{"id":3697,"date":"2018-11-09T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T19:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2025-02-18T11:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:42:34","slug":"2018-all-american-selections-design-challenge-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/2018-all-american-selections-design-challenge-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 All-America Selections Design Challenge Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

All-America Selections announced their 2018 Design Challenge winners and several of our Purdue Master Gardener volunteer gardens placed or received honorable mention in their categories. Our MG volunteers conceived ways to incorporate this year\u2019s theme, \u201cGet Social in the Garden,\u201d into their garden designs while showcasing AAS Winner varieties.<\/p>\n

Purdue Extension Marion County Demonstration Garden<\/a><\/u> in Indianapolis won first place in Category 2 (10,001-100,000 visitors per year) for the second consecutive year.\u00a0 Establishing an inviting atmosphere, volunteers incorporated a vertical wall garden and two archways flowing with climbing plants to encourage photo opportunities. Seating areas sprinkled around the gardens encouraged visitors to relax, take in the garden, and post about it on social media.\u00a0 In addition, they maintained an excellent social media presence, documenting the progress of the garden throughout the season.<\/p>\n

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Purdue Extension Marion County Demonstration Garden.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Purdue Extension Marion County Demonstration Garden.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Purdue Extension Marion County Demonstration Garden.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Purdue Extension Marion County Demonstration Garden.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Purdue Extension Marion County Demonstration Garden.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Purdue Extension Marion County Demonstration Garden. Above photos from the Purdue Extension – Marion County Facebook Page<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Master Gardener Association at Tippecanoe County (MGATC)<\/a> Display Gardens in Lafayette placed third in Category 1 (fewer than 10,000 visitors per year). Smaller themes, including \u201cPathways for Pollinators\u201d and tomato tastings, were united by a central party theme.\u00a0 They set up \u201cselfie-ready\u201d spots around the garden to encourage social media posts using the hashtag #AASWinners.<\/p>\n

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Aerial view of the Master Gardener Association at Tippecanoe County (MGATC) Display Gardens. Photo courtesy of Purdue Extension – Tippecanoe County Extension Office.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Master Gardener Association at Tippecanoe County (MGATC) Display Gardens. Photo courtesy of Mickey Penrod.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Master Gardener Association at Tippecanoe County (MGATC) Display Gardens. Photo courtesy of Mickey Penrod.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Master Gardener Association at Tippecanoe County (MGATC) Display Gardens. Photo courtesy of Mickey Penrod.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Master Gardener Association at Tippecanoe County (MGATC) Display Gardens. Photo courtesy of Mickey Penrod.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Master Gardener Association at Tippecanoe County (MGATC) Display Gardens. Photo courtesy of Mickey Penrod.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Honorable mentions in Category 1 include Hendricks County Master Gardeners<\/a> Demonstration Garden in Avon, for \u201cGood Use of AAS Variety Markers\u201d and Southwest Indiana Master Gardener<\/a> Demonstration Gardens in Evansville for \u201cUse of Amazon Reviews.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all our volunteers who created and tended these beautiful display gardens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All-America Selections announced their 2018 Design Challenge winners and several of our Purdue Master Gardener volunteer gardens placed or received honorable mention in their categories. Our MG volunteers conceived ways to incorporate this year\u2019s theme, \u201cGet Social in the Garden,\u201d into their garden designs while showcasing AAS Winner varieties. Purdue Extension Marion County Demonstration Garden…Read more about 2018 All-America Selections Design Challenge Winners Announced<\/span>[Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":3711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[682],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mg-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3697"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11018,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions\/11018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/master-gardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}