ACS Photo Contest Winners and 2025 Photo Calendar

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 ACS Calendar Contest
by Bob Iiames and Karen Strider-Iiames

Congratulations to the winners of the ACS Calendar Contest! Their outstanding photos will be included in the 2025 ACS Photo Calendar, on sale now through Dec. 15. We want to thank the 21 ACS members who submitted 124 entries, shining a spotlight on conifers and their surroundings.

From national parks and canyons to Hawaii and France, ACS members were on the hunt for conifers in the perfect settings. A new category, Conifers and Critters, drew photos of a dragonfly, fawn, osprey, and even a snake, to name a few.

All the submitted photographs will be shown at the ACS National Meeting in Rock Island, IL in June 2025. You may also see the stunning photos on the website and publications by the ACS or any of its regions.

You can order your copy of the 2025 ACS Photo Calendar here!

Here are the winners by category:

Conifer Portraits

1st Place: Renaud Francois
Pinus koraiensis Baishan-Jardin des Baussottes, in Ferdrupt, France

2nd Place: Phil McCormick
Larch at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH

3rd Place: Robin Mann
Pinus heldreichii (leucodermis) ‘Indigo Eyes’

Conifers in Landscapes

1st Place: Marsha Senft
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, by. 1st Place, Conifers in Landscapes

2nd Place: Christopher Sharpe
Olympics in Seattle through Deodar Cedar Landscape - Cedras deodara ‘MonKinn’

3rd Place: John Heston
Conifer garden mix, John Lyons conifer garden, Newbury, NH

Conifers and Critters

1st Place: Dennis Groh
Dragonfly on Oriental spruce at Longwood Garden

2nd Place: Michael Kates
Kates Garden, Great Blue Heron in front of Pinus densiflora Oculus-Draconis

3rd Place: Marsha Senft
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

Conifers Through the Seasons

1st Place: Antonio Gonzalez
Burnt Mountain Glades, CO

2nd Place: David Preece
Abies concolor in Utah

3rd Place: Zenia Rene Lewis
Summer, Mequon, WI

Photos used on the cover were submitted by Phil McCormick, Glenn Eurick, Christopher Sharpe, Galen Kenyon, Dennis Groh, Robin Mann, Phillip Lehans, and Antonio Gonzalez.