Competition E n t r y F o r m

SPRING GARDENS P E C TA C U L A R

2016

COMPETITION DATES

Competition Opens: July 2016

Competition Closes: Thursday 25 August 2016

Judging: Wednesday 31 August to Friday 2 September 2016

Presentation: Saturday 10 Septermber 2016

For more information:Contact: 4932 9000 Web: www.rrc.qld.gov.au Email: sport@rrc.qld.gov.au.gov.au

NOMINATION FORM

NAME: ......................................................................................

STREET ADDRESS:.................................................................

SUBURB:................................................POST CODE:............

TELEPHONE NUMBER:.......................................................

EMAIL ADDRESS:..................................................................

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2016 SPRING GARDEN S P E C T A C U L A R

CONDITIONS OF ENTRYThe competition is open to all residents of the Rockhampton Regional Council area. You may nominate for as many categories as applicable to your garden. There will be only one winner per category across the Region. The judges will select one Grand Champion prize winner. Hard copy entry forms are available from Council’s Customer Service Centres. Entries may be dropped into Rockhampton Regional Council Customer Service Centres or posted to Council at PO Box 1860, Rockhampton, QLD 4700. Alternatively you can enter online at www.rrc.qld.gov.au. Entries must be submitted by 4pm on Thursday 25 August 2016. Judging of the 2016 Spring Garden Spectacular will be conducted between 31 August and 2 September 2016. All judging decisions will be final. The award presentations will be held on Saturday 10 September 2016.

PRIVACY NOTICE: Rockhampton Regional Council is collecting the personal information you supply on this form for the purpose of processing your application for the 2016 Spring Garden Spectacular Competition. Your personal details will not be disclosed to any other person or agency external to Council without your consent unless required or authorised by law.

For more information on the 2016 Spring Spectacular please contact 4932 9000, go to www.rrc.qld.gov.au or email sport@rrc.qld.gov.au.

Best Use of Native Plants - $250 voucher

Entries must consist of a significant proportion of Australian native plants presented in a layout that both enhances and compliments other plant varieties in the surrounding garden. The types of native plants used should demonstrate a low water requirement in their upkeep and should possess ecological qualities such as attracting birds and butterflies.

Best Food Garden - $250 voucher

Entries may be vegetable gardens, fruit gardens, culinary herb gardens, bush tucker gardens or gardens that are a combination of all of these. Gardens entered must contain a diverse selection of produce, and may be the traditional bed type of garden, a container garden, a patio garden or a hydroponic garden.

Best Young Gardener/s - $250 voucher

Entries are open to all young green enthusiasts up to the age of 16, either as individuals or as groups, who have a home gardening or school gardening project they are especially proud of. Entries in this category must predominately be the result of the work of the young gardener/s themselves.

Best Corporate Garden - $250 voucher

Entry in this category is open to businesses, government and other corporate entities, training and tertiary education institutions, school grounds and community support organisations. Gardens entered in this category will have been created to beautify and compliment the facade and/or surrounds/grounds of the particular premises concerned.

Best Home Garden on Town Water - $250 voucher

This category is open to home gardens that are connected to a reticulated town water supply, irrespective of allotment size. Gardens entered in this category should consist of an appealing blend of colour and texture provided by a variety of plants including shrubs, trees, climbers, groundcovers, annuals, ornamentals and lawn areas.

Best Home Garden not on Town Water - $250 voucher

Irrespective of their allotment size, home gardens that are not connected to a reticulated town water supply may be entered in this category. These gardens should consist of an appealing blend of colour and texture provided by a variety of plants including shrubs, trees, climbers, groundcovers, annuals, ornamentals and lawn areas.

Best Lifestyle Garden Feature - $250 voucher

This category takes account of special or feature areas of your garden that embrace a creative, relaxed outdoor lifestyle associated with a living or leisure area. The features may include bush and orchid houses, swimming pool surrounds, man caves/sheds, outdoor entertaining areas or imaginative children’s play areas.

Best Flower Garden - $250 voucher

Entries in this category are invited from either planted gardens or pot gardens that are focused on providing an abundance of eye-catching colour and fragrance stemming from vibrant displays of spring annuals and/or seasonal flowering shrubs.

Best View from the Street - $250 voucher

Entries in this category will be focused on “first impressions”; i.e. how “good” do your premises look from the street point of view? Entries are welcome from all areas of the community - private residences, businesses, government and other corporate entities, training and tertiary education institutions, schools and community support organizations.

Best Senior’s Garden - $250 voucher

This category is open to residents of a retirement or over 50’s complex that have established and personally maintain their own small private garden at the villa or unit in which they reside. This includes pot gardens. Gardens entered in this category should complement the surrounds of the villa or unit concerned.

For more information on the 2016 Spring Spectacular please contact 4932 9000, go to www.rrc.qld.gov.au or email sport@rrc.qld.gov.au.

2016 SPRING GARDEN S P E C T A C U L A R

Please tick the category/s you wish to nominate for: