Deadline for Entries Approaching: 2016 Shirley Papanui Edible Garden Awards
Thursday 28 January 2016, 2:47PM
By RedPR
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With three weeks to go until nominations close (5pm Friday 19th of February), 28 entries from have been received for the 2016 Shirley Papanui Edible Garden Awards.
Community Development Adviser for Shirley / Papanui, Trevor Cattermole says there’s plenty of young blood (and bone) in the competition this year however an entry has been received from a 93-year-old.
“It’s a lovely example of how broad the appeal of gardening is,” says Mr Cattermole. “We also have four new entrants and the Community Garden section is looking good with six nominations at this stage. Councillor Ali Jones has entered her garden in the New Entrant section and has been bribing us with potatoes.”
Every nominee will receive a visit from judges from the Horticultural Society where they can talk to the ‘gardener’, share knowledge, learn and celebrate the work that is being done.
Categories include Residential House, Residential Unit, School/Early Learning Centre and Community gardens, and Special Awards will be given for the first time to: Best Tomatoes, Best Yield, First Time Entrant and Commitment to Sustainability.
Judges will contact all nominees and arrange a viewing time in early March, and all nominees will be contacted and invited to the awards ceremony in April where each entrant will receive a certificate.
For information or to download a nomination form go to www.chsgardens.co.nz and www.ccc.govt.nz/ediblegardens
If you would like a hard copy, nomination forms are available at Papanui Service Centre. Or call Trevor Cattermole and he will send one out.
Tel 03 941-5407 Cell 027 706- 9016 or email Trevor.Cattermole@ccc.govt.nz
Number of 2016 nominations to date (28 in total):
Residential House: 11 Nominations
Residential Units: 2 Nominations
Schools/Early Learning Centres: 9 Nominations
Community Gardens: 6 Nominations
ENDS
For further information, please contact Trevor Cattermole on 03 941 5407 or 027 706 9016.
Note: The Shirley Papanui Community Board launched the inaugural Sustainable (Edible) Gardening Awards in 2013.