A Bouquet of 2006 "Love My Garden" Contest Winners
First Place Winner, Rose Macrina's flower garden was loved by the judges for a number of reasons including the variety of plant material used, the seasonality and vibrant color of her flower and plant selections, the effective use of a small lot, the creative use of flowers including containers and garden beds and finally, Ms. Macrina's obvious enthusiasm and love for gardening with Massachusetts-grown flowers and plants.
Second Place Winner was Jean Shaw of Middleboro, whose well-maintained garden showed a great use of annuals and a creative use of limited space, according to the "Love My Garden" contest judges, as well as having a pleasing emphasis on the use of flowers to make the most of limited space.
Third place was taken by Mary Jones, also of Brockton, whose colorful mixed perennial garden showed a good use of both containers and hanging baskets to complement the outdoor living area.
Judith Dupont of East Falmouth took fourth place with her beautiful Cape Cod flower garden and its combination of annuals and perennials. The judges noted the large and well-planned Dupont flower garden made a wonderful use of containers.
The well-maintained Chelmsford flower garden of Monica Kent was chosen as the fifth place winner for its winning use of containers and its lovely mix of both annuals and perennials.
