Sam Styles

The Privy Garden in snow, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, England

The Privy Garden in snow

"Living close by and working at Hampton Court has given me the chance to rush in when a photographic opportunity presents itself. This time it was waking up to snow, which I managed to photograph before anyone walked on it. The formal 18th century Privy Garden, with its topiaried fastigiate yews (Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’) and mophead hollies emerging from clipped box parterres (Buxus sempervirens), is transformed by a blanket of snow and makes a fine sight."