With our Award entries now closed, the VSGP committee has been busy judging the 83 entries.

The committee have been extremely impressed by the number, and standard, of entries. And their achievements are made all the more impressive given the ongoing challenges of COVID restrictions and home-schooling.

The 44th Annual Victorian Schools Garden Award results will be announced on Thursday 2nd December at our Virtual Awards Ceremony. The results, and ceremony, will be published on our website.

We’ll provide an update about how you can attend our Virtual Awards Ceremony when we have more details.

Here’s last year’s Kevin Heinze Perpetual Award winners, Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School, Ocean Grove, celebrating their win. Who will be this year’s winner?

The VSGP Awards Program recognises and celebrates the gardening achievements of students and their school/kindergarten communities.

There are $44,000 worth of nursery vouchers and garden products to be rewarded to winning schools/kindergartens.

We understand, that schools have not been properly attended by students for the last term due to COVID-19 and that gardens may not be at their usual standard. But our Awards Program is proceeding and we’d encourage you to enter. 

Whether you wish to enter your school garden prior to lockdown or the garden as it is today, is completely your choice. Entering is simple.

Entries close Friday 24th September 2021.

The VSGP grant applications entry record was broken for the second year in a row, receiving 478 grant entries from 260 schools across Victoria.

It was not an easy task for the VSGP committee choosing the 69 successful applicants with so many high-quality entries and amazing proposed garden projects.

It is promising to see so many schools wanting to undertake garden projects and introduce their students to real life learning opportunities in their school gardens.

Click here to view the 2021 Grant Recipients 

Award entries for 2021 are now open and offer another opportunity for schools to receive vouchers or products for their gardens with $41,000 worth of prizes available to be won.  In many grant entries, we read about existing garden which could easily qualify for an entry into the Awards.

For more information on the Awards, please visit the VSGP website.

The awareness to the importance of nature and green life was highlighted last year after many months in lock-down, when gardens and gardening provided relief and comfort to so many.

The VSGP wants to encourage schools to expand their green spaces and is providing opportunities through our Grant and Award Programs for schools to apply for funding for garden projects and programs.

There is over $85,000 worth of nursery vouchers and products to be won by schools.

Turn your garden into a classroom and grow with the Victorian Schools Garden Program.

Click here to find out more about the 2021 Grant and Award programs.