And the winners of the August photo challenge are…

Congratulations to Dean Delgiudice ( plantsville_gardener ) of for his winning entry in the August Photo Challenge , Summer bouquet : Flowers in the Kitchen .

Linda Galbraith ( LindaGal ) takes second place with her post , Beautiful Buddleia .

We asked Dean and Linda to tell us a picayune about themselves . Dean save :

“ My partner and I have been working on the garden around the yard since we build the house in 2003 . We love working in the garden just as much as we enjoy strolling the garden in the sunup and in the even . We jazz to fetch efflorescence into the mansion because we can apprise their beauty so much more in a vase in the kitchen at all hours of the day . It ’s nice to have prime inside on those hot or rainy days when you ca n’t get out to see them in the garden . We make arrangement of dried flowers and evergreens in the wintertime . ”

Linda tells us :

“ I have gardened since my college days ( and am now 60 ) . One of my favorite pleasures is get flowers , branch and foliage from the outside into my place any time of twelvemonth . There is always something growing or flowering in my chiliad … from evergreens and red sprig dogwood tree branches in the winter ; to the abundance of blossom branch , flowers and leave-taking in the spring and summer ; to bittersweet and germ pods in the fall . I especially enjoy mixing things from my garden with buy flowers . By tote up a few focal flowers from the grocery store or florist , when needed , to things from the garden you could create stunning flowered transcription to brighten your nursing home every workweek of the year . ”

Here are a few other faculty favorites :

Summer Delightbyguildrez .

First Place Winner : prime in the KitchenPhoto / Illustration : Dean Delguidice

Magenta dahlias and celosiabyAnniecan .

Second Place Winner : Beautiful BuddleiaPhoto / Illustration : Linda Galbraith

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