Congratulations to 2007 CityGarden Contest Winners!

The Delaware Center for Horticulture would like to congratulate all who entered the 25th annual Wilmington City Gardens Contest. Gardeners from every neighborhood throughout the city participated and through their gardening efforts helped to create a more beautiful Wilmington. This year 120 entrants in 16 categories were judged by 140 volunteer judges. We thank all contestants and volunteer judges for their participation and hope that everyone enjoyed their experience. Special thanks to DuPont for its continuing commitment and support and to Happy Harry’s and FutureTech Consulting for their generous contributions. We would also like to congratulate this year’s winners listed below:

Community Flower Garden Category
First Place: Hattie Phelan Garden; Hazel Brown
Second Place: 1401 Condo Association; Thomas Burke
Third Place: Tie: Schoonover Studios; John Schoonover, and Samuel Garrett Memorial Garden; Carolyn Grinnell & Serita Wilkins
Hon. Mention: Sister Cities of Wilmington Garden; Colwyn Krussman

CommunityOrganizationGarden Category
First Place: Marriott Patio Garden; Christina Rojas & Bruce Griscom 
Second Place: Blue Parrot Restaurant; Mark Diamond
Third Place: Domaine Hudson Restaurant; Eileen Manlove O’Brien & Meg and Tom Hudson
Hon. Mention:  Bloomsberry Flowers Ltd.; Carlos Valles

CommunityVegetableGarden Category
First Place: 30th and Monroe Community Garden; Cliff Sheldon and Larry Cuff
Second Place: Valley Community Garden; Rock Brown
Third Place: Samaritan Outreach; Myra Holmes

CommunityYouthGarden Category
First Place: Lewis Elementary School Butterfly Garden; Amy O’Neill and Nancy DeLong
Second Place: Hedgeville Children’s Community Garden; Janet Grayson

Garden Block Category
First Place: 1000 Block of North Monroe Street; Jack Smith
Second Place: 1000 Block of West 5th Street; Demetrio Ortega, Jr.
Third Place: 500 Block of West 4th Street; Kimberly McGeehan

Greenest Block Category
First Place: 1000 Block Kirk Avenue; Zakia Jackson
Second Place: 1400 Block of Hamilton Street; Robert Meissner
Third Place: 2300 Block of West 18th Street; Bernadette Dages
Hon. Mention: 2400 Block of Riddle Avenue; Robert Keller
Director’s Award: 1300 Block of West 7th Street; Robyn Perez

Children’s Garden Category
First Place: Daisy, Lily and Dorian Perez
Second Place: Emma Harkin
Third Place: Jacob Meissner

ContainerGarden Category
First Place: Rochelle Johnson
Second Place: Tie: Aurea & Demetrio Ortega and Michael Layton
Third Place: Carlos Valles
Hon. Mention: Mary Beth Lis

DNSHabitatGarden Category
First Place: Dianne A. Long
Second Place: Karon Massado
Third Place: Sally O’Byrne

EntranceGarden Category
First Place: Wendy Simione
Second Place: Alison Long
Third Place: Ken Tattersall
Hon. Mention: Elaine Davis
 
Flower Garden Category
First Place: Gloria & Henry Dickerson
Second Place: Lois Bonarigo
Third Place: Will Wright
Hon. Mention: Mary Salamon

LandscapeGarden Category
First Place: Mary Lou Gross
Second Place: Tie: David Donovan and John Rago & Patrick McCormick
Third Place: Anne & Robert Keller
Honorable Mention: Deborah & Rick Morrison
Director’s Award: Tie: Nzinga Debrick and Betty Thompson

New Garden Category
First Place: Tie: Fay Voshell and Christine Podmaniczky
Second Place: Shane Plumley
Third Place: Edward Chango
Hon. Mention: Erin Piretti

VegetableGarden Category
First Place: Ann Wisniewski
Second Place: Kathleen & Robert Bell
Third Place: Matthew Odom
Hon. Mention: Melissa Prado Dulin

WaterGarden Category
First Place: Tie: Dave Thompson and Leon Thompson, Jr.
Second Place: Katherine & Joe Grey
Third Place: Joanne Dalecki & Luis Ramirez
Hon. Mention: Ron Zylstra

TreeGarden Category
First Place: Mary & Carl Krienen
Second Place: Mary Lou Gross
Third Place: Tammie Rochelle Williams
Hon. Mention: Elizabeth Higginbotham

Councilmanic District Award
Cambell Hay 8th District

Civic & Neighborhood Association. Award
Cool Spring/Tilton Neighborhood Association; JoAnne Burke, President