There were 15 gardens on the tour, hundreds of visitors, and everyone seemed to be having a fabulous time. Yea Albuquerque!
Winners of the Edible Gardens Contest were announced Saturday, August 6, at a Celebration Potluck 5 - 7 PM.
Most of the gardens on the tour were also be part of an Edible Gardens Contest. Thank you to our sponsors! Please see contest prizes at the bottom of this page.
Here are the winners and honorable mentions:
MOST BEAUTIFUL / ARTISTIC GARDEN
A garden that makes us want to linger; a good place
to explore.
Garden # 11 ~ “Sandy’s City
Gardens”
Sandra Pederson Hense
Prizes:
Seed Packet from Botanical
Interests Seed Company
Lavender Oil from Ellen
LaPenna
Screened Mulch from
Soilutions
and Gift Certificates from Slate Street Café and Flying Star
Café
*
Best Garden Use of Recycled
Materials
A garden with creatively-used, re-purposed items
Garden #14 ~ “Mother Bosque
Gardens”
Michaela and Ernesto Maestas
Prizes:
Seed Packet from Botanical
Interests Seed Company
Recycled Rain Barrel from
Gretchen Beaubier
Gift Certificate from
Annapurna’s Café
Most Water-Wise Garden
A garden with excellent water-delivery system;
special mulches, with berms and swales to collect water and protect plants
Garden #6
Janna Mintz and Scott Tyson
Prizes:
Seed Packet from Botanical
Interests Seed Company
“Four Season Harvest” by Eliot Coleman from Chelsea Green
Publishing
A Gift Certificate from
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
A Gift Certificate from
Japanese Kitchen
*
Best Garden Habitat for
Birds, Butterflies and Bees
A garden with good habitat for the critters and
plants to attract them
Garden # 9 ~ “Shabeta’s
Healing Garden”
Bernadette Torres
Prizes;
Seed Packet from Botanical
Interests Seed Company
A Harvest Box from Los
Poblanos Organics
Two yoga sessions from Yoga,
Simple and Sacred from Gloria Drayer
A Gift Certificate from Café
Lush
A Gift Certificate from
Plants of the Southwest
Most Food-Productive Garden
A garden with a continuous harvest of edibles over
time, offering an assortment of varieties in a space-efficient manner
Garden #3 ~ “The Franklin
Mint”
Tom and Diane Franklin
Prizes:
Seed Packet from Botanical
Interests Seed Company
A rain barrel and stand from
The Urban Store
A bird feeder from Wild
Birds Unlimited
*
Honorable Mentions:
A gift of specially selected
seed packets from Botanical Interests Seed Company go to the following
Honorable Mentions:
Robin and Tom Day, for
providing tourists beautiful vistas in their garden with pond and gazebo, and for
sharing so much valuable information about what to do and what NOT to do to in
a garden
Brian Borncamp at Snail Shell Farm, for taking on
the work of growing food on a larger scale, and showing people that it is
possible to farm for many
Marty McOsker: For inspiring people to grow food
in his brand new, beautifully-shaped and well-appointed garden in an area that
was previously a very dry and empty area of his business lot
Norma Brito & Bruce Hyde of Lobo House
Garden: For inspiring the whole neighborhood to garden and bringing the
neighbors together in what has become a defacto “community garden," and
for sharing a wonderful sense of humor
Matt Wilson of East Central Ministries and
Growing Awareness Urban Farm: For teaching, reaching out to and feeding a lot
of people, and involving them in the growing and gardening process
Carol & Keith Bennett: For creating beautiful
outdoor living spaces, and a fabulous home for many critters
Steve Glass: For his deck-container gardening,
proving that we can grow food everywhere!
Katherine White of Moon Garden Herbs: For
creating her beautiful medicinal and edible gardens that surround her entire
house, also with many thoughtful sustainability features in place
Rosemary Imhof at the Altar of Light Garden: For
creating a beautiful and serene healing space for people and creatures
And finally, to Chuck Alex and Kathy Isaacson of
the Urban Store, for showing people it is possible to make a living by focusing
on green and sustainable business ventures that teach and help others.
The following sponsors donated items for our 2011 Edible Garden Contest prizes and 2012 Edible Gardens Project Drawings:
- a $25 gift certificate from Robin's Kitchen at Harwood Art Center, htttp://harwoodartcenter.org/ss/robin-s-kitchen/
