Entering the Nursery & Garden Industry Awards provides you with the opportunity to analyse your business. The awards are a tool for us as an industry to raise the bar, to grow and develop, to become better and the best at what we do. It provides the stimulus to focus on your business and set goals which can be measured year on year as you strive to be one of our industry’s best.

A total of 5 CNP points will be allocated to the person responsible for the submission of an award entry.  This person will need to be identified during the online entry process.  Only one person per award is eligible to claim the CNP points.   An additional bonus of 2 CNP points will be earned by the individual on receipt of a national winner award. 

Please note:  If the majority of CNP points are obtained from awards submission activities, applicants must establish a minimum of 5 CNP points from other professional development activities to make up the 20 CNP points required for membership renewal.

All Entrants

Submitting an entry means you are already a winner!  Participating in the Awards program guarantees you will receive invaluable judge’s feedback on your submission and the benefits only get better as you progress through the program. 

State Finalists receive:

• State Finalist Certificate
• Onsite visit by state judge - (Garden Centres & Production Nurseries)
• Additional detailed judges feedback on your site visit to help you improve your business and future submissions
• Publication of Finalists in your state magazine

State Winners receive

• Onsite visit by national judge – (Garden Centres & Production Nurseries)
• Additional detailed judges feedback on your National site visit to help you improve your business and future submissions Custom-framed state winner certificate
• Use of NGIA’s State Winners’ Awards logo on your collateral for three years
• Greater brand recognition within the industry and with key external stakeholders
• Recognition at the National Announcement, Melbourne 2011
• Customised media releases distributed to your local media
• Publicity in state and national industry publications
• Recognition as a State Winner in the 2011 Awards Commemorative booklet and online E-book

National Winners’ receive

• A prestigious trophy
• Additional CNP points (see details above)
• National, state and local media publicity
• Recognition in national industry magazines
• Use of NGIA’s National Winner’s Awards logo on your collateral for three years
  • Recognition in the 2010/11 Nursery Trade Register
  • Superior brand recognition
  • Acknowledgement as a National Winner in the 2011 Awards Commemorative Booklet

For the first time, you will be able to submit your entry online.  That means that you will not only submit your entry and pay online but you will also be uploading your attachments and images

You won't have to worry about getting your submission in the post or picked up by a courier.  No anxious wait to hear from the Awards Coordinator that your submission has arrived on time.  No more return postage-paid satchels.  And, best of all you can log into your  account as many times as you like before you finally decide to hit the submit button to enter your submission.
 
The online system will streamline the entire entry process and is a much more environmentally friendly and sustainable system.

Entrants will have their own log-in and password you will be able to update all important contact details as needed including the main contact for the submission.

Submission Judging will also be online so there will be no unnecessary copies of your submission printed out.  You will also be able to access your peronalised feedback reports online once judging has concluded.