Over the past six weeks, we've enjoyed showcasing 21 beautiful gardens and watching our readers cast more than 640 votes for their favorite gardens. A special thanks goes to everyone who submitted entries and participated in the voting.

Today we're pleased to announce the winners.

Walter Fisher logged an outstanding 208 votes for his winning entry. We look forward to touring and sharing with you his beautiful gardens, meadows, woods and landscaping covering about two-and-a-half acres in northwest Ann Arbor.

Mary Hewlett came in a close second, with 160 votes for her backyard respite. We heard from many of Hewlett's fellow garden club members about the beautiful gardens she shares with the community.

We also want to offer congratulations to other participants who earned more than 50 votes:

• Lorel Vidlund
• Dale & Susan Scherger
• Cultivating Community

We hope you enjoyed the series as much as we did. Watch for a feature about the two winning gardeners in an upcoming issue of AnnArbor.com's Thursday print edition .

Pam Stout coordinates Home & Garden coverage for AnnArbor.com. She can be emailed at pamstout@annarbor.com