Gladstone Garden Festival

Gladstone Garden Festival This is a Gladstone Garden Festival that is on every year run by the Civic Beautification Committee. This page is to keep you up to date. Categories
1. i.e.

Large Garden -
Open to all gardens over 1200 sqm. Judged on whole of garden

2. Small Garden -
Open to all gardens with an area less then 1200 sqm. Judged on whole garden.

3. New Garden -
Garden is less than 3 years old. Can be a new home garden or a totally new garden.

4. Senior Citizen's Garden -
Open to entrants 65 and over.

5. Australian Native Garden -
Garden to be predominantly (

75%) Australian native species.

6. Frontal Effect/Street Appeal -
Judged from footpath.

7. Small Spaces -
Open to very small gardens not part of a larger garden. apartment, unit, caravan park, patio etc.

8. Vegetable Garden and/or Fruit Garden
It is preferred that gardens show evidence of harvest as well as growing.

9. Bush House -
A mixture of plants in a bush house.

10. Plant Collection -
Open to any collection dominated by a single variety/species either in ground, in pots or in a bush house/greenhouse. Entrant must specify the collection to be judged.

11. Entertainment Area -
Judged on any outdoor entertainment area that features plants and/or garden accessories.

12. Junior Garden -
Open to entrants 14 years and under.

13. Schools/Student Gardens -
Open to student gardens only - Vegetable, Fruit or Floral.

14. Industrial, Schools, Churches, and other non- residental premises. ENTRY IS FREE

Competitors are allowed to enter into any categories they deem appropriate but are only able to win one major prize from the first 5 categories.

17/09/2017
Dropped into the Benaraby Nursery on this beautiful day to buy some Lilly Pillies for an upcoming secret hedged room in ...
10/03/2017

Dropped into the Benaraby Nursery on this beautiful day to buy some Lilly Pillies for an upcoming secret hedged room in the garden.

As soon as I walked in I was nicely greeted and asked if I needed any help and once I decided how many to get the young girl helped me carry them all out to my car.

They have a great variety of plants and amazing service. If you haven't been to the nursery before I'd highly recommend seeing the lovely ladies there.

I hope everyone's getting out and about in your gardens ready for the next Garden Awards in September!!!

Good luck and happy gardening 🌳🏆

- Madi

04/03/2017

Well its on again, the Gladstone Garden Festival, so get in there and start getting it ready for September. Good luck to all.

This is a Gladstone Garden Festival that is on every year run by the Civic Beautification Committee.
This page is to keep you up to date.

Please come and support us. Thank you in advance
02/02/2017

Please come and support us. Thank you in advance

The Civic Beautification Committee will be hosting the sausage sizzle at Gladstone Bunnings this weekend! Sunday 5th February starting at 9am.

This is the main fundraiser for the CBC so please come and show your support to ensure that the Gladstone Garden Awards are a success again this year!

Thank you to the Gladstone Garden Festival for a great weekend to Fraser Island. Kevin and I used our winning money for ...
14/12/2016

Thank you to the Gladstone Garden Festival for a great weekend to Fraser Island. Kevin and I used our winning money for a well earnt holiday after doing up the garden. It was great had a lovely time another tick off the bucket list.

23/09/2016

If you won a prize but weren't able to attend the Awards Presentation I will be contacting you soon.

23/09/2016

Finally - here are the complete results. The Observer only printed the winners in each category. Sorry for the delay but the flu got the better of me.
Grand Champion Garden: Kathy Barker and Kevin Ward
Reserve Champion: Mike and Eliane Miller
Judges Award: Doug and Sharon Stephan
Encouragement Award: Beau Thomas
Large Garden Winner: Doug and Sharon Stephan
Large Garden Runner Up: Bruce and Kerry Morgan
Large Garden Encouragement Award: Kathryn and David Fraser
Small Garden Winner: Kathy Barker and Kevin Ward
Small Garden Runner Up: Ruth Hall
Small Garden Encouragement Award: Gaileen Davison
New Garden Winner: Val Condren
New Garden Runner Up: Len & Sue Smith
New Garden Encouragement Award: Jodie Morgan
Senior Citizens Garden Winner: Ruth Hall
Senior Citizens Garden Runner Up: Doug and Sharon Stephan
Senior Citizens Garden Encouragement Award: Val Condren
Australian Native Garden Winner: Felicity Chapman
Australian Native Garden Runner Up: Conny Reddig-Kleynhans
Australian Native Garden Encouragement Award: Paula Wallace
Frontal Effect Winner: Kathy Barker and Kevin Ward
Frontal Effect Runner Up: Gaileen Davison
Frontal Effect Encouragement Award: Len & Sally Hayne
Small Spaces Winner: Val Condren
Small Spaces Runner Up: Rob and Nicole Ryan
Small Spaces Encouragement Award: Valmae Thompson
Veggie/Fruit Garden Winner: Mike and Eliane Miller
Veggie/Fruit Garden Runner Up: Rebecca Kuhl
Veggie/Fruit Garden Encouragement Award: Gail Bryant
Bush House Winner: Mike and Eliane Miller
Bush House Runner Up: Kathy Barker and Kevin Ward
Bush House Encouragement Award: Kevin and Dianne Kuhl
Plant Collection Winner: Mike and Eliane Miller
Plant Collection Runner Up: Kathy Barker and Kevin Ward
Plant Collection Encouragement Award: Philip and Pam Brown
Entertainment Area Winner: Doug and Sharon Stephen
Entertainment Area Runner Up: Ruth Hall
Entertainment Area Encouragement Award: Bruce and Kerry Morgan
Junior Garden Winner: Beau Thomas
Junior Garden Runner Up: Tyler Whelan
Schools/Student Garden Winner: Kin Kora State School
Schools/Student Garden Runner Up: Central State School
Schools/Student Garden Encouragement Award: Yarwun State School
Schools/Student Garden Encouragement Award: Ambrose State School
Non-Residential Winner: New Auckland Place
Non-Residentail Runner Up: Bindaree Care Centre
Non-Residential Encouragement Award: Settler's Lifestyle Village

Congratulations to all!!

What a shock this was, thank you to the judge Mike Wells. Got Reserve Champion in 2013 last time we entered, then to wi...
22/09/2016

What a shock this was, thank you to the judge Mike Wells. Got Reserve Champion in 2013 last time we entered, then to win Grand Champion this year, still can't belive it.

12/09/2016

Judging has started. We have a whopping 66 entries. The weather seems to be holding out - just hope it doesn't get too hot for our guy from Toowoomba!

10/09/2016

Here's the plan for judging - but it's only a plan. If it pours rain then all bets are off. And we usually run late or early which means we could be somewhere earlier or laterer than expected.
Mon afternoon: South Gladstone
Mon afternoon: New Auckland??? if not Thurs morning
Tues morning: Tannum, Pacific Ranch, Benaraby
Tues afternoon: Benaraby, Calliope
Wed morning: Kirkwood, Beecher
Wed afternoon: Beecher, Mt Larcom, Ambrose, Bracewell
Thurs morning: Kin Kora, New Auckland, Yarwun
Thurs afternoon: West Gladstone, Sun Valley

Good Luck to everyone who has entered. The judge will be on a tight timetable and won't have time to answer your questions while judging, but will be happy to chat on Wednesday and Friday evenings.

06/09/2016

This is the last week for entries. We have 56 so far. And there's still seats on the bus tour but get in quick. Good Luck to all.

20/08/2016

Just 3 weeks to go. Better start pulling those weeds. We have 35 entries so far but no juniors. Where are all the young gardeners???

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