Grow It Local Awards 2023

The Grow It Local Awards is an annual celebration of creativity and fun in homegrown culture.

Grow It Local - your local grow community - is proud to announce the third annual Grow It Local Awards, a community-minded celebration of creativity and fun in homegrown culture. Supported by the City of Burnside, the Grow It Local Awards encompass eight key categories and a search for the:

● Biggest vegetable

● Wonkiest vegetable / vegetable that most looks like..

● The why I love my patch award - only a grower knows the feeling

● Australia’s best chicken name

● Homegrown hero – community champion award

● School garden – growing the future

● Sustainable gardener award

● Homegrown harvest award

Broadcaster, author and Grow It Local co-founder Paul West (River Cottage Australia) noted “community interest in growing food has exploded and here at Grow It Local we’re all about making growing food simple, social and fun!”

Gardening Australia host and Grow It Local ambassador Costa Georgiadis commented that “cultivating diversity is central to the Grow It Local vision in our gardens, in our communities and for the planet too”.

To enter the Grow It Local Awards simply post a photo to #growitlocalawards on Instagram or Facebook tag @growitlocal and mention your council and the award category you are entering in the post copy. You also need to be a member of the Grow It Local community for which registration is a free and easy process at growitlocal.com.

Prizing from Seasol, Mr Fothergills and Grow It Local will be awarded to the winning entry in each category.

Entries are open until February 1 – March 30, 2023 and judges include Gardening Australia’s Costa Georgiadis, Paul West and others.

You can check out the winners of the 2022 awards here.

For media inquiries contact:

Darryl Nichols:

0422-665-088

darryl@growitlocal.com

Photo credit: @kathshomeandgarden - Grow It Local Awards Wonkiest Vegetable Winner 2022