Ward 6 Porch Winner in Annual Petal Porch Competition – Hill Rag

Ward six resident Lauren Stockwell was crowned the winner of this years Peoples Petal Porch competition, as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.

Her entry: The House of 1,000 Cranes: Somewhere over the Crainbow. The decor included over 1,000 paper cranes symbolizing hope, healing and good health. Stockwells design is a neighborhood favorite that also offers a basketful of cranes to passersby.

Her porch was selected as the winner in a vote conducted via Instagramstories on the National Cherry Blossom Festival account.More than 1,000 paper cranes filled the porch and yard of Ward six Petal Porch winner Lauren Stockwell. Photo: Crist-Travers, Courtesy Natonal Cherry Blossom Festival

More than 300 porches across the Districts eight wards, Maryland and Virginia were entered in this years program. Eight DC ward porches, chosen from Prime Petal Porches, were selected to participate in competition-style bracket competition on the Festivals Instagram account (@CherryBlossFest).

President and CEO of the festival Diana Mayhew said community and togetherness are pillars of the festival and the annual petal porch competition.

The goal of Petal Porches is to bring local neighborhoods together to celebrate spring and build community pride during the Festival, Mayhew said. This years competition for the Peoples PorchWinner was fierce with hundreds of participants in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia taking part in the overall PetalPorchescompetition.

Sarah Payne is a reporter for Capital Community News. She can be reached at sarahp@hillrag.com.

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