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2015 Pi Alpha Xi Photo Contest Winners

Horticulture in the Kitchen—First PlaceRichelle Staffne “I Ain't Got Nuthin But the Blues—Blueberry Muffins”

Perfect Partners—

Pi Alpha Xi (PAX), the National Honor Society for Horticulture, announces the winners of its 2015 photography contest, which was held in conjunction with the ASHS Annual Conference in New Orleans. The contest supports PAX’s scholarship program and en-courages horticulture-related photog-raphy.

All entries can be seen online at http://pax.ashs.org/

Second PlaceRobert Lyons “Sarracenia and Sheffield Pink Mum”

Third PlaceKimberly Moore “Water View”

Thank You Judges:

Steven Newman, Colorado State University

Debi Aker, The American Floral Endowment

John Dole, North Carolina State University

Terry Ferriss, The University of Wisconsin– River Falls

First PlaceRichelle Staffne “Till Death Do Us Part—Resurection Fern and Live Oak”

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Serendipity—

First PlaceRobert Lyons “Lonely Yellow Flower”

Second PlaceRichard Criley “Hylocereus undulatus:Night Blooming Cereus”

Garden Visitors—

First Place (and Best of Show)Robert Lyons “Monarch on Verbena”

Second PlaceAlice Le Duc “Collecting Pollinia”

Third PlaceMichael Geiger “Busy Bee”

Third PlaceLindsay Davies “Nymphs on a Leaf”