Since its inception in April 2009, GGW’s Picture This Photo Contest has become a popular repeating event in the blogging community. A guest judge from the garden photography or publishing world poses a theme, then participants post their entry on their blog and leave us a link. At the end of the month, we post the announcement of the winners, who are entitled to display their winner’s badge on their own site.

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July 2010

This month’s theme was The Intent of the Gardener. The guest judge was Rich Pomerantz. For the contest announcement, click here; for the winners announcement, click here. The Gold Medal winner (above) was Town Mouse of Town Mouse and Country Mouse. The Silver Medal winner was Hannah of Qui Mal y Pense. Honorable Mentions included Mr. McGregor’s Daughter and Heather of Heather’s Garden. To see a gallery of all of this month’s entries, click here.

June 2010

This month’s theme was My Best Frame. The guest judge was Josh McCullough of PhytoPhoto. For the contest announcement, click here; for the winners announcement, click here. The Gold Medal winner (above) was Forest of Casa Coniglio. The Silver Medal winners included Mr. McGregor’s Daughter, Scott at Rhone Street Gardens, and Diana at Voice in the Garden. Honorable Mentions included John at MacGardens, Joco at Serious Grouching, Philip of East Side Patch, Hannah at Qui Mal Y Pense, and Teresa at Gardening with Soule. To see a gallery of this month’s entries, click here.

May 2010

This month’s theme was Spring Fling. For the contest announcement and entries, click here; for the winners announcement, click here. The judges were Fran Sorin and Nan Ondra of Gardening Gone Wild. Each one selected an Editor’s Choice pick: Benjamin of The Deep Middle (left) and Cherry Lane of Approaching the Crest (right). Honorable mentions included Jill-O of Jellyfish Bay, healingmagichands of The Havens, Lynn of Sin City to Slaterville, Byddi Lee of We Didn’t Come Here for the Grass, and Joco of Serious Grouching.

April 2010

This month’s theme was Green World. For the contest announcement and entries, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Rob Cardillo. The Gold Medal image (above) was by Craig of Ellis Hollow. The Silver Medal winner was Carolyn at Rose Notes. Honorable mentions included Byddi Lee of We Didn’t Come Here for the Grass; Theresa at Garden Shoes Online; Pam at Digging; Hannah at Qui Mal Y Pense; Darla at More Family and Flowers; Mindy at MountainView Gardens; Pam at Tales from the Microbial; Laboratory; Heather at Heather’s Garden; Ginny at Ginny’s Garden; Meredith at Great Stems; and Phillip at Dirt Therapy.

March 2010

This month’s theme was Awakening. For the contest announcement and entries, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Saxon Holt. The Gold Medal image (above) was by Craig of Ellis Hollow. The Silver Medal winner was Forest of Casa Coniglio. The Honorable Mentions included Danny of Blooming Crazy and Heather of Heather’s Garden.

February 2010

This month’s theme was Winter Light. For the contest announcement and entries, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Roger Foley of Foley Foto. The Gold Medal image (above) was by Kylee of Our Little Acre. The Silver Medal winner was Kari Lonning of Karibaskets. The Honorable Mentions included MMD of Mr. McGregor’s Daughter, Dave of The Home Garden, Heather of Heather’s Garden, Natalie of I Grew This Earlier, and Les of A Tidewater Gardener.

January 2010

This month’s theme was Winter’s Beauty. For the contest announcement and entries, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Alan Detrick of Alan and Linda Detrick Photography. The Gold Medal image (above) was by Diana of Diana Lee Photography [no link available]. Silver Medal winners included MMD of Mr. McGregor’s Daughter, Marjorie of Molly’s Country Memories, Amy of Go Away, I’m Gardening, Christopher of Outside Clyde, Darla of More Family and Flowers, and Laura at Through Laura’s Lens.

November 2009

This month’s theme was The End of the Line. For the contest announcement, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Josh McCullough of PhytoPhoto. The Gold Medal image (above) was by Helen at Toronto Gardens. Silver Medal winners included Mister Cake’s Photo Adventures, Gail at We Heart Yarn, and Christine at  Idora Design.

October 2009

This month’s theme was Abundant Harvest. For the contest announcement, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Saxon Holt of Gardening Gone Wild, PhotoBotanic, and SaxonHolt.com. The Gold Medal image (above) was by Charlotte at Life in a Day. The Silver Medal winner was Jenny at Rock Rose.

September 2009

This month’s theme was Ornamental Grasses. For the contest announcement, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Nan Ondra of Gardening Gone Wild and Hayefield. The top-winning image (above) was by Phillip of Dirt Therapy. Other Gold Medal winners included Janet of Beautiful Botany, Barbara of Weeding Wild Suburbia,  and Alexa of Invisiblebees. Silver Medal winners included Yvonne of Yvonne’s Country Garden, Little Wing of Little Wing Garden, Philip of East Side Patch, Nancy of Soliloquy, and Scott of Rhone Street Gardens.

August 2009

This month’s theme was Down on Your Knees. For the contest announcement, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was David Perry of David Perry Photographer and A Photographer’s Garden Blog. The Gold Medal image (above) was by Philip of East Side Patch. The Silver Medal winner was Frances of Fairegarden.

July 2009

This month’s theme was Flowering Trees. For the contest announcement, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Rob Cardillo of Rob Cardillo Photography and Little Green Pixels. One Gold Medal image (above) was by Lynn of Indigo Gardens LLC; the other was by Abby at A2A3. The Silver Medal winner was Jo of Joco Roses (photo no longer available).

June 2009

This month’s theme was Roses. For the contest announcement, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Debra Lee Baldwin of Gardening Gone Wild and DebraLeeBaldwin.com. The Gold Medal image (above) was by Tes of Garden Shoes Online. Silver Medal winners included Abby of A3A3, Jamie of I Love My Garden, Ellen of Garden Bytes from the Big Apple (the rooftop rose), and Randy of Creating Our Eden.

May 2009

This month’s theme was Container Plantings. For the contest announcement, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Steve Silk of Gardening Gone Wild and Clatter Valley. The Gold Medal image (above) was by Michelle of Garden Porn. The Silver Medal winner was TexasDeb at Gardenista.

April 2009

This month’s theme was Native Plants. For the contest announcement, click here; for the announcement of the winners, click here. The guest judge was Saxon Holt of Gardening Gone Wild, PhotoBotanic, and SaxonHolt.com. The top-winning image (above) was by Pam at Digging. The Silver Medal winner was Meems at Hoe and Shovel.