Alexandra Farms announced the achiever of their 2nd annual Garden Rose Design Contest . Participation was even higher this twelvemonth than for the first edition of the contest . Hundreds of entries were submitted , by architect in 37 country around the world .
As in 2018 , they invited submission in two categories : Wedding Bouquet and Everyday Design . This year , the competition also took place in two field , as two separate contest : a World competition and a 2d competition specifically organized for designer in the Commonwealth of Independent States , plus Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania , with a single family of pattern and with Russian as the usual language .
World contest winnersJudges for the World competition were Jose R. Azout , president of Alexandra Farms ; David J.C. Austin , managing director of David Austin Roses ; Tomas De Bruyne , international floral designer and pedagogue ; and David Coake , editorial director of Florists ’ Review .
First place / Wedding Bouquet - Floral interior decorator : Tobey Nelson , Tobey Nelson Events + Design . Varieties used : Bridal Piano and Mariatheresia . lensman : Suzanne Rothmeyer Photography
First blank space / Everyday Design - Floral Designer : Katie Noonan , Noonan ’s Wine Country Designs . Varieties used : Caramel Antike and Golden Mustard . Photographer : Ashley Ludaescher
Second Place / Wedding Bouquet - Floral decorator : Nancy Zimmerman , Fancy Florals by Nancy . Varieties used : Miranda and Keira . lensman : Stephanie Wood Photography
Second Place / Everyday Design - Floral graphic designer : Jessie Partridge , Maidenhair . diversity used : Romantic Antike , Caramel Antike and Princess Charlene of Monaco . Photographer : Jerrod Partridge
Third Place / Wedding Bouquet - Floral Designer : Kara Beane , Joyous Blooms . Variety used : Miyabi . lensman : Paige Keeton - Blu Knot Wedding
Third Place / Everyday Design - Floral fashion designer : Meghan Maldonado , Flowers by Mae Mae . Variety used : Romantic Antike . Photographer : Devon Donahue
Readers ’ Choice / Wedding Bouquet - Floral intriguer : Gina Thresher , From the Ground Up Floral . Variety used : White Cloud . Photographer : Sara Anne Photography
reviewer ’ Choice / Everyday Design - Floral Designer : Julie Mulligan , 1-800-Flowers.com . potpourri used : Princess Hitomi . lensman : Joe Scafuro
Commonwealth of Independent States winnersJudges for the Commonwealth of Independent States competition were Jose R. Azout , president of Alexandra Farms ; David J.C. Austin , managing conductor of David Austin Roses ; Araik Galstyan , ecumenical manager of the Araik Galstyan Moscow International Floral Design School ; and Galina Kondratieva , deputy chief editor for floristry at Moscow - based Flowers Magazine ( Цветы ) .
First place , CIS - Floral clothes designer : Irina Snatenkova . mixed bag used : Mayra ’s Rose , Princess Kishi , Mariatheresia , Mayra ’s Bridal Pink , and Tess .
Second place , CIS - Floral Designer : Alexandra Kostryukova . Variety used : Juliet . lensman : Ameli Décor .
Third place , CIS - Floral intriguer : Lilit Aghayan . Varieties used : Cream Yves Piaget and Angie Romantica ( not grown by Alexandra Farms ) .
Readers ’ Choice , CIS - Floral intriguer : Fatkullin Rome . Variety used : Juliet . lensman : Danil Shestakov .
PrizesIn each contest and category , the first - place success will be receive to join in early 2020 for an all - expense - paid trip for two to the perfume - filled nursery at Alexandra Farms , located richly in the Andes mountains in the savannah of Bogotá , Colombia .
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