Thank you so much to all of our fellow gardeners for sharing your photos! We love having the chance to take a peek at what's growing in your meadows and gardens. It's never easy, but we narrowed down the entries to five lucky finalists who captured the spirit of the fall season. Take a look at the photos below and vote to help us choose the grand prize winner!

Let's celebrate the colors of summer gardens and meadows! You can submit photos of your garden bed or meadow, or your favorite flower combos, beautiful bouquets, and close-ups of your prettiest blooms. Did you capture any photos of birds, butterflies, or bees visiting your flowers? Now is the time to show off your hard work planting and growing for a chance to win big!

Fall gardens and meadows are magical! Seed heads are starting to show, while late-season bloomers like Cosmos and Dahlias are flowering beautifully. Share photos of your fall garden or meadow, and the pollinators, birds, and wildlife who visit., for a chance to win a great prize and to inspire other gardeners. We love to see your gardens thriving and full of life. 

• Submit your photos through Sunday, December 11, 2022. 
• Finalists will be announced by Friday, December 16, 2022. Each finalist will be notified by email, so you can share your photo when it's time to vote. 
• Voting for the Grand Prize Winner will be open until Monday, January 2, 2023.
• The Grand Prize Winner and Runners Up will be announced the week of January 9, 2022. Winners will be contacted via email and announced on social media.
• See additional details and "fine print" below.

We will award one $100 Grand Prize and $50 Runner Up Prizes for the runners up! The winners will be contacted via email, and prizes will be awarded in the form of digital American Meadows Gift Certificates. 

• Be sure that your photo is in focus, not blurry, well-composed, and submit a high-quality image file.
• Wonderful Wildflowers: Please let us know which wildflower varieties or wildflower mixes you planted to help us identify the flowers.
• Pollinators In The Garden: If you know the species of the pollinator in your picture, be sure to include it in the description! 
• American Meadows Plants: Please include plant names in your photos so we can properly identify them!

• To help us stay organized, our form allows one photo at a time. You are welcome to submit as many photos as you'd like! We recommend no more than 5 photos per person.

Wow! We have a pretty amazing community - take a look at winning photos from past contests for wildflower and garden inspiration. 

Photo Contest Details

By submitting a photograph, you represent, acknowledge, and warrant that the submitted photograph is an original work created solely by you, that the photograph does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the photograph.

You retain all ownership rights to the photos you submit. By submitting a photo, you hereby grant American Meadows, Inc. a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, and display the photo in connection with the American Meadows, Inc. websites (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the American Meadows, Inc. websites (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.

All photos submitted by the deadline listed above will be eligible to win up to $100 in American Meadows gift cards. 6 winners will be selected. One (1) $100 grand prize gift card and five (5) $50 gift cards will be awarded. Finalists will be selected by the American Meadows team and notified by email. The Grand Prize winner will be selected by popular vote. Grand Prize Winner and Runners up will be notified and awarded prizes by email. Prizes have no cash value and can only be used to purchase products from American Meadows, either via americanmeadows.com website or over the phone.