The AAS Design Challenge Contest judges display gardens using AAS Winners announced over the past five years. Gardens have the option to incorporate more than 85 years of past AAS Winners. Each display garden is responsible for creating and executing a design incorporating the yearly theme and to generate publicity surrounding the contest. All-America Selections is pleased that such a broad range of garden types have participated in the contest for 2017: large and small public gardens, seed companies, community gardens, master gardener programs and university gardens.

Kudos to all the participating gardens and their creative efforts to produce an attractive display of AAS Winners in this year’s theme of “Foodscaping-Interspersing Edibles with Ornamentals“!

Click on any photo below to see more details about each garden’s entry in the challenge as well as all photos from that garden.

To see photos from all the participants and winners from previous years, please see our Facebook page or Flickr account.

All-America Selections recognizes and thanks the contest judges — all industry experts in the field of horticulture and landscaping!

• Jeff Gibson, Landscape Business Manger, Ball Horticultural Company
• Bruce Hellerick, Senior Horticulture Specialist, The Brickman Group
• Barbara Wise, author and Director of Floriculture, Landscape Services, Inc.