Grow It Local — your local grow community — is proud to announce the fourth annual national Grow It Local Awards, a community-minded celebration of creativity & fun in homegrown culture.




This year, we're searching for winners in eight key categories:.


  • Australia’s Biggest Vegetable
  • Homegrown Harvest Award
  • Australia’s Best Chicken Name
  • The ‘Why I Love My Patch’ Award
  • The Wonkiest Vegetable Award
  • Sustainable Gardener Award
  • School Garden Award – growing the future
  • Best Compost Award

Entries will be judged by some of Australia’s best gardeners, including Gardening Australia’s Costa Georgiadis and River Cottage's Paul West.


A few of the many creative and fun entries from our 2023 event.


.How to enter.


  1. Post a photo on Instagram or Facebook.
  2. Tag @growitlocal and use the hashtag #GrowItLocalAwards2024 in your caption, along with the award category you are entering.
  3. Mention which local council area you live in.
  4. You also need to be a member of our Grow It Local community — registration is free at growitlocal.com!

Entries are open from February 1 to March 31, 2024. Winners will be announced in mid-April.


.Win great prizes.


Winners in each category will score a a gardening prize pack with products from Seasol, Mr Fothergill’s and a 12-month subscription to Grow It Local's Seed Service, plus national bragging rights.


.See past winners for inspiration.


Ready to get inspired? Check out all our past Grow It Local award winners below.

Can you dig it?!