We’re thrilled at the tremendous response we’ve received for our first Picture This Photo Contest. Each of you have brought a unique element to this informal native plant gallery. And as several of you told us, it has been both informational and alot of fun looking at your peers’ photos.
Our judge, Saxon Holt, has made the final decision for the winner plus a list of runner ups. Here it is:
“Well, for this first time contest, with all of the kinks that needed to be ironed out, we were amazed and gratified to receive so many fine entries. It may be a cliché to say it was hard to pick one winner, but it was. None-the-less, there is only one prize of the Agastache collection from High Country Gardens.
And the winning photo is:
Pam Penick "Coneflowers and yucca"
Pam Penick’s entry is a well composed photograph using the entire frame of the camera with several native plants and is clearly in an inviting garden setting. The composition has nice “movement” as the eye carries through the photo the bench and is anchored at the bottom with a nice bold form. Notice there is no wasted space in the frame, and she uses several native plants. Congratulations Pam – the Agastaches should do great in Texas !
First Runner Up
Hoe and Shovel for her photo called Resurrection Fern
Second Runner Up(s):
Clay and Limestone: photo labeled A Golden Wildflower
Town Mouse and Country Mouse: photo of Bee Bliss Salvia
East Side Patch: photo of Mexican Feather Grass
Garden Amateur: photo chock full of Australian natives
Links to every participant’s photo are listed below (we hope), in no particular order. If we’ve somehow left you off the list, or if you have a photo of a native plant that you would like added to the gallery even though the contest is over, leave us a link below and we’ll be glad to add you to the list.
- Montana Wildlife Gardener
- Ting Ting Miller
- Dirt Therapy
- Grace Peterson
- Down and Dirty
- WiseAcre Gardens
- Mr. McGregor’s Daughter
- The Patient Gardener
- The Havens
- Hoe and Shovel
- Town Mouse and Country Mouse
- Town Mouse and Country Mouse
- MacGardens
- Pollinators
- The Great Wall of Lutz
- Clay and Limestone
- Dig, Grow, Compost, Blog
- A Caribbean Garden
- East-Side-Patch
- The Garden of Live Flowers
- Lost In The Landscape
- Casa Coniglio
- Queer By Choice
- Getting Grounded
- Garden Amateur
- Weeder’s Garden
- Sharing Nature’s Garden
- Shady Gardener
- Heirloom Gardener
A special thanks to our friend and colleague, David Salman of High Country Gardens, who so graciously donated this special collection of eight superb agastaches. If you didn’t win this month, don’t give up. Try again in the next contest!
Fran is the author of the highly-acclaimed book, Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening, which Andrew Weil, M.D., recommends as "a profound and inspiring book."
A graduate of the University of Chicago with Honors in Psychology, she is also a gardening and creativity expert, coach, inspirational speaker, CBS radio news gardening correspondent, and Huffington Post Contributor.
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