Location
- Bishops Stortford, Herts
Accreditations & Awards
- Member-Association of Photographers
GMG Honorary Secretary
Fellow-CILIP
Member- Chartered Institute of Horticulture
Specialities
- Plant Portraits
Garden Views
Commissions
Product shots
Stock
Michael Howes Full Member
Lantern with Cobwebs
Tea lantern with candle shot in early morning with cobwebs and dew
Location: Photographer's Garden
Tulipa 'Escape'
Red tulip, contre-jour in early morning with water droplets
Location: Photographer's Garden
Lady picking blackcurrants
Blackcurrant cultivar 'Ben Lomond'
Location: Photographer's Garden
Pot on Window Sill
A delightfully placed pot, found at the back of a small hotel in central France
Location: Montoire sur le Loir, Central France
Verbena bonariensis
Laying over a trellis in a shady spot
Location: Photographer's Garden
Grenadier Apples
An early green apple, useful for cooking
Location: Photographer's Allotment
Decorated Shed
Extravagant amenity horticulture in a French tourist town
Location: Coulon, Marais Poitevin, Central France
Early Morning Alliums
Allium giganteum catching the early morning light
Location: Chateau du Rivau, Loire Valley
Purple Beauty
Rosa 'William Shakespeare 2000'
Location: Le Rivau, David Austin Rose Collection
Roses with Alchemilla
Complimentary planting, using Alchemilla mollis
Location: RNRS, St Albans, Herts
Rose Arbour
RNRS new, de-designed grounds
Location: RNRS, St Albans, Herts
Red Roses with Complimentary Planting
Royal National Rose Society, new re-designed grounds at St Albans. Roses in perfect condition, July 2013
Location: RNRS, St Albans, Herts
White Rose Arbour
White Climbing Roses (Rosa Chateau du Rivau) trained over an arbour and round the castle ruins at Le Rivau
Location: Chateau du Rivau, Loire Valley, France
Misty Morning, Le Coudray
Early morning light at Le Rivau, with lavendula borders and the village of Le Coudray
Location: Chateau du Rivau, Loire Valley, France
Clematis 'Giselle'
New for 2013, Raymond Evison Clematis
Location: RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Clematis 'Chelsea'
New for 2013, Raymond Evison Clematis
Location: RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Clematis 'Samaritan Jo'
New for 2013, Raymond Evison Clematis
Location: RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Rosa 'Channabelle'
New for 2013, Harkness Roses
Location: RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Rosa 'Pride and Prejudice'
New for 2013, Harkness Roses
Location: RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Tulipa 'Prof. Roentgen'
Orange Parrot Tulip
Location: Photographer's Garden
Narcissus 'Tahiti'
Pot grown and shot against the light
Location: Photographer's Garden
Vibernum f. tomentosum Mariesii
Close shot with garden seat in background
Location: Photographer's Garden
Tulipa 'Antoinette'
A late, multi-headed tulip that changes colour from yellow to pink as the season progresses
Location: Photographer's Garden
Allium 'Purple Sensation'
Shown in a prominent position in the front garden, with house behind
Location: Photographer's Garden
Planting Lettuce in a Flower Bed
Stock shot of a lettuce being planted alongside Alchemilla and Helleborus niger
Location: Photographer's Garden
Waldsteinia ternata
Used here as flowing ground cover on a slope, beneath an Oak Tree
Location: Photographer's Garden
Euphorbia myrsinites
Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex
Polytunnel Cloche
Fixing a Polythene Tunnel Cloche over early crops
Location: Photographer's Allotment
Picking Spring Greens
Lady picking chard on vegetable plot
Location: Photographer's Allotment
Patio Furniture Spring Clean
Rubbing down a patio table after overwintering
Location: Photographer's Garden
Cleaning Greenhouse Glass
Using a telescopic mop to clean a greenouse roof
Location: Photographer's Garden
Spring Planting
Plants in hand, watering can in background
Location: Photographer's Garden
Solar Powered Garden Light
A dome shaped light, shot in late evening
Location: Photographer's Home
Pumpkin Festival at Le Rivau
The Pumpkin Festival takes place every year in early September, the grounds are full of local traders and there are many visitors and attractions.
Location: Chateau du Rivau, Lemere, Indre et Loire, France
Lady Lighting Tea Lantern
Simple, lifestyle stock shot for a UK Agency
Location: Photographer's Home
Frosty Pollards
Contre-jour shot of pollarded beech trees after a hard frost in December
Location: Hatfield Forest, Essex
Le Chateau du Rivau, Morning Light
Fabulous Chateau in the Loire Valley with gardens designed by the owner, Patricia Laigneau
Location: Chateau du Rivau, Lemere, Indre et Loire, France
Wild Garden with Small Cottage
An unusual angle on the wild garden at Rustling End. This garden opens regularly for the National Gardens Scheme
Location: Rustling End Cottage, Nr Hitchin, Herts
Pumpkins at Le Rivau
Taken during the annual Pumpkin Festival at Le Rivau
Location: Chateau du Rivau, Loire, France
Lady Photographing Flowers
Stock shot taken with a model, in a garden that opens for the National Gardens Scheme
Location: Bromley Hall, Herts
Thinking of Lawns and Apples
View through an apple orchard to a lady sitting with a book.
Location: Bromley Hall, Herts
Lady Buying a Christmas Tree
Stock photo aimed at the early Christmas market
Location: Perry's Garden Centre, near Stansted, Essex
Getting Ready for Christmas
Lady with cat and Christmas tree
Location: Photographer's Home
Stepped Waterfall
A carefully installed wide, stepped waterfall following the course of a natural stream
Location: Le Plessis Sasnieres, Loire, France
Wintery Trees
An early hoar frost in Hatfield Forest
Location: Hatfield Forest, Essex
