Hemant Jariwala is a semi-professional self-taught photographer with over 25 years of experience. He specialises in botanical, garden and landscape photography, with a very individual style and a love of the subject. Hemant has been successful in numerous national and international exhibitions and has had several photographic magazine competition wins, including: 1993 Practical Photography magazine 'Photographer of the Year' and AGFA-Gevaert / Royal Photographic Society Gold medalist for International Slide Exhibition 1993. His photographic images are regularly published in popular photography and garden life style magazines throughout the world and number of books.

Hemant contributes to Garden Picture Library (GPL) (part of Photolibrary Group), leading rights managed stock photography library for botanical and garden life-style images. Please 'click' on the GPL link to view all the images hosted on the catalogue pages.

Hemant tutors in landscape, botanical & garden and digital photography, for a number of authorities and organisations, throughout the year. These workshops are aimed at all level of competency.

Exhibitions Held: Seatoller Gallery; Letchworth Museum & Art Gallery; Bedford Library; Dunstable Library; Leighton Buzzard Library; Bromham Library; Milton Keynes Central Library; LDNPA Visitor Centre; Boxfield Gallery; Royston Museum; The Dales Countryside Museum; Hitchin Museum; New Maynard Gallery; Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

• 'Iconic images' Joint exhibition with Frederick James Gormer. The Boxfield Gallery, Arts and Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LZ. From Friday 21st October 2011 until Sunday 20th November 2011. Contact: 01438 363200 (Box Office).

• 'Introduction to Garden Photography' at Barnsdale Gardens, The Avenue, Exton, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8AH., on Sunday 24th October 2010. Contact: 01572-813200 or office@barnsdalegardens.co.uk.