The Grow It Local Awards 2026 are here! 🙌🏽🥬
It’s time to swap out your gardening gloves and get the phone out to take some pics of your gorgeous growing 🌱
The Grow It Local Awards are a celebration of community and creativity in homegrown culture. The are for backyard, balcony, community garden and windowsill farmers across Australia.
The Details:
☀️Entries are open until February 15 2026
☀️To enter, publish a photo or video post to your Instagram, Facebook or TikTok page between Jan 19 and Feb 15 2026, be sure to use the hashtag #GrowItLocalAwards2026 and tag us at @growitlocal so we can find your entry.
☀️Let us know in your caption what category you’re entering. You can enter as many times as you like, in as many categories you like – posts *must* be new content, not old content tagged.
💚Categories and judges this year include💚
🌱Homegrown Harvest – judged by Sahar @sahars_suburban_garden
🌱Patch to Plate – judged by Rodney Dunn @agrarianrod
🌱Why I love My Patch – judged by, National Patron Costa Georgiadis @costasworld
🌱Best Chicken Name – judged by Adam Ferrier of @thinkerbellpics
🌱Local Grower – judged by @_paul_west_
🌱 Wonkiest Vegetable – judged by Mel Logozzo @rewildingsuburbia
🏆Prizes:
Winners will receive awesome prizes featuring products for your garden and kitchen from our friends at @seasol_international @yatesgardening @growitlocal @richgrogarden and @lecreusetanz!
Get those entries in and share what’s growing on in your patch!
Tag your friends in the comments below to encourage them to enter too, because doing things together is way more fun! 👯🏾
More info at https://growitlocal.com/awards-2026
Contact: Darryl Nichols | darryl@growitlocal.com
