Pi Alpha XI—The Honor Society for Horticulture (PAX) held its annual Open Photography Contest during the ASHS Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, July 31–August 3, 2012.

Contestants submitted digital entries to any of 4 categories:

1. Flower—The flower, flowers, or flower parts of a plant; or a floral arrangement;
2. Plant —A plant or plant part, other than flowers;
3. Landscape—A landscape or interiorscape with plants as the principal focus; and
4. Challenge Category—Green Architecture (no award presented this year)

A total of 69 entries were judged in the contest.

Contestants did not need to be PAX members. The winners are:

Download pdf slide show of all contest entries.

Congratulations to this year’s winners.

Thanks go to this year's judges: Bob Lyons, University of Delaware; Garry McDonald, University of Arkansas; and Chris Fooshee, University of Florida.

We also thank Tim Rhodus, Ernest "Bud" Witney, and Elaine Eberlin from Ohio State University for their IT support.

Additional thanks go to Mike Neff, ASHS Executive Director, and ASHS staff member Dawn Mancini for their support.

The next competition will take place during the ASHS Annual Conference, July 22–25, 2013.

About the Contest:

Pi Alpha Xi established an open photography contest in 1996 to be held in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science. The purpose of the contest is to promote Pi Alpha Xi (PAX) to ASHS membership, to support Pi Alpha Xi’s scholarship program and to encourage horticulture-related photography. Contestants need not be members of Pi Alpha Xi to participate.