17th May
9:00am - 2:30pm

Summer Blooms Photography Workshop with Molly Hollman

Capture the beauty of nature through your lens during a flower and garden photography workshop

Capture the beauty of nature through your lens

Join award-winning garden photographer Molly Hollman for an inspiring summer photography workshop. Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or just starting out, Molly will guide you through the creative techniques needed to help elevate your flower and garden photography skills.

Throughout the day, Molly will share her various approaches to capturing flowers, plants, and gardens in all their summer glory, blending hands-on sessions in the Garden with engaging theory inside the Marquee. From stunning landscapes to beautiful close-ups and macro photography, she’ll demonstrate her techniques to help you create breathtaking images. You’ll also learn how to take indoor shots using coloured and white backdrops, with the workshop concluding in a session on editing to ensure your flower and garden photos truly shine.

During the workshop, you’ll take inspiration from many of Borde Hill’s spectacular garden highlights, including our colourful Rose Garden, the charming Italian Garden, Paradise Walk and the Mid Summer Border – offering the perfect backdrop for what is arguably the most interesting and diverse month of the year for flower photography.

After the workshop, you will have free time to photograph or explore the Garden at your leisure. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and capture the magic of nature through your lens.

What to bring:

  • Your longest lens (great for alternative macro techniques)
  • A macro lens (if you have one)
  • A wide-angle or 20-50mm lens (ideal for landscapes) or a bridge camera to cover all of the above)
  • Tripod, clamps, or clips
  • A sturdy bag for easy carrying while exploring
  • Handheld diffusers (provided, but bring one if you if you have it)

Your ticket includes:

  • Workshop tuition inside the Garden Marquee with practical sessions in the Garden
  • Morning refreshments
  • Sandwich Platter lunch
  • Entry to the Garden, which you’re welcome to explore after the workshop until 5pm

Itinerary:  

9:00-10:30am: Introduction and Session One
10:30-10:45am: Break with refreshments
10:45am-12:15pm: Session Two
12:15pm-1.00pm: Lunch
1.00-2:30pm: Session Three
2.30pm onwards: Time for visitors to explore the Garden (included within the ticket price)

About Molly Hollman

Molly is an award-winning photographer specializing in flower, plant, and insect photography, particularly close-up. She is a member of the Professional Garden Photographers Association (PGPA), the Guild of Photographers (with whom she won the “Flora and Plants” category in 2021 and the “Insects” category in 2022), and the Societies of Photographers (she won the “Natural World – Botanical and Fungi” category last year).

She has also received numerous awards in the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition and Close-Up Photographer of the Year. In 2021, she won the “Plants” category of the RHS Photographic Competition. In both 2022 and 2023, she was honored as the Garden Photographer of the Year – Portfolio Category by the Garden Media Guild at its awards ceremony in London, alongside industry icons such as Alan Titchmarsh, Carole Klein, and Adam Frost.

Molly is passionate about photographing flowers, plants, and gardens throughout the year. She believes that encouraging others to visit gardens through her photos and writing can make a positive difference, particularly to mental health.

Her book, Creative Flower and Plant Photography, is published by Crowood Press and is available from all good bookshops and Amazon. She also writes articles for the photographic press, such as Amateur Photographer magazine.

Molly lives in East Kent with her husband Ross and their two sons. She is Head of Music at a school in Ramsgate, Kent. In her free time, she enjoys gardening and walking in gardens and the countryside.

For more information visit: mollyhollman.myportfolio.com
Instagram: @mollyhollmanphotography

At A Glance

Date and time

17th May
9:00am - 2:30pm

Cost

£120.00 per person (including members)

Advance booking is required.

 

Important info

This event will take place inside the Garden Marquee with practical sessions outside in the Garden, so please dress for the weather.

Dogs are not permitted at this event.

Two adults wearing hats at an event at Borde Hill during the summer.

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