GARDEN VISIONS 2010 - January 22-23, Ramada, Stevens Point

Conference for Northern Climate Gardeners, Under the Cloak of Winter | Gardenvisions.org

Friday, January 22:

Pre-Conference Workshops; film screening of A Chemical Reaction, a documentary film produced by Paul Tukey, it explores the use of lawn chemicals & health effects. Plus photography contest exhibit (see below...), meet and greet speakers, authors, book signings, vendors, and raffle.

Saturday, January 23:

Keynote Speaker: Paul Tukey, Safe lawns: How To Create Beautiful Landscapes Naturally, HGTV Host, Author, The Organic Lawn Care Manual & Founder of safelawns.org. Mike Nowak; choose from 17 breakout sessions...

Brochure:

• Garden Visions Brochure (4 pages, 650 KB)
• Garden Visions Insert (2 pages, 219 KB)
• Garden Visions Poster (1 page, 113 KB)

Photography Contest Announced

Get your cameras clicking or pull out your gardening pictures and enter the Garden Visions Photography contest.

North Central Wisconsin Master Gardeners are looking for budding hobbyist photographers who enjoy documenting gardens and landscapes around them. Garden Visions 2010 seeks photos that will inspire others to achieve gardening excellence and creativity. Entries may reflect anything that connects to gardening and the landscapes around us.

There are five categories to enter, including:

• Gardens & Landscapes
• Flowers & Foliage
• Garden Accents & Oddities
• Fruits, Vegetables & Produce
• Critters & Creatures

This contest is open to the public and all entries must be by amateur photographers. Entries need to be a minimum size of 8” X 10”, without frames or matting and cannot have previously been published. Entry fee is $3 per photograph or $5 for three photographs. For complete rules visit the Garden Visions website and select "Download Rules and Regulations".

The deadline for submission is January 6, 2010.

Entry forms are available at http://www.gardenvisions.org/photocontest.html

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