All - America Selections ’ 2019 Landscape Design Challenge used the paper of “ Re - Use , Recycle , Re - Imagine ” to exalt this twelvemonth ’s creations . Each garden was free to translate the theme in their chosen manner .

For this challenge , AAS provided the gardens with recent AAS Winner semen and plant . The garden also had the alternative to incorporate older AAS Winners in their design to illustrate the “ Re - Imagine ” theme . garden not only had to produce and put to death a conception base on this yr ’s radical , but also , were encourage to generate promotional material and hold events to share the report of All - America Selections and AAS Winners .

Gardens were divided into three categories establish on the number of visitors per year :

All - America Selections recognizes and thanks the contest judges who are industry expert in the field of horticulture and landscape gardening :

flick here to see Rules and Regulationsfor the 2019 Landscape Design Challenge .

Category I : few than 10,000 visitors per year

First Place Winner : Master Gardener Association of Tippecanoe County ( MGATC ) Display Gardens , Lafayette , IndianaThe MGA of Tippecanoe Country was lauded as having the most all - comprehend use of the 2019 radical “ Re - Use , Recycle , Re - Imagine ” in this year ’s challenger . They used multiple items that might have gone to the landfill had they not been used in the garden as props and holders for AAS Winners . Even volunteer works from their 2018 garden were incorporate into their theme ! unmortgaged signage not only explain the root but also explained how items were being re - used . The garden also took the opportunity to explain and demonstrate to visitors how they could economise money in their own gardens by reusing and recycle things such as fictile Milk River jugful , nesting box and older planet looker . As a final “ Wow ” , the harvest from the AAS Edible Winners was donated to the local Salvation Army to feed the less rosy .

Third Place Winner : Morris Horticulture Display Garden , Morris , MinnesotaAn excellent example of Reimagination , Morris Horticulture transformed a 1950 ’s farm-place into a 2019 AAS Display Garden . Their well - assert garden showed off the beauty of AAS Edible Winners planted in and around farming hardscape features such as a windmill and corn whiskey planter . “ Reimagining ” marigolds in an area where corn might have been planted ply a clever focal point . A part of the university ’s Horticulture Display Garden , visitor in the thousands were able to enjoy this garden .

Category 1 Honorable Mention Winners

Category II : 10,001 – 100,000 visitors per class

First Place Winner : Purdue Extension Marion County Demonstration Garden , Indianapolis , IndianaFor the third yr in a quarrel , the Purdue Extension group has bump it out of the park ! The drone television they make shows the superior plant quality and their impeccably maintain grounds . This Demonstration Garden is settle at the Indiana Fair Grounds , so visitors not only construe a beautiful garden , but also were able to learn from the Master Gardeners . Purdue Extension experts conducted several outreach programs for the residential area regarding the AAS varieties ( honest-to-god and new ) and how to reduce , reuse , recycle and reimagine in their own garden . To further lease visitors , they created a spinster rack biz showcasing their twelve most likable AAS Winners . To play the game , one had to reel the wheel then go locate that salmagundi in the garden .

Second Place Winner : Jardin Daniel A Seguin , Saint - Hyacinthe , Quebec , CanadaThe Daniel A. Seguin garden got really creative with this year ’s root with a huge crew - bar spider weld out of recycled and re - used pieces of metallic element . Kudos to welding artist Jeffrey McDonal for this piece of music of work ! This spider “ stood safety gadget ” over a lovely and well - maintained seam of AAS Winners that were used in great coloration combinations . bookman from the nearby Institut de Technologie Agroalimentaire were in charge of designing and creating the garden which was locate in the Jardin de time to come ( Garden of the Future ) , a garden plan to inspire thought and creative thinking .

TIE ! Third Place Winner : Domaine Joly , Sainte - Crois , Quebec , CanadaJudges concord that the design and interpretation of this year ’s melodic theme at Domaine Joly was lovely , aesthetic and creative . point the AAS Winners in a fairly gamy - profile section of the belongings added to the solicitation . A large number of products were recycle as interesting planters let in a canoe , old toolbox , shaping chairs and a speaker unit lawsuit .

TIE ! Third Place Winner : McCrory Gardens , Brookings , South DakotaMcCrory is a first - time entrant into the Landscape Design Challenge and was applauded for their gravid industrial plant quality and use of the AAS signage . They showcased the AAS Winners in a bright and cheery garden fructify among both the English cottage and formal style gardens . The fountain centrepiece cleverly planted with Canna South Pacific Orange capped the solicitation of this garden .

Category III : Over 100,000 visitors per yr

First Place Winner : Boerner Botanical Gardens , Milwaukee , WisconsinKudos to the mathematical group at Boerner for pulling off a first place winnings this twelvemonth ! Their musical theme version was visit an Alice - In - Wonderland garden where many recycled and re - used products were made into props from the Koran : hang basket became afternoon tea cups , AAS Gypsophila Winners formed a clock base , mushroom forms plant with AAS Pole Bean Winners , and old pallet became larger than life play cards . The garden take the opportunity to civilise visitors about AAS via circuit , an Ecology Conference and several onsite talks . We think Alice would be proud of !

Second Place Winner : Norseco at Montreal Botanical Garden , Montreal , Quebec , CanadaThe Norseco show at Montreal Botanical Garden was design to make an surface area that put the AAS Winners up front in a innovation full of texture , blossom type and colors .   peculiar minor were eager to taste the many veggie grow in the garden . To incorporate the “ Re - Use , Recycle , Re - Imagine ” composition , they used piece such as reprocess fencing for a trellis , pallets made into a pecker display and quondam water hosiery for supports . The use of AAS explanation signage was very well done !

Third Place Winner : State Botanical Garden , Athens , GeorgiaA first - clock time participant , the State Botanical Garden did a great occupation startle in and see the theme in ways very suited for their garden . They used charge card can , laid on end , to mimic Spanish terra cotta cap tiles ( You are think , “ Why did n’t I think of that ! ” correct ? ) and a milk jugful as a conduit for rainwater runoff to irrigate hanging baskets . These elbow grease result in a very cagey mode of using recycled products in path that benefited the garden planting . The many AAS Winners used were very good quality and well display .

class III Honorable Mention : “ pupil Involvement ” : The Botanic Garden at OK State University , Stillwater , Oklahoma

Each of these competition winner are profiled on the AAS website , under “ Display Gardens ” .

A complete collection of photos from all competition entrant can be found on the All - America SelectionsFlickrandFacebookaccounts .

For more information about the contest winners or how to participate in 2020 , contactDiane Blazek , All - America Selections .