A PHOTOGRAPHER from Poole has been awarded a Silver-Gilt medal by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) for her photographic portfolio of poisonous plants.
Lindsey Harris has six winning images currently on display at the Saatchi Gallery, in London, as part of the RHS Botanical Drawing & Photography Show 2021.
The exhibition coincides with the Chelsea Flower Show, which is a few minutes’ walk from the gallery.
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Her poisonous plant images include henbane, monkshood, deadly nightshade, hemlock, foxglove and wood spurge, which were all found and photographed growing wild in Dorset, Berkshire, Hampshire, Somerset or Wiltshire.
So far, her 'UK's Most Poisonous Plants' project has spanned four years (2017-2021) and has involved Lindsey travelling and walking more than 2,000 miles in her quest to find the plants growing wild.
Her adventures have taken her through ancient woods, streams, fields, hillsides, sand dunes and scrubland.
Lindsey's motivation for the project was to photograph the plants in their natural setting before they disappear for good.
She said: "Some of these plants are now extremely rare in the wild; if their habitat changes they will vanish from the landscape almost overnight. A photograph will be the only reminder of what used to be."
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