We are so excited to announce the winners of our Garden Rose Design Contest! We’d like to thank all of the participants. We received hundreds of entries and truly enjoyed seeing the creativity of their designs.
Our judges (Alexandra Farms President Joey Azout; David JC Austin of David Austin Roses; Hitomi Gilliam AIFD EMC; and David Coake and Lori McNorton from Florists’ Review) had the difficult task of evaluating the entries and choosing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. The Readers Choice awards were chosen by public vote during the month of July 2018.
First place / Wedding Bouquet: Rachel Stevenson First place / Everyday Design: Angela Hall (Prize: all-expense-paid trip for two to Alexandra Farms in Bogotá, Colombia)
Second place / Wedding Bouquet: Nancy Zimmerman Second place / Everyday Design: Katherine Taylor (Prize: 1,000 stems of garden roses)
Third place / Wedding Bouquet: Tara Pollio Third place / Everyday Design: Eleni Mauromoustakos (Prize: 500 stems of garden roses)
Readers Choice / Wedding Bouquet: Nancy Zimmerman Readers Choice / Everyday Design: Brenna Quan (Prize: 1,000 stems of garden roses)
Again, a big thank you to all of the participants and especially to our finalists for making this contest a success. We look forward to seeing even more submissions in 2019!