Think Spring! Photo Contest

Thank you to everyone who submitted a photography in our Think Spring! contest.

Photo Contest Winner

The Think Spring! photo contest winner is Nose Hill wildflower by Paul Sbrizzi

The photos reminds him of walking in Nose Hill Park and seeing the first wildflowers appear when the snow melts. 

Finalists

Below are the five photos that were selected as the finalists. Think Spring! participants voted on these images to select the contest winner. Voting closed at 9:00 am on February 14. Once we contact the winner, we post an announcement on this page. Watch for the announcement in the Gardeners’ Corner e-news on Friday, February 18.

The photo contest winner will receive a copy of Kevin Lee’s book Your Trees: What They Want You to Know and a $25 gift card from greengate Garden Centres.  

Contest Entries

All the photos submitted to the Think Spring! photo contest are in the gallery below. To see an image full-size click on an image to open the gallery. Use the arrows to scroll through the gallery. The photographer’s name is shown below the image.

A Crown of bleeding hearts

Jean Taylor

Bee on Chive Flower

Briana Van Den Bussche

Canadian Tulip

Patricia Henderson

Crossing Over

Wendy Clay

First Signs of Spring

Faye Hleucka

Flowering cherry blossoms

Linda Wilson

The banquet begins

Elaine Rude

Galanthus

Jeanne Gonnason

Go Time

Marla Davies

In Mothers Memory

Laura Chomyn

Narcissus

Linda Wilson

Nestled in the Cracks

Laura Chomyn

peony

Linda Wilson

Pink Tulip

Patricia Henderson

Ready for the Garden Party

Cheryl Turner

Rosy buds of Spring

Laurie Goetting

Someone or thing is busy at work

Lynne Nieman

spring bulbs

Jeanne Gonnason

The-reawakening

Elaine Rude

What pain in the back?

Marla Davies

White Tulip

Patricia Henderson

Friendship Rose

Petra Lange

Morning Cloak

Lindsay Watkinson

Spring is Here

Paul Sbrizzi

Dandelion spring salad

Adam Argento

My Great Grandson’s Bird House

Janice Mitchell

Solomon’s Seal - Polygonatum biflorum

Janice Mitchell

Poised to unfurl

Robert Swift-Hill

Nature bursts beyond constraints

Bob Swift-Hill

Nose Hill Wildflower

Paul Sbrizzi

Nose Hill Crocus

Paul Sbrizzi

Trumpet Vine

Marisa Swift-Hill

Proud Mother Owl with her Owlets

Marisa Swift-Hill

Young Noni Fruit

Marisa Swift-Hill

Seeing Triple

Cathy Brodner

Happiness Rose

Petra Lange

A lady bird called peony

Cathy Brodner

Black and White

Petra Lange

Reach for the sun

Cathy Brodner

Red Pasqueflower

Janice Mitchell

Vitality of Water

Bob Swift-Hill