Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced the winners of the Mayor's 2014 Garden Contest presented with a Grand Prize from JetBlue and media support provided by the Boston Herald. Now in its 18th year, the contest recognizes gardeners who have landscaped, planted flowers, trees, and shrubs, and, in the process, helped beautify Boston's neighborhoods.

First Place winners will receive the coveted "Golden Trowel" award from Mayor Walsh and all winners will take home prize packages from the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, Mahoney's Garden Centers, the Boston Flower and Garden Show, the New England Wildflower Society, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, and other sponsors at an awards ceremony in the Public Garden.

All winners in this year's Garden Contest are also entered into a drawing for a JetBlue Grand Prize consisting of a pair of roundtrip flights to any of the airline's nonstop destinations from Boston. Terms, conditions, and blackout dates apply.

A team of distinguished judges viewed the finalists' gardens over a two-day period. Judges included members of the Garden Contest Hall of Fame, Boston Elderly Affairs Commissioner Emily Shea, and Boston Parks and Recreation Department horticulture staff.

This year's winners are:

Community Garden
First Place: Joe Ciampa Community Garden, East Boston
Second Place: John Walsh, South End
Third Place: Southwest Boston Community Garden, Roslindale

Large Yard Garden
First Place: Sarah Salerno Thomas, Hyde Park
Second Place: Sandra Kautz, Roslindale
Third Place: Daphne Georges, Jamaica Plain

Medium Yard Garden
First Place: Doug Raymond, West Roxbury
Second Place: Adele Rothman, Hyde Park
Third Place: Susi Family, North End

Porch, Balcony, Deck or Window Box Garden
First Place: Debbie Lingos, Back Bay
Second Place: Darcy Ertl, Charlestown
Third Place: Arielle Young, Beacon Hill

Senior Garden
First Place: Tom Kane, South Boston
Second Place: Carole Williams, Roxbury
Third Place: Clara Agouda, Back Bay

Shade Garden
First Place: Myrna Balk, Jamaica Plain
Second Place: Robert Fettig, Jamaica Plain
Third Place: Sheryl White, Roslindale

Small Yard Garden
First Place: Frank & Ann Garibaldi, Hyde Park
Second Place: Julie Murphy, West Roxbury
Third Place: Katherine Stevenson, Roslindale

Storefront, Organization, or Main Street District Garden
First Place: Arlington St. Church/Team Eden, Back Bay
Second Place: D. Coal Pot, Hyde Park
Third Place: South Boston Grows, South Boston

Vegetable or Herb Garden
First Place: Joseph DeLuca, Hyde Park
Second Place: Jager, Mareweki, Thiesen, and Tuller, Dorchester
Third Place: Erin Frost, South End

Gardeners who have won three or more times are automatically entered into the Hall of Fame and will be recognized at the awards ceremony. These distinguished Hall-of-Famers will be ineligible to enter as contestants but are welcome to return as judges.