Is your garden blooming with brilliant color, artfully placed hostas or beautiful water features? Show us. It’s time for the Post-Dispatch annual Great Garden Contest. We are now accepting entries for the best gardens in the St. Louis metro area. If you love taking photos of your garden, show us. The first- and second-place winners will receive a Friends and Family membership to the Missouri Botanical Garden (valued at $125). First-place winners must be available for a photo shoot July 8-12. First- and second-place winners from the past 10 years are not eligible to win.
A hummingbird visits a Monarda, or bee balm flower, at Chuck Schagrin’s garden in 2023. His garden won our contest last year.
Christine Tannous, Post-Dispatch
How to enter
You must submit only one entry photo (a composite photo is allowed) by June 30. Visit the 2024 Great Garden Contest page at stltoday.com/contests to enter your photo.
Expert gardening judges will select first- and second-place winners for prizes as well as others for honorable mention.
2023 garden contest finalists
Along the Path of Dreams
A combination of horticultural knowledge, artistic talent and a lot of hard work spanning 18 years culminated into this oasis at the Chesterfield home of Tom Friel and his wife, Deb Graf.
CD's Oasis
Clean lines and a good use of a big tree highlight the backyard garden of Chris Doyle in Tower Grove East.
Raised Garden
Raised beds mixed with planters make for a beautiful and valuable vegetable garden at the Columbia, Illinois, home of Donald and Lisa Harrison.
Our own botanical garden heaven
A variety of hostas and banana trees can be found in this garden of Gary and Gail Griffin of Defiance.
Waterfall Garden
This beautiful shade garden and waterfall were designed on a natural hill sloping toward a lake and oak-filled woodlands at the Des Peres home of Bill and Carel Reynolds.