Winner of Photo Contest Announced

The Ann Arbor Branch, Woman's National Farm & Garden Association is pleased to announce the winner of our 2010 Ann Arbor Garden Walk photo contest:  Katlan Michalak, with this photo of a bumblebee among the rich blooms of a blue "Royal Aspirations" delphinium at Matthaei Botanical Gardens (Garden 3).

Soon to be a senior at Eastern Michigan University, Katlan is pursuing a B.A. in fine arts with an emphasis in photography.  She has been taking photos since high school and this is the first time that she has won a photo contest.  Congratulations, Katlan!  Her photograph will adorn the next AAF&G notecard, sales of which throughout the year support our grant and scholarship programs.

Ann Arbor Farm & Garden wishes to thank all of the Garden Walk attendees who participated in the photo contest.  Your submissions were impressive, colorful, and artistic.  Each offered a unique perspective of the sights and colors of this year's event.  The slide show below shows one photo from each entrant.   (Click on photo to see photographer's name.)  To see all the submissions, go to:      www.flickr.com/photos/25208768@N02/sets/72157624706062230/    

Bring your cameras again on Sunday, September 19 from noon to 4 pm for our Fall Garden Walk as we revisit Garden 7, "A Collector's Country Garden in Autumn" (5400 N. Meadow Court) to experience the colors, scents and textures of that beautiful landscape in the changing season.  Admission is $5 per person at the gate.  Chelsea Painters will be exhibiting and selling original works featuring the gardens from the June walk.  Weather permitting, artists from the Chelsea Painters will be in the garden painting 'en plein air.'  A selection of rare and unusual hellebores will be offered for sale by the garden owner, and whimsical fairy houses by local pottery artist Ruth Rycroft will be available for purchase.  It promises to be another lovely day in the garden.  Please plan to join us!