Winning photographs will be featured in the pages of
the HPSO Quarterly magazine
and receive nursery gift certificate prizes
Contest opens April 1, 2023

All HPSO photographers—professional or amateur, using sophisticated camera equipment or smart phones—are invited to participate.

Not an HPSO member? Join now, a full year's benefits start at $40.

Showcase your favorite garden images.

Photographs will be accepted in three categories

  • Garden scenes
  • Closeups of individual flowers, plants, or plant groupings
  • Pacific Northwest natives/changing climate

Enter up to three photographs per contestant.

Each photograph must be submitted as an attachment to one or more emails and sent to
photocontest at hardyplantsociety dot org.

  • Photos must be submitted in jpeg format
  • Files must be at least 2 megabytes, preferably 5 mbs or larger in size

Entry email(s) must include:

  • Photographer’s full name, phone number, and email address
  • Title or caption of image(s)
  • Category of image(s)
  • File name/number of image(s)

Contest entry constitutes photographer’s consent to HPSO’s use of photograph in its print or digital media, with appropriate attribution.


Contest closes June 30, 2023. Winners will be announced in fall 2023.