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Garden Awards
Congratulations to all Housing New Zealand Garden Awards 2008 entrants.
- Vegetable Garden winner, 82-year-old Grace Churches.
The competition wouldn't have been such an exciting event without all the planning and hard work put in by so many. You deserve a huge round of applause and our heartfelt thanks.
The 2008 competition came to a close on 25 March when winners and runners up of the National Finals were announced. Details of the winners and pictures of their gardens are shown on pages 2-3.
Between 1 October 2008 and 30 January 2009, over 2,000 entries were received to the five categories of the competition: general garden, vegetable garden, small garden, children's garden and community group housing garden.
Entries to the National Finals were judged by a panel chaired by broadcaster and gardening enthusiast Maggie Barry. Other panelists included David Sole, Manager of the Botanic Gardens of Wellington, Housing New Zealand CEO Dr Lesley McTurk and Board member Sandra Lee.
An exhibition showcasing the winners of the local rounds of the competition and the winners and runners up of the National Finals was held at the Treehouse Centre, Wellington Botanic Gardens. It closed on 8 April.
The winning gardens
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- IHC resident Eric Strongman gracefully accepts Idea Services' runner up certificate from Housing Minister Phil Heatley.
National awards presentation
One hundred and forty gardens from all categories made it to the National Finals. Winners and runners up were presented with Garden Awards certificates and Mitre 10 gift cards by regional managers. Runners up in the Community Group Housing category, Idea Services in Whangarei, were presented their certificate and prize vouchers by the Minister of Housing, Phil Heatley.
The judging
A panel judged entries based on the photographs using a points system, scoring gardens for effort, quality and presentation. The panel were on the lookout for a wide range of indicators including tidiness, variety of plants, use of space, garden layout and general health of plants.
Category winners from the local rounds of the competition were automatically entered for a chance to win at the Garden Awards National Finals.
