Idaho Forest Products Commission

Arbor Day Student Photo Contest

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2025 Arbor Day Photo Contest

To celebrate Arbor Day, the Idaho Forest Products Commission sponsors a Photo Contest each year. The competition is open to all Idaho youth in 5th-12th grades. For the 2024 contest, young photographers addressed the theme, Seasons of Change: The Dynamics of Idaho’s Forests. In addition to their photo, contestants provided a statement sharing their vision of the photo’s portrayal of the theme.

Deadline: April 7th, 2025

Contestant:

8540

Grade:

12

Photo caption:

Bloom before Blossom

Photographer's Statement:

What the Seasons of Change means to me is seeing the dried sticks becoming beautiful greenery and flowers. It shows that even for plants there is a time when they may not look their best, or feel their best, but every spring they come back beautiful and thriving. My photo relates to the theme because it shows early stages of a small flower before its blossom. Showcasing a flower starting to rise before it reaches its full potential.