Sept. 1 winner

Laurie Dersnah of Canton Township. Dersnah's lush garden is filled with begonias, hostas and black-eyed Susans, and attracts robins, finches, cardinals, bluejays and hummingbirds. She wins "Small Buildings, Small Gardens" (Gibbs Smith, $29.95) by Gordon Hayward.

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Aug. 25 winner

This week's winner is Barbara Ledbetter of Ypsilanti. Ledbetter always wanted an exclusively white garden, and she finally created one for herself with iceberg roses, hydrangea, phlox, lavender and petunias. She wins "A Year Full of Flowers" (Rodale, $20) by Jim McCann and Julie Mulligan.

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Aug. 18 winner

This week's winner is Janet Budesky of Brighton. Her pool-side garden includes a cherub surrounded by pink, purple, red and white impatiens. "The statue provides a favorite focal point and reminds us of a European garden," says Budesky. She wins a copy of Monty Don's "The Complete Gardener" (DK Publishing, $40).

Aug. 11 winner

Luann Dieziel of Trenton is this week's winner. This is only the second summer she has worked on her Tudor home's corner lot garden, which is filled with phlox and coneflowers and attracts admirers on a daily basis. She receives a copy of Home Depot's "Gardening 1-2-3" (Meredith, $34.95).

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Aug. 4 winner

This week's winner is Elizabeth Aprea of New Baltimore. "Our favorite spot to enjoy a breeze in August is under our grape arbor," she says. "Planting the arbor was a better choice for our family than planting a large shade tree -- it suits the courtyard-type European landscape we prefer." Aprea wins a copy of Wendell T. Webber's "Nico De Swert Living with Flowers" (Abrams, $40).

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July 28 winner

Scott and Susan Costello of Trenton are this week's winners. He landscaped the area near the couple's in-ground pool with a mix of tropicals (plumeria, lady of the night, mango), sub-tropicals (banana, bird of paradise), butterfly-friendly plants (milkweed, salvia), edibles (tomato, basil, garlic) and everyday flowers (snapdragons, marigolds). The couple receive a copy of Michael Weishan's "The Victory Garden Companion" (Collins, $29.95).

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July 21 winner

Carol Jodis' engaging photo of blue delphiniums in a flower bed at her family's year-round South Lake home in Brooklyn, Mich., is the winner of this week's Garden Photo Contest. Jodis receives a copy of "The Way We Garden Now" (Potter, $29.95) by Katherine Whiteside.

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July 14 winner

This week's winner is Scott Russell of Grosse Pointe Woods, who submitted this delightful photo of his adventuresome clematis climbing a bird house. He wins a copy of Suzy Bales' "Down-to-Earth Gardener" (Rodale, $32.50).

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July 7 winner

This week's winner in our Homestyle contest is Sharon Rucinski of Plymouth. Her brick paver patio, seen here, is positively perfect with its flower-filled containers and window box, plus a delightful collection of watering cans. She receives a copy of Ken Druse's "The Passion for Gardening" (Potter, $50).

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June 30 winner

This week's winner is Cindi Miller of Taylor, who submitted this photo of her bold and beautiful tiger lilies. She wins a copy of P. Allen Smith's "Colors for the Garden" (Potter, $32.50).

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