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14 August | 2021 2021 Winners Garden Rose Design Contest F or the fourth consecutive year, Alexandra Farms—the premier grower of premium garden roses in the world—hosted its highly anticipated "Garden Rose Design Contest." is annual event invites fl oral designers and fl ower lovers alike from around the world to showcase their creative talents and technical skills using spectacular garden roses. Entrants were permitted to incorporate other types of fl owers, as well, if they chose. is year, the two design categories were "Everyday Design" and "Wedding Work," and designers could enter either or both category. ey also were allowed to submit two designs in each category. e fi nal totals: 135 designers from 22 countries participated, submitting nearly 200 entries! Teresa Ahlberg, Alexandra Farms' marketing and communications manager, says the company was delighted with both the level of participation and the quality of designs. "Last year was incredibly challenging for people around the world for so many reasons," she remarks. "Despite everything, the creative minds in our industry kept doing what they do best—designing unique, beautiful work and inspiring us all! We loved seeing the spirit and personality of each designer come through in this year's winning entries." Jose R. Azout, president of Alexandra Farms, shares the inspiration behind the contest: "Once we grow and ship our garden roses, our task of creating beauty is done," he says. " e roses, by themselves, are beautiful, but that's not the By David Coake Alexandra Farms' fourth-annual contest generated excitement around the world, drawing nearly 200 entries from 135 designers in 22 countries! "Ever yday Design" Categor y FIRST PLACE Trini Mai Long Beach, Calif. @petitgarden.lb Garden rose varieties used: 'Kiss Me Kate', 'The Alnwick' (Ausgrab), 'Evelyn' (Aussaucer), 'Jayne Austin' (Ausbreak), 'Tranquility' (Ausnoble), 'Desdemona' (Auskindling) and 'Distant Drum' Photographer: Trini Mai SECOND PLACE Ksenia Shestakova D&K Flowers House Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia @dk_fl owers_house Photographer: D&K Flowers House THIRD PLACE Brenna Quan, AIFD, CFD Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada @brenna_quan Photographer: Brenna Quan READERS' CHOICE Katherine Taylor Jubilee Flowers Fairhope, Ala. @jubilee_fl owers Photographer: Lacey McLaughlin

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