally Grant

The Photography Competition for 2024 is NOW OPEN

Send your entries, up to 3 for each category, Landscapes, Plants and Fungi, and Wildlife and each category will be awarded 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Highly Commended for both Adult and “Young Explorers”.

All entries must be taken within Dorset or Hampshire during 2024, and you must be a ‘Young Explorer’ to enter that section of the competition.

***New for 2024*** Young Explorers can now also submit a short video depicting nature.

Please read carefully the attached Terms & Conditions before submission.

As in previous years, we will print a Photobook with the winners and all the entries to the competition.

The deadline is November 30th 2024 and you can email all your photos to: photo@bnss.org.uk along with any enquiries you might have.

There will be an Awards Ceremony held at BNSS 0n 26th April 2025 to which all entrants will be invited. Winners will be contacted in April 2025, prior to this event.

I wish you good luck and every success.Tony Grant (Photography Chair)

Bournemouth in Bloom – Winners

Posted on: 18th November 2023 by: Grenham Ireland


Members will be pleased to know that BNSS did well again this year in the Bournemouth in Bloom Competition. 

The Ginkgo Biloba came top of the Champion Tree category, winning a Silver Gilt certificate and a shield.  The Sweet Chestnut also won a Silver Gilt certificate, came top of the Trees Contributing to BioDiversity category and won a cup.  Our Witch Hazel tree gained a Silver as a Small Ornamental Tree, our back garden a Silver for being Environmentally Friendly, while in the Places of Learning category a Bronze was awarded.  The trophies are now on display in the entrance at No 39.

We attach a panoramic photo of the back garden showing the Witch Hazel and the Sweet Chestnut trees; and another of the Ginkgo tree. 

Photos courtesy of Tony and Sally Grant

Great Big Dorset Hedge

Posted on: 18th October 2023 by: Grenham Ireland

Many of you will have attended the talk about the Great Big Dorset Hadge Project given by Julie Leah on Tuesday 3rd October.

More information about the project and how to volunteer for it was given in Julie’ last slides which you can view here