Aug 16th, 2014

Announcing the Winners: Instagram #Bflies Contest

Photos & text by Jonah Holland , PR and Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden 

wild butterfly!

Grand Prize winner @sarabeejensen ‘s photo of her son at Butterflies LIVE! He’s a Butterfly charmer — Love it!

Congratulations to @sarabeejensen our Butterflies LIVE! Instagram contest Grand Prize winner. Sara wins a prize package valued at $500 including a night at the Jefferson Hotel Richmond and passes to come back to enjoy Butterflies LIVE! with 11 friends.
Judging this contest was very difficult — there were so many fabulous submissions — 1,829 to be exact! We had a 3-way tie for our 2nd place winner: congratulations to @kathrynmoyers @gucci_gilbert and  @casiesdavis who each win 5 free passes to Butterflies LIVE! You’ll find there photos in the collages below.

Do you follow the Garden on Instagram? Follow along to see what’s in bloom!

Here area a few more favorites from our Butterflies LIVE! #Bflies Instagram contest. Which is your favorite? Pictured from left to right, top to bottom: @cassiesdavis @omjitskaylax3 @filthyrichmond @phillipaberch @themeganm22 @rlasch @harryvdesign @gucci_gilbert @polene Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/lewisginter

Here area a few more favorites from our Butterflies LIVE! #Bflies Instagram contest. Which is your favorite?
Pictured from left to right, top to bottom:
@cassiesdavis
@omjitskaylax3
@filthyrichmond
@phillipaberch
@themeganm22
@rlasch
@harryvdesign
@gucci_gilbert
@polene
Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/lewisginter

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Pictured from left to right, top to bottom: @leahnewcomb @rlasch @sarabeejensen @pugsrule.12 @amonature @phillipaberch @kathrynmoyers @lauren_lizbeth_ @rlasch

butterfly collage instagram

Bottom photos & center photo are by Stuart Scott. Top photos & center side photos are by David Burkwall.

Jonah Holland is Digital Content Manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, where she has worked for 14 years overseeing social media, the blog, and the website. She is also a mom, yogi, open water swimmer, gardener, and seeker. She's been known to go for a walk in the Garden and come back with hundreds of plant photos, completely inspired to write her next blog post.

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