Michael Howes Full Member
![Lantern with Cobwebs](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0221_5D__MG_3496.jpg)
Tea lantern with candle shot in early morning with cobwebs and dew
Location: Photographer's Garden
![Tulipa 'Escape'](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0230_5D__MG_4164.jpg)
Red tulip, contre-jour in early morning with water droplets
Location: Photographer's Garden
![Pot on Window Sill](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0220_550D__MG_02482.jpg)
A delightfully placed pot, found at the back of a small hotel in central France
Location: Montoire sur le Loir, Central France
![Decorated Shed](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0220_550D__MG_0088.jpg)
Extravagant amenity horticulture in a French tourist town
Location: Coulon, Marais Poitevin, Central France
![Early Morning Alliums](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0214_550D__MG_00441.jpg)
Allium giganteum catching the early morning light
Location: Chateau du Rivau, Loire Valley
![Roses with Alchemilla](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0218_550D__MG_0278.jpg)
Complimentary planting, using Alchemilla mollis
Location: RNRS, St Albans, Herts
![Red Roses with Complimentary Planting](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0218_550D__MG_0253.jpg)
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](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0213_5D__MG_3195.jpg)
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](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0214_550D__MG_0052.jpg)
Early morning light at Le Rivau, with lavendula borders and the village of Le Coudray
Location: Chateau du Rivau, Loire Valley, France
![Clematis 'Samaritan Jo'](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0207_5D__MG_27741.jpg)
New for 2013, Raymond Evison Clematis
Location: RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
![Vibernum f. tomentosum Mariesii](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0205_5D__MG_3074.jpg)
Close shot with garden seat in background
Location: Photographer's Garden
![Tulipa 'Antoinette'](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0205_5D__MG_2626.jpg)
A late, multi-headed tulip that changes colour from yellow to pink as the season progresses
Location: Photographer's Garden
![Allium 'Purple Sensation'](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0205_5D__MG_3073.jpg)
Shown in a prominent position in the front garden, with house behind
Location: Photographer's Garden
![Planting Lettuce in a Flower Bed](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0204_5D__MG_2481.jpg)
Stock shot of a lettuce being planted alongside Alchemilla and Helleborus niger
Location: Photographer's Garden
![Waldsteinia ternata](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0203_5D__MG_9604.jpg)
Used here as flowing ground cover on a slope, beneath an Oak Tree
Location: Photographer's Garden
![Polytunnel Cloche](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/MGH-MG_6342.jpg)
Fixing a Polythene Tunnel Cloche over early crops
Location: Photographer's Allotment
![Patio Furniture Spring Clean](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/MG_5739.jpg)
Rubbing down a patio table after overwintering
Location: Photographer's Garden
![Cleaning Greenhouse Glass](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/MG_5734.jpg)
Using a telescopic mop to clean a greenouse roof
Location: Photographer's Garden
![Pumpkin Festival at Le Rivau](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0193_550D__MG_8649.jpg)
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](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0159_5D__MG_7616.jpg)
Simple, lifestyle stock shot for a UK Agency
Location: Photographer's Home
![Frosty Pollards](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0199_550D__MG_92882.jpg)
Contre-jour shot of pollarded beech trees after a hard frost in December
Location: Hatfield Forest, Essex
![Le Chateau du Rivau, Morning Light](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0193_550D__MG_8652.jpg)
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](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/MGH-2MG_0040.jpg)
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](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/0193_550D__MG_8802.jpg)
Taken during the annual Pumpkin Festival at Le Rivau
Location: Chateau du Rivau, Loire, France
![Lady Photographing Flowers](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/MGH-MG_8080.jpg)
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](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/MGH-MG_8071.jpg)
View through an apple orchard to a lady sitting with a book.
Location: Bromley Hall, Herts
![Lady Buying a Christmas Tree](https://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/assets/portfolio/small/MGH-MG_5269.jpg)
Stock photo aimed at the early Christmas market
Location: Perry's Garden Centre, near Stansted, Essex