Marianne Majerus

Marianne Majerus (born 1956) is one of Europe's leading specialist garden photographers.

Biography Majerus was born in 1956 in Clervaux, Luxembourg. After finishing secondary education in Luxembourg, she took a degree in English at the University of Essex and a degree in Economics at the University of East Anglia. Her first exhibition of landscape photographs was held in 1979 at the Minories Art Gallery in Colchester. Her second, "East Coast", was sponsored by Eastern Arts and toured in 1982. Her portraits of writers, notably those of Doris Lessing, Malcolm Bradbury and Tom Sharpe, are held in the National Portrait Gallery Collection.

Having illustrated a number of studies of historical culture, as well as food and travel books, Majerus specialised in the photography of plants and gardens. Her company, Marianne Majerus Garden Images, provides garden images to the media in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Majerus is currently a member of the Royal Horticultural Society Photographic Advisory Committee and in 2013 joined The Garden Media Guild's panel of award judges. During the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Majerus was photographed to represent her native Luxembourg in The World in London exhibition in Victoria Park and on Oxford Street.

Works Four portraits by Majerus are exhibited by the National Portrait Gallery (London): of Doris Lessing, Hugo Williams, Malcolm Bradbury and Raffaella Barker. Other works are held by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Centre National de l'Audiovisuel in Luxembourg. Other portraits include those of J. G. Ballard, Andrew Motion, Tony Harrison and Baroness Ludford.

Her photographs appear regularly in Country Life, The Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, House & Garden, Homes and Gardens, The Evening Standard (London), The RHS Garden Journal, The English Garden, Gardens Illustrated, as well as many garden magazines in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Poland, Slovenia, the United States, Australia and Japan.

Honours, prizes and awards In 2025, Majerus won the Garden Media Guild Features Photographer of the Year Award.

In 2023, Majerus took the first prize for the European Garden Photography Award taking in the International Garden Photographer of the Year 16 competition

In 2018, Majerus took the first prize for the European Garden Photography Award taking in the International Garden Photographer of the Year 11 competition

In 2015, Majerus won the Garden Media Guild Book Photographer of the Year Award for Garden Design: A Book of Ideas (Mitchell Beazley).

In 2014, Majerus won first place in the 'Greening the City' category of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award 2014

In 2013, Majerus won the Garden Media Guild Features Photographer of the Year Award

In 2012, during the London Cultural Olympiad, a photograph of Marianne Majerus was included in "The World in London" exhibition at Victoria Park and on Oxford Street.

In 2011, Marianne Majerus won the Garden Media Guild Photographer of the Year Award and, earlier in the year, won first place in the 'Garden Views' category of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award 2011. Majerus also won the 'Luxembourg Book Prize' for her book Die geheimen Gärten Luxemburgs (The Secret Gardens of Luxembourg) in the 'Art and Images' category The same title also made her a finalist in the 2011 Garden Media Guild 'Book Photographer of the Year' category.

In 2011, Marianne Majerus was awarded Silver Gilt by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) for a portfolio of six images of the Sussex Prairie Garden.

In 2010, Marianne Majerus was named 'International Garden Photographer of the Year' for her picture 'Layered landscape: a moment captured'. The same image also won the 'People's Choice Award' as voted for by the public in the 'Garden Views' category.

In 2009, Majerus was a finalist in the Garden Media Guild's 'Photography Portfolio of the Year Award' category

In 2008, Marianne Majerus was awarded second place in the International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition in the "GPA Portfolio Category" and was a finalist in the "Portfolio Category".

She has won first prizes for Image of the Month from the Garden Photographer's Association (part of the Garden Media Guild) for September 2008, December 2008, June 2009, July 2009, August 2009, October 2009, August 2010 and October 2010. Second prize in September 2009, July 2010 and September 2010. From January 2011 Marianne Majerus ceased to enter the Image of the Month competitions.

In 2002, she was voted "Photographer of the Year" by the Garden Media Guild (then the Garden Writers' Guild).

In 2000, alongside George Carter(Garden Designer) she won the "Inspirational Book of the Year" award from the Garden Writers' Guild for the book The New London Garden

Books as principal photographer Publication year Title 2026 Cottage Gardens (Rizzoli, 2026) 2026 Small Garden Beauty (GU, 2026) 2026 Small Garden Envy (Skittledog, 2026) 2025 Marianne Majerus - In the Garden: The Art of the Ephemeral (Editions Guy Binsfeld, 2025) 2024 Die geheimen Gärten von Cornwall (Bassermann Verlag, 2024) 2023 Garden Style: A Book of Ideas (Mitchell Beazley, 2023) 2023 Jardins - Le livre de toutes les inspirations (Ulmer, 2023) 2023 Garden Style: A Book of Ideas (Rizzoli, 2023) 2023 Estilos de Jardin (Blume, 2023) 2022 Die geheimen Gärten von Cornwall. Aktualisierte Sonderausgabe: Die schönsten Refugien an Englands Südküste (Bassermann Verlag, 2022) 2022 Die geheimen Gärten von England. Aktualisierte Sonderausgabe: Entdeckungen im Gartenparadies (Bassermann Verlag, 2022) 2021 Stourhead (Apollo, 2021) 2020 Luxemburg - Land der Rosen : Schätze von gestern für Gärten von heute (Editions Schortgen) 2020 Luxembourg - Pays de la rose : Les roses d'hier inspirent les jardins d'aujourd hui (Editions Schortgen) 2020 Luxembourg - Land of roses : Yesterday's roses inspiring today's gardens (Editions Schortgen) 2020 Grow Yourself Healthy: Gardening to transform your gut health all year round (Frances Lincoln) 2020 Petits jardins design - 35 projets contemporains pour vivre au jardin (Ulmer) 2019 RHS Design Outdoors: Projects & Plans for a Stylish Garden (Mitchell Beazley) 2018 Gardens of Corfu (Impress Publishing) 2018 Setting the Scene (Pimpernel Press) 2017 The Living Jigsaw: How to Cultivate a Healthy Garden Ecology (Royal Botanic Gardens) 2016 Gärten an den italienischen Seen (Gerstenberg Verlag) 2016 Gardens of the Italian Lakes (Frances Lincoln) 2016 RHS How to Plant a Garden (Mitchell Beazley) 2015 London – seine schönsten Gärten: Eine spektakuläre Entdeckungstour (DVA) 2015 Great Gardens of London (Frances Lincoln) 2015 Die geheimen Gärten von England (DVA) 2015 Das große Buch der Gartengestaltung (DVA) 2015 Créer son jardin (Larousse) 2015 First Ladies of Gardening (Frances Lincoln) 2015 Garden Design: A Book of Ideas (Mitchell Beazley) 2015 Mein City-Garten: Planen, pflanzen, gestalten (Dorling Kindersley) 2014 Englische Gartenikonen: Die Schöpferinnen des englischen Gartenstils und ihre Gärten (DVA) 2014 The Urban Gardener (Mitchell Beazley) 2012 Die geheimen Gärten von Cornwall: Die schönsten Refugien an Englands Südküste (DVA) 2011 Die geheimen Gärten Luxemburgs (Binsfeld) 2010 Venetian Gardens (Flammarion) 2008 Pots et jardinières (Gründ) 2008 Herbes et aromates (Gründ) 2007 Traumpaare (Callwey) 2007 Passion for Roses: Peter Beales' Comprehensive Guide to Landscaping with Roses (Rizzoli International Publications) 2007 Secret Gardens of Venice (Weidenfeld) 2006 Jardins Secrets de Venise (Flammarion) 2006 Projects for Small Gardens: 56 Projects With Step-by-step Instruction 2006 Neue Ideen für winzige Gärten 2005 Garden Spaces: Simple Solutions for Planning and Design 2005 101 Ideas Gardens 2005 Die geheimen Gärten von London (DVA) 2004 Secret Gardens of London (Weidenfeld) 2004 Jardins Secrets de Londres (Flammarion) 2004 Shrubs for the Garden (Kyle Cathie) 2004 Trees for the Garden (Kyle Cathie) 2004 Herbs: Simple Projects for the Weekend Gardener (Ryland, Peters & Small) 2004 TopfKult: Über 200 Profitipps für schönere Kübelpflanzen (Callwey) 2004 Containers: Simple Projects for the Weekend Gardener (Ryland, Peters & Small) 2004 A Passion for Roses (Mitchell Beazley) 2003 House Beautiful Container Gardens (Hearst Communications) 2003 The German Ambassador's Residence in London (Revised Edition) 2003 Cool Containers 2001 The New Tech Garden (Mitchell Beazley) 2001 Foliage 2001 Seeds: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Successfully from Seed 2000 The New London Garden (Weidenfeld) 2000 Living with Plants 1999 Gardening with Herbs 1997 Gardening with Containers 1996 Alsace Gastronomique (Conran Octopus) 1993 The German Ambassador's Residence in London (German Embassy) 1992 English Manor Houses (Weidenfeld; Rizzoli) 1991 The Garden Wall (Johnson Editions) 1990 Provence: 12 Travels with a Gastronome (George Philip) 1988 The Rose Gardens of England (Collins) 1988 The French Revolution (Simon & Schuster) 1987 Chronicles of the Age of Chivalry (Viking Penguin) 1986 The Plantagenet Chronicles (Weidenfeld) 1985 The Domesday Book: England's Heritage Then and Now (Hutchison; Viking)

Books as featured photographer Publication year Title 2025 Tough Plants: Garden gladiators that pack a punch in extreme weather (OH, 2025) 2024 Les jardins secs de James Basson (Editions Ulmer, 2024) 2021 The Naturally Beautiful Garden: Contemporary Designs to Please the Eye and Support Nature (Rizzoli, 2021) 2021 Gardens in My Life: The Favourite Gardens of World-famous Landscape Designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd (Apollo, 2021) 2021 Tom Stuart-Smith: Drawn from the Land (Thames and Hudson, 2021) 2021 Highgrove: Ein Jahr im königlichen Garten (BusseSeewald, 2021) 2019 English Gardens: From the Archives of Country Life Magazine (Rizzoli, 2019) 2017 Junges Gartendesign - Terrassen und Sitzplätze 2017 Sichtschutz und Raumteiler im Garten 2016 Wasser im Garten 2 - Das große Ideenbuch 2016 Gartenideen - Akzente für kleine und große Gärten 2015 Kleine Gärten vergrößern - So optimieren Sie Raumwirkung und Nutzwert 2015 Moderne Gartenkonzepte - Gartengestaltung passend zur Architektur 2015 Highgrove: Ein Jahr im königlichen Garten 2014 Highgrove: A Garden Celebrated 2014 Grüne Inseln - Kleine Gärten in der City 2014 Gartenhäuser, Wintergärten, Überdachungen - Das große Ideenbuch 2014 Junges Gartendesign - Kreativ, stylish, machbar 2013 Der Naturgarten. Planen - Gestalten - Pflegen 2013 Modernes Gartendesign - Das große Ideenbuch 2012 Design für pflegeleichte Gärten - Das große Ideenbuch 2012 Nutzgärten Gestalten - Pflanzen - Pflegen. Kreative Praxis rund um Gemüse, Kräuter und Blumen 2012 Naturstein im Garten: Das grosse Ideenbuch 2012 Projets pour petits jardins : 56 projets à réaliser pas à pas 2011 Landhaus-Gärten – Paradiese ohne Grenzen 2011 Sichtschutz im Garten - Das große Ideenbuch. Hecken, Mauern, Zäune 2011 Ideenbuch Sitzplätze 2011 International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 4 2010 International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 3 2010 Kleine Gärten – Das große Ideenbuch 2010 Neues Design für kleine Gärten 2008 International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 1 2008 Gestaltung mit Rosen: Das große Ideenbuch 2006 Projets pour petits jardins : 56 Projets à réaliser pas à pas 2005 101 Conseils Jardin

Exhibitions Date Exhibition Name Location 1 Location 2 Description 2025 Marianne Majerus - Garden Photographs Luxembourg Embassy, Berlin. An exhibition of Marianne's photography. 2025 Marianne Majerus - In the Garden: The Art of the Ephemeral Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg. An exhibition in the cloisters of the Abbey showing a curated selection of Marianne's work as part of LUGA. 2025 Plant Portraits Parc de Merl, Luxembourg. An open-air exhibition examining and celebrating the beauty of fleeting moments in the life of plants through a carefully chosen selection of intimate plant portraits displayed in large glass panels. 2023 International Garden Photographer of the Year 2023 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Various location within the United Kingdom. Marianne Majerus's work features as the winning picture in the 'European Garden Photographer of the Year' of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award 2023. 2018 International Garden Photographer of the Year 2018 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Various location within the United Kingdom. Marianne Majerus's work features as the winning picture in the 'European Garden Photographer of the Year' of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award 2018. 2014 International Garden Photographer of the Year 2014 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Various location within the United Kingdom. Marianne Majerus's work features as the winning picture in the 'Greening the City' category of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award 2014. 2013 Gartenfokus Stiftung Schloss Dyck, Germany 2011 Royal Horticultural Society Photographic Exhibition RHS London Autumn Harvest Show, London Exhibition of images from Sussex Prairie Garden. 2011 International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Various location within the United Kingdom. Marianne Majerus's work features as the winning picture in the 'Garden Views Category' of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award 2011. 2010 International Garden Photographer of the Year 2010 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Various location within the United Kingdom. As the winner of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award, as well as the People's Choice Award, Majerus's winning photograph is the centrepiece of the exhibition. 2008 International Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 Geffrye Museum, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom. N/A Majerus's photographs appeared alongside other high-profile photographers as part of The Garden Photographers' Association exhibition of new work exploring the relationship between people and the personal havens they make in our cities and towns. 2002 Professional Women Gardeners Museum of Garden History, Lambeth, London, United Kingdom. N/A This portrait collection of contemporary women gardeners appeared as part of an artistic season entitled How Does Her Garden Grow?, which followed the history of women professional gardeners since the first women's horticultural training colleges opened at the end of the 19th century. 1997 Collections and Reflections Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Essex, United Kingdom. N/A 1997 Visage Extérieur / The Face Outside Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg City. N/A A selection of portraits of famous Luxembourgers living throughout the world. 1995 Visage Extérieur / The Face Outside La Galerie d'art d'Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom. A selection of portraits of famous Luxembourgers living throughout the world commissioned by the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture during Luxembourg's year as European Capital of Culture. 1995 Fotofeis International Festival of Photography, Scotland. Musée de la Photographie, Brussels 1982 East Coast Travelling exhibition sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain. N/A Images of the East Anglian seaside.

Literature Raymond Reuter: 100 Lëtzebuerger ronderëm d'Welt (100 Luxembourgers Around the World), Page. 124: Marianne Majerus, 2003, Éditions Luxnews,