NOV 10 MEDIA RELEASE__Thank you to all of our participants and congratulations to all the winners. There were 189 photos submitted for this year's contest. All of the winning photos can be viewed on our Flickr page Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District.

A special thank you to Alloway Environmental Testing Services for their continued sponsorship. Thank you to Art Space Lima and the Lima/Allen County Civic and Convention Center for displaying the winning photos. The contest was judged by professional photographer Jamie Cunningham of Sabrewing Nature Tours.

Best of Show - Dan Hodges

Youth Landscape
1st Place - Abram Hodges
2nd Place - Hudson Rife
3rd Place - Layla Schimpf

Youth Nature - Flora
1st Place - Phoebe Hodges
2nd Place - Laura Vega-Ortiz
3rd Place - Andrew Hohenbrink

Youth Nature - Fauna
1st Place - William Davis
2nd Place - Aidan Latham
3rd Place - Abbigail Stager

Youth Parks - Potpourri
1st Place - Hudson Rife
2nd Place - Abbigail Stager
3rd Place - Ashton Rife

Adult Landscape
1st Place - Scott Jordan
2nd Place - Barb Hohenbrink
3rd Place - Rebecca Pescosolido

Adult Nature - Flora
1st Place - Dan Hodges
2nd Place - Dan Hodges
3rd Place - Barb Hohenbrink

Adult Nature - Fauna
1st Place - Rebecca Pescosolido
2nd Place - Bobbie Dawson
3rd Place - Dawn Fisher

Adult Parks Potpourri
1st Place - Duc Tran
2nd Place - Trinity Perry
3rd Place - Dan Hodges

For more information on the park district, visit www.jampd.com.