Congratulations to our 2024/2025 Connecticut College Arboretum Photo Contest Winners!
Community Adult Winning Image
Foggy Morning Jeff Culp
Community Youth Winning Image
Nature’s Popcorn Meera Rangwala
Connecticut College Student Winning Image:
Walk in Beauty Genevieve Frable
Connecticut College Faculty/Staff Winning Image
Fledgling Oriole First Flight Diane Hitchcock
Honorable Mention Winning Images
Snow in the Arboretum Cathy Mason (Community Adult)
Bloodroot Kathy Fallow (Community Adult)
Swirling Pitcher Charles Pease (Community Adult)
Spring Mallards Sarah Steffian (Community Youth)
Halloween Mushrooms Torrance Wagner (Connecticut College Student)
Tulip Tree in Summer Bloom Paloma Doyle (Connecticut College Student)
Summer Scouts Zach Street (Connecticut College Faculty/Staff)
Golden Hour on Bolles Farm Andrew Lopez (Connecticut College Faculty/Staff)The 12 winning images from the 2024/2025 Photo Contest are available for purchase as a set of postcards ($5.00/set).
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Foggy Morning Jeff Culp
Walk in Beauty Genevieve Frable
Swirling Pitcher Charles Pease
Tulip Tree in Summer Bloom Paloma Doyle
Bloodroot Kathy Fallow
Fledgling Oriole First Flight Diane Hitchcock
Nature’s Popcorn Meera Rangwala
Spring Mallards Sarah Steffian
Snow in the Arboretum Cathy Mason
Summer Scouts Zach Street
Golden Hour on Bolles Farm Andrew Lopez
Halloween Mushrooms Torrance Wagner
The 2025/2026 Connecticut College Arboretum Photo Contest is now open for entries!
Categories:
- Community Adult
- Community Youth (under 18 years of age)
- Connecticut College Student
- Connecticut College Faculty/Staff
Rules of Entry:
- This photo contest is open to Connecticut College students, faculty or staff and members of the local community.
- Limit of three entries per person. Please submit one submission form for each photograph entry (see link below).
- All photographs must be taken within the Connecticut College Arboretum, including the Native Plant Collection, Caroline Black Garden, Campus Landscape, Greenhouse, Natural Areas or Managed Meadows (See Arboretum map) and should not include recognizable people or pets.
- All digital photographs should be a minimum size of 300 dpi, 10 megabytes (MB) or smaller, jpg or jpeg format.
- Photos must have been taken within two years before the date of entry.
- Photo submissions become the property of Connecticut College and may be used as seen fit by the College.
- All entries must be received by 11:59 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2026.
Winners receive a selection of winning photo postcards and a one-year Arboretum membership.
Photo Contest Judges will be chosen from Connecticut College faculty/staff/students, Connecticut College Arboretum members/volunteers and/or local residents.
Photo Contest judging will take place the week of April 6 and winners will be announced on Arbor Day April 25, 2026.