Skip to main content

Photography in the Gardens


Photo Contest – CANCELLED FOR 2023

The photo contest was initiated to give visitors yet another reason to visit the Gardens. 

If you have questions email:
photoquestions@munsingerclemens.com

Prior years winning photos:

2019 Contest Winners

Best in Show: Erica Powers (view)

Hardscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Erica Powers (view)
  • 2nd place: Timothy Engle (view)
  • 3rd place: Kimberly Hill (view)

Landscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Erica Powers (view)
  • 2nd place: Erica Powers (view)
  • 3rd place: Linda Brown (view)

Hardscapes, Youth:

  • 1st place: Sruthi Subramanian (view)

Landscape, Youth:

  • 1st place: Ruth Justin (view)
  • 2nd place: Sreya Subramanian (view)
  • 3rd place: Morgan Rodenborg (view)

Honorable Mentions:

  • Timothy Engle – Landscape (view)
  • Ryan Vadnais – Hardscape (view)

2018 Contest Winners

Best in Show: Zach Schroeder (view)

Hardscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Kimberly Hill (view)
  • 2nd place: Kimberly Hill (view)
  • 3rd place: Susan Aune (view)

Landscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: DeVonne Koppenberg (view)
  • 2nd place: Emily Dylla (view)
  • 3rd place: Kimberly Hill (view)

Landscape, Youth:

  • 1st place: Andrew Schroeder (view)
  • 2nd place: Avah Nyren (view)

Honorable Mention:

  • Mike Brubaker (view)
  • Suzanna Johnson (view)
  • Abigail Gans (view)

2017 Contest Winners

Best In Show: Susan Aune (view)

Hardscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Alexandra Kimmerle (view)
  • 2nd place: Alexandra Kimmerle (view)
  • 3rd place: John Roscoe (view)

Landscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Marly Keller (view)
  • 2nd place: Marly Keller (view)
  • 3rd place: Susan Aune (view)

Hardscapes, Youth:

  • 1st place: Ellie Terhaar (view)
  • 2nd place: Zoe Shay (view)
  • 3rd place: Kalli Terhaar (view)

Landscapes, Youth:

  • 1st place: Ellie Terhaar (view)
  • 2nd place: Abigail Gans (view)
  • 3rd place: Ellie Terhaar (view)

2016 Contest Winners

Best In Show: John Roscoe (view)

Hardscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Lisa Henning (view)
  • 2nd place: Susan Aune (view)   
  • 3rd place: Jenny Seil (view)

Landscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Suzanna Johnson (view)
  • 2nd place: Susan Aune (view)
  • 3rd place: Alexandra Kimmerle (view)

Hardscapes, Youth:

  • 1st place: Zachary Schroeder (view)
  • 2nd place: Abigail Gans (view)
  • 3rd place: Elyce Lilleberg (view)

Landscapes, Youth:

  • 1st place: Andrew Schroeder (view)
  • 2nd place: Abigail Gans (view)
  • 3rd place: Ellie Terhaar (picture not available to view online)

2015 Contest Winners

Best In Show: Peter Veljkovich (view)

Hardscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Martin Gilchrist(view)
  • 2nd place: Jenny Seil (view)   
  • 3rd place: Michelle Peterson (view)

Landscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Martin Gilchrist (view)
  • 2nd place: Jan Dorabush (view)
  • 3rd place: Lisa Henning (view)

Hardscapes, Youth:

  • 1st place: Zachary Schroeder (view)
  • 2nd place: Andrew Schroeder (view)
  • 3rd place: Annamaria Tomovic (view)

Landscapes, Youth:

  • 1st place: Abigail Gans (view)
  • 2nd place: Annamaria Tomovic (view)

2014 Contest Winners

Best of Show:  Martin Gilchrist  “Wishing Well” (view)

Hardscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Faye Lange “Winter of our Lives” (view)
  • 2nd place: Don Kempf “Footsteps of Beauty” (view)
  • 3rd place: Martin Gilchrist “The Fountain” (view)

Landscapes, Adult:

  • 1st place: Carleen Schomer “Mystical Munsinger” (view)
  • 2nd place: Ruthie Meyers Shlief “The Friendiest Flower” (view)
  • 3rd place: John M. Scott “Munsinger Garden Road” (view)

Hardscapes, Youth:

  • 1st place: Elyce Lilleberg “Stairway to Heaven” (view)
  • 2nd place: Adrian Hobbs “Fall Shadows” (view)

Landscapes, Youth:

  • 1st place: Ellie Terhaar “Out of the Ordinary” (view)
  • 2nd place: Katti Terhaar “Splash of Color” (view)
  • 3rd place: Elyce Lilleberg “Fall Splender” (view)

The MCBS Board and Photo Contest Committee express our thanks to everyone who participated.