Announcing the Winners of the December Winter Gardens Photo Contest…

Congratulations to the winners of the December Photo Challenge , Winter Gardens .

We require our winners to say us about themselves , and here ’s what they had to say :

Anne ClarkNature is my playground . Whether I am make beautiful landscape , work in my garden , or exploring the Rocky Mountains , I am always amazed at the knockout of institution . The landscape painting can be beautiful even in the wintertime . To carry out this , I pay close attention to line , form , and grain when designing . The morphologic plants and boulders are the bones of my garden which compliment the home and frame the picture . This beautiful sunrise is just a admonisher of Gods Beauty , Power and Glory . The claim ‘ A Grand New Day ’ come from this years Women of Faith Conference .

I live in Loveland Colorado , and I am presently hire as a Landscape Designer for Empire Landscaping in Johnstown Colorado . I am also manifest as a Sustainable Landscape fashion designer thru PACE in Boulder County , and I am passionate about creating beauty in the landscape while conserving our natural resource .

Mike LaneI’m a kip down arboriculturist who has always been passionate about the open air , so my sexual love of gardening flows from that . My garden here in Victoria , BC is in Zone 8 and average 287 Robert Frost free twenty-four hours a class . Growing English roses has been my peculiarity for some yr , however my erotic love of photography has cause me to begin making changes in the garden . Now I ’m plant more varieties that snap well , such as ornamental grasses , tall perennials and poppy .

Normally , the wintertime garden here is quite dark with the high amount of rain that we have . However , whenever we get a little nose candy or Robert Lee Frost I ’m out in the garden aright away trying to enamour that utter photo . More of my picture taking can be seen onmy Web web site .

Kare SandersI’m just hitting my pace as a veg and herb nurseryman , and loving every minute of it ! Last year , my groom-to-be built me an amazing little 12×12 garden in a sunny corner of our suburban yard . It ’s got two raise beds — one for vegetable , one for herbs — and way for a few container here and there . It ’s border by a wonderful picket fence and gate entrance under a big arbor — I absolutely love it and had so much fun produce all kinds of goodies .

We maturate seven different sort of tomatoes — far too many plants as it turned out — they were so happy ( and last summertime in Seattle was so exceeding ) that some spring up to 8 feet tall , and we ended up with probably a thousand tomatoes , perchance more !

I sleep with photography , but have yet to get a “ serious ” photographic camera — all my photos are eked out of my great little Nikon Coolpix point - and - shoot .

Though I ’m in “ winter musical mode ” and thus posting more about recipe and inside - the - home stuff on my blog , The Hazel Bloom , you could see a few more photos of my garden there . When spring gets here , though , I assure I will be garden - haunt and tittle-tattle all about it !

Dennis Kruse : horticulture is my married woman ’s mania , but I have become catch up in her enthusiasm . I enjoy snap the bloom that she incline . While visiting France in 2008 , we toured garden in Loire and Provence . We fell in love with the garden pergolas we see at various hotel and gardens . We wanted to capture the composure and serenity we regain in the Gallic gardens and play those feelings in our own garden . The pergola is tucked into a shady area of oak tree and maple trees . It is surrounded by azalea , rhododendron , mahonia , poison parsley and aboriginal wildflowers . When sitting under the pergola , one looks out on the cheery garden filled with native plant and bushes that appeal hummingbirds and butterflies .

We have been working on our garden since we moved to Virginia five year ago . It has finally touch the point where we can actually model down and revel it once in for a while rather than always be working in it ! Sanders :

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