The 2024/2025 Connecticut College Arboretum Photo Contest is now open for entries!

Categories:

  • Connecticut College Student
  • Connecticut College Faculty or Staff
  • Community Resident
  • Community Resident Youth (under 18 years of age)

Rules of Entry:

  1. This photo contest is open to Connecticut College students, faculty or staff and members of the local community.
  2. Please submit one form for each photograph entry. Limit of three photograph entries per person. 
  3. All photographs must be taken within the Connecticut College Arboretum, including the Native Plant Collection, Caroline Black Garden, Campus Landscape, Greenhouse or Natural Areas. (See Arboretum map)
  4. All digital photographs should be a minimum size of 300 dpi, 10 megabytes (MB) or smaller,  jpg or jpeg format, and should not include recognizable people or pets.
  5. Photos must have been taken within two years before the date of entry.
  6. All entries must be received by 11:59 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2025.

Winners receive a selection of winning photo notecards 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 7 and winners will be announced on Arbor Day April 25, 2025.

ENTER YOUR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS HERE

 

 

 

2023 Connecticut College Arboretum Photo Contest Winners

COMMUNITY
Arboretum Pond in Early Fall by Jill Corr
Autumn Splendor at the Arboretum Pond by Laura Frommer
Forever Green in the Gries Conifer Collection by Dodie Bump
Lily Frog on the Arboretum Pond by Jen Key
Snowy Sugar Maple in the Native Plant Collection by Laura Frommer
Winter Wandering by Denise Davies
 
CONN COLL STUDENT
Diorama by Suleman Saleem, Class of 2025
Flowery Field of Bluets by Tori Wagner, Class of 2025
Misty Morning at the Olin Science Center by Timothy Friend, Class of 2025 
Rebirth in the Native Plant Collection by Delaney Brenner, Class of 2026
Sunbathing on Mamacoke Island by Delaney Brenner, Class of 2026
 
CONN COLL FACULTY AND STAFF
Monarch Caterpillar at Sprout Garden by Eva Kovach

The 12 winning images from the 2023 Photo Contest are available for purchase.

Order a set of postcards ($6.00/set) or notecards ($10.00/set).

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COMMUNITY CONN COLL STUDENT CONN COLL FACULTY AND STAFF 
Arboretum Pond in Early Fall 
by Jill Corr 
  Diorama 
by Suleman Saleem, Class of 2025 
  Monarch Caterpillar at Sprout Garden 
by Eva Kovach 
 
Trees hanging over pond   Native Plant Collection ground close up     Monarch Caterpillar at Sprout Garden    
Autumn Splendor at the Arboretum Pond 
by Laura Frommer
  Flowery Field of Bluets 
by Tori Wagner, Class of 2025 
     
Fall trees in the Arboretum     Flowering on campus        
Forever Green in the Gries Conifer Collection 
by Dodie Bump
  Misty Morning at the Olin Science Center 
by Timothy Friend, Class of 2025 
     
Trees in the Gries Conifer Collection     Sun rays through the tree at Olin Science Center        
Lily Frog on the Arboretum Pond 
by Jen Key
  Rebirth in the Native Plant Collection 
by Delaney Brenner, Class of 2026 
     
Frog sitting in pond surrounded by lily pads     Mushrooms in tree in Native Plant Collection        
Snowy Sugar Maple in the Native Plant Collection 
by Laura Frommer
  Sunbathing on Mamacoke Island 
by Delaney Brenner, Class of 2026 
     
Sugar Maple Tree covered in snow     Mamacoke Island terrain        
Winter Wandering 
by Denise Davies 
         
Snow covered pond in Native Plant Collection