Over the last several years, the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy has planted over 60,000 bulbs on the LIC waterfront through our ‘LIC Bulbfest’ planting events each Fall. Thanks to the hard work of our many volunteers, Gantry Plaza State Park and Hunter’s Point South Park are abloom each Spring with thousands of daffodils, tulips, alliums, and more.
This year’s mild winter means many flowers are already blooming in the parks! We are opening our photo contest now, but it will run through the spring blooming of the bulbs and cherry blossoms.
To celebrate this Spring, HPPC is launching a ‘Bulbfest’ photo contest! Participants will have the opportunity to submit an entry to the contest during the duration of the spring bloom for a chance to win prizes!
How to enter: Participants can enter by posting their picture(s) on Instagram, tagging HPPC (@licwaterfront), and including the Hashtag #LICBulbfest. If they do not have Instagram, pictures can be submitted to info@hunterspointparks.org.
Photos must contain bloomed bulbs (tulips, daffodils, alliums, crocuses) in Gantry Plaza State Park and/or Hunter’s Point South Park and photos must have been taken from the parks in 2023.
Participants who submit photos to the contest provide HPPC non-commercial license to use the images in perpetuity in future publications and promotions for relevant Conservancy purposes.
The contest opens on March 23rd and will run until May 1st. HPPC reserves the right to extend the contest later into spring, pending a delayed or extended spring bloom. Winners will be decided on by a panel of HPPC board members.
Prizes:
1st place: $50 gift card to a local restaurant.
2nd place: $25 gift card to a local restaurant.
Both winning photos will also be featured in the newsletter and on social media.