Living Wreath Photo Contest

2012 Living Wreath Photo Contest Prize Winners:

1st Place Prize
$250 Kinsman Company
Gift Certificate is

Carol Olsen
Kimberly, ID

"The wreath is located on the north side of our house. I use shade loving plants: pansies, begonias, impatiens, coleus and lobelia. Every year it is a little different. It was a little challenging this year, because of the heat. It goes swimming a lot in the wreath pool!"

2nd Place Prize
$150 Kinsman Company
Gift Certificate is

Kathy & Tom Degraide
Carolina, RI

" Love my wreaths …always lots of compliments. I love using impatiens and want to do some succulent wreaths. Oh, and did I mention how easy it is to make these –and fun too!"

3rd Place Prize Winners of
$100 Kinsman Gift Certificates

Ivan Micek
Bloomingdale, IL

"My wreath hangs in front of my townhouse, facing east. It contains traditional mixed coleus, not today's hybrids. It's a bit of high maintenance to continually pinch back the plants to keep a uniform shape. In addition, I periodically rotate the wreath to keep it in balance, as the plants grow towards the sun. At night, the wreath has a spotlight on it. This is the 8th or 9th year using coleus and it's always a hit amongst neighbors and members or the local garden club."

Marianne Dunbar
Columbia Cross Roads, PA

"I used Oregon moss and New Zealand Sphagnum moss and added some potting soil in the wire frame. The plants used are maidenhair ferns, ivy, polka dot plant, ajuga, picta philodendron, fittonia and impatiens. The wreath is displayed on a roof section from an old wooden silo, which we found on our former family farm property"

Mindee Gleason
Fremond, IN

"My living wreath contains several varieties of succulents and sedums. I winter over the succulents that are not hardy here by bringing them inside each year. In the Spring, I cut all different kinds of ground cover sedum from my garden and root them into the wreath with the succulents. I always hang the wreath on the porch of my potting shed.".

3rd Place Prize
$100 Kinsman Company
Gift Certificate is

Diane Jacobs
Nodaway, IA