Spring Poetry Reception
April 6
LOCATION:
Red Butte Garden
COST:
Garden Members:
Free, Registration required
General Public:
Registration required
SPRING POETRY RECEPTION
April 6
Thursday, April 6 from 6-7PM
Celebrate National Poetry Month with the winners of our annual Spring Poetry Contest. Mix and mingle with the winning poets and enjoy live readings of their poems in the Orangerie. Afterward, take a stroll through the Garden to see the winning poems on display in our stand up poetry boxes along the Floral Walk.
Poetry contest winning poems will continue to be on display throughout April and May.
Our 2023 Poetry Contest Winners
- "Then Bulbs Will Burst into Bloom” by Stu Nolan
- “Winter Speaks to Spring” by Sandra Allen
- “Springtime Masterpiece” by Rachelle Kammerman
- “Garden Party” by Sondra Bolander
- “Between Winter Storms” by Jeffrey Steadman
- “Spring” by Evey Mayfield, Youth Poet
- “Spring’s Awakening Hour” by Terry Broadbent
- “Jewels of Spring” by Roseanne Warren
- “The Season of Peace” by Taylor Dayton, Teen Poet
- “Dreams of Early Spring” by Lucy Madsen, Teen Poet
- “Spring is Here” by Hannah Ross, Youth Poet
Special thanks to all the talented local poets who entered our poetry contest this year.
Look for our 2024 Call-For-Poetry contest in January.
