Photo Competition 2026
Entry for the 2026 competition is now open and this year we are celebrating Horsham Districts’ ‘Natural Environment’.
This is your chance to capture what sustainability means to you and celebrate the nature on our doorstep in and around Nuthurst and Horsham.
From rolling landscapes and hidden green spaces to wildlife, local sustainability projects and everyday moments in nature, your photographs can inspire others to protect what makes our area so special.
The competition is open to all ages and abilities. No specialist equipment needed – just curiosity and a love of the outdoors.
Once again the event is sponsored by Mannings Heath Golf Club and Link Community Group. The winners will receive cash prizes and photos will be featured at Mannings Heath golf Club.
The Entry requirements
- A maximum of 2 photos per person
- Under 18’s must have parental consent
- Photos must be taken between 1st July 2025 – 30th June 2026
- Photos need to be in either JPEG or TIFF formats
- Deadline for entries is midnight, 30th June 2026
- Images to be taken within Horsham District
- Please include details of where the photos were taken and why they matter to you
If you require any further information please contact the carbonBusters team at:- carbonbusters@nplink.org
Scroll down to see the previous years competition results
Photo Competition 2025
The presentations were made at Mannings Heath Golf club on 16th July
Here are the top three entries and to see all of the photos please click here
Winne Annie Campbell
The Unfurling of a Fern
New life for this fern which will act as a facilitator for ecosystem recovery by stabilizing the ground, enhancing properties of the soil, and mediating competition between other organisms. This repositions ferns as facilitators of ecological recovery within disturbed habitats.
Second place – Eileen McDonald
Shepherd’s Pride
The natural grassland management of the sheep helps control invasive plant species and maintain open grasslands which in turn support diverse plants and animals. Sheep droppings enrich the soil with nutrients and their constant movement helps to churn the topsoil, promoting water absorption and plant growth. Grazing can increase the presence of native flowers which are essential for insects.
Third place – Val Cottle
BRAMBLE
Bramble flowers are a food source for honey bees, bumble bees and other wild animals. Leaves are eaten by certain caterpillars as well as some grazing mammals, especially deer. Ripe berries are eaten and their seeds dispersed by several mammals such as foxes and badgers. An important autumn harvest for our birds as the days become shorter.
Photo Competition 2024
The winner is Christie Cavallo and her wonderful photo of the Nuthurst Community Allotment and will be on the cover of the September edition of LINK.
Full details of the 2024 competition are in the September issue of LINK.
To view all the entries please click here
Photo Competition 2023
At a special presentation hosted by Mannings Heath Estate on 17th July, the winners of the inaugural CarbonBusters ‘Sustainability Photo Competition’ were announced and the winner presented with a cheque for £100 kindly sponsored by the Parish Community Group.
A full review and all the winning photos are in the August 23 issue click here
We are delighted to announce the winner of our Sustainability Photo Competition:
“Protecting, Celebrating or Raising Awareness of our Environment”.
Morgan Van Yperen stunned us with her picture of one of the Parishes’ white deer which, some consider a pest and others consider a beautiful part of nature. It is known that deer have a negative impact on the environment as they graze, trample and eat the shoots of emerging trees and shrubs and their populations need to be managed as they no longer have any natural predators. However, deer do also keep vegetation down, disperse seeds and serve as prey for secondary and tertiary producers. Whatever your views on deer, we felt that that the image and text Morgan wrote captures the essence of what some perceive to be a key part of our natural environment in the Parish of Nuthurst and what could be more apt than for this particular deer to be snapped on The Mannings Health Golf Course! .
‘Deery Me’
‘To me, this photo is a reminder of how lucky I am to live in the local area, to have access to wild spaces and to be able to see such beautiful wildlife in an age where it’s disappearing at such an alarming rate. Seeing deer up close is a magical experience, and it’s something that I hope everyone can experience, for generations to come, so it’s also a reminder that we need to do all we can to preserve our green spaces and the wonderful creatures that live within them.’
Photo taken on Mannings Heath Golf Club by Morgan Van Yperen
