GardenLife :: Shutterbug Contest Archive

March 2012

Grace Sandlin from Escondido, CA was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Vireya Rhododendron. Grace wins a copy of Vanilla Orchids: Natural History and Cultivation from Timber Press.

February 2012
Milly Bruno of Nipomo, CA was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Pelargonium triste. Milly wins a copy of Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who's Who, What They Do, and How to Manage them Organically

October 2010

Judy Sermon of Brookings, Oregon was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Gladiolus alatus. Judy wins a copy of Clematis for Small Spaces: 150 High-Performance Plants for Patios, Decks, Balconies and Borders.
by Raymond Evison

Late September 2010Jack Shoultz of El Cajon, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the new NeverFloris variety of African Violet. Jack wins a copy of Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis

Early September 2010

Marjorie Shearer of Crescent City, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Veltheimia bracteata. Sande wins a copy of Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis

August 2010

Terry Miller of Chico, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Kalanchoe thrysiflora. Terry wins a copy of

Can't Miss Small Space Gardening from Cool Springs Press
by Melinda Myers

Late June 2010

Sande Hooten of Santa Maria, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Iris Confusa. Sande wins a copy of Armitage's Vines and Climbers: A Gardener's Guide to the Best Vertical Plants
by Allan M. Armitage

Early June 2010

Late June 2010 Sande Hooten of Santa Maria, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Iris Confusa. Sande wins a copy of Armitage's Vines and Climbers: A Gardener's Guide to the Best Vertical Plants by Allan M. Armitage

Sande Hooten of Santa Maria, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the babiana. Sande wins a copy of The Gardeners Color Palette: Paint Your Garden with 100 Extraordinary Flower Choices by Tom Fischer.

May 2010

Ann Byrne of Santa Maria, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Eucrosia. Ann wins a copy of Dead Head: A Dirty Business Mystery by Rosemary Harris, from Minotaur Books.

Late April 2010

Ann Byrne of Santa Maria, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Ferraria crispa. Ann wins a copy of The Small Budget Gardener by Maureen Gilmer, from Cool Springs Press.

Late March 2010

Rico Montenegro of Anderson, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Grevillea lavandulacea. Rico wins a copy of Grocery Gardening by Jean Ann Van Krevelen, from Cool Springs Press.

Early March 2010

Kathy Strong of San Juan Capistrano, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Furcraea macdougalii flower . Kathy wins a copy of California Gardener's Resource by Bruce & Sharon Asakawa, from Cool Springs Press.

Late February 2010

Ken Byrne of Santa Maria, California was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Giant Arum Lily, Euphorbia Ammak variegata. Ken wins a copy of Plants in the Getty's Central Garden by Jim Duggan, from the J.Paul Getty Museum.

Late January 2010

Patti Krotje of San Marcos, CA and Ken Byrne of Santa Maria, CA correctly identified the image of the Paperbark Maple, Acer griseum. Patti and Ken win copies of Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart, published by Algonquin Press.

January 2010

Logan Webb of Clearwater, FL was the first person to correctly identify the image of the Giant Arum Lily, Amorphophallus titanum. Logan wins a copy of Perennial Companions: 100 Dazzling Plant Combinations for Every Season by Tom Fischer, published by Timber Press.

December 2009

The winner for the GardenLife Shutterbug plant ID contest was Pamela Ciborowski of El Cajon, CA, who correctly identified the the image to be Tecoma alata, Orange Jubilee. Pamela has won a copy of Black Plants, by Paul Bonine, published by Timber Press.

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November 2009

The winner for the GardenLife Shutterbug plant ID contest was Judith Sermon of Brookings, Oregon, who correctly identified the the image to be Haemanthus coccineus. Judith has won a copy of The Explorer's Garden: Shrubs and Vines from the Four Corners of the World, by Daniel J. Hinkley, published by Timber Press.

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