Award Winning 2015 Photographs Presenting the results of the AHS National Photo Contest and those of Regions 2, 4, 11, 13 and 15 Part I: AHS Contest Winners

Welcome We hope you enjoy this compendium of the “best of the best” photos from the 2013 AHS and Regions 2, 4, 11, 13 and 15 contests. Each has won recognition in a judged contest held by the AHS or those five regions. While each contest had its individual requirements, all share a common goal of identifying the most outstanding among the entries.

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Single Bloom FIRST PLACE Louise Taylor ‘Velvet Throne’ (Petit, 2009)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Single Bloom SECOND PLACE John Stahl, ‘Rognvaldursson’ (Mahieu-Burris, 2007)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Single Bloom THIRD PLACE Patricia Loveland ‘Tahoe Snow Blizzard’ (Gossard, 2006)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Single Bloom FINALIST Carl Hamilton ‘Rings of Desire’ (Shooter-F., 2004)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Single Bloom FINALIST Christine Petersen ‘One Strange Cookie’ (Hensley 2008)

AHS 2013 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Single Bloom FINALIST Ella Maugans ‘Jean’ (McDade-Schreiner, 1943)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Single Bloom FINALIST Janice Kennedy ‘Lemon Fringed Pastel’ (Klehm, 2003)

AHS 2015 Multi-Bloom Awards FIRST PLACE Claude Carpenter ‘Hat's Off to Sue’ (Herrington-T., 2008)

AHS 2015 Multi-Bloom Awards SECOND PLACE Claude Carpenter ‘South Bound Odyssey’ (Smith-FR, 2007)

AHS 2015 Multi-Bloom Awards THIRD PLACE Karin Cooke ‘How Lovely You Are’ (Rice, 2006)

AHS 2015 Multi-Bloom Awards FINALIST Christopher von Kohn ‘Avalonia Quasar’ (Morry, 2012)

AHS 2015 Multi-Bloom Awards FINALIST Paul Owen ‘Isabelle Rose’ (Laprise, 2009)

AHS 2015 Multi-Bloom Awards FINALIST Ella Maugans, ‘La Vida Loca’ (Hensley, 2006)

AHS 2015 Multi-Bloom Awards FINALIST Patricia Loveland ‘Olympic Lightning Flash’ (Loveland-P., 2012)

AHS 2013 Artistic Award FIRST PLACE Debra Scott Daylily Flower Heart

‘Red Volunteer’ (Oakes, 1984) with Baby Carolina Wren AHS 2013 Artistic Award SECOND PLACE Debbie Monbeck, ‘Red Volunteer’ (Oakes, 1984) with Baby Carolina Wren

‘Bridgeton Invitation’ (Apps, 2005) AHS 2015 Artistic Award THIRD PLACE Amanda Mahey ‘Bridgeton Invitation’ (Apps, 2005)

AHS 2015 Artistic Award FINALIST Amanda Haney ‘Smoke Scream’ (Gossard, 2004)

(Gossard, 2002) with spider web AHS 2015 Artistic Award FINALIST Debbie Monbeck ‘Blazing Lamp Sticks’ (Gossard, 2002) with spider web

Gayle Yelenik, ‘Beauty of the King’ (Carpenter-J., 2004) AHS 2015 Artistic Award FINALIST Gayle Yelenik, ‘Beauty of the King’ (Carpenter-J., 2004)

‘Grape Cupcake’ (Herrington, 2002) with Pink Beetle AHS 2015 Artistic Award FINALIST Debbie Monbeck ‘Grape Cupcake’ (Herrington, 2002) with Pink Beetle

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Landscape FIRST PLACE Claude Carpenter, The Carpenter Garden (GA)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Landscape SECOND PLACE Claude Carpenter The Carpenter Garden (GA)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Landscape THIRD PLACE Christine Petersen Pat Sayers Garden (NY)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Landscape FINALIST Claude Carpenter The Carpenter Garden (GA)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Landscape FINALIST Kelly Rigs David Poos Garden

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Landscape FINALIST Paul Owen Slightly Different Nursery (NC)

AHS 2015 Mildred Schlumpf Award: Landscape FINALIST Paul Owen Slightly Different Nursery (NC)

AHS 2015 Youth Photography Awards: Intermediate Division FIRST PLACE Jon Whitinger ‘Nacogdoches Dreamer’ (Barnhart, 1992)

AHS 2015 Youth Photography Awards: Intermediate Division FINALIST Jon Whitinger ‘How Beautiful Heaven Must Be’ (Carpenter-J., 2002)

AHS 2015 Youth Photography Awards: Intermediate Division FINALIST Jon Whitinger ‘Circle of Friends’ (Shooter-F., 1997)

End of Part I Please go to Part II, for the Region 2 and 4 winners. Please go to Part III, for the Region 11 and 13 winners. Please go to Part IV, for the Region 15 winners.