FAQs - Frequently asked questions and answers

Is there a registration fee applied to enter this competition?
There is no registration fee for taking part in the competition.

Do you consider realizations including International Garden Festivals in your competition?
Every garden is eligible.

A temporary garden installation has been set up in the city. Can we submit this project to the competition?
Every garden can be entered in the competition.

The garden is part of a privately owned castle and open to the public with an entry fee. Is this project eligible?
Every garden is eligible.

May the name of the designers or client be on the plans, text or pictures?
Yes, it is allowed, the competition is not anonymously.

Is it possible to submit an entry that is currently under development (in design phase) and not complete or should all entries be constructed proposals?
It’s not possible to submit projects, which are not built or finished yet!

Does the entry have to be a constructed project? Could a conceptual project be accepted as well?
The entry has to be a constructed, actualized project.

How will the copyrights of plans, pictures and text be handled?
The entrants also confirm that they are authorized to grant rights of use under the copyright to the materials submitted with the competition entry of European Award for Ecological Gardening, including but not limited to images, and give permission to publicize the project submitted at the exhibition, in a publication and in the media (Internet, print media, TV and radio), as well as in other publications associated with the event and with the organizer, provided the entrants, photographers and location are indicated.

Submission deadline may 15: Is this day the date where the entry must be received in the competition management office or is it the date of the postmark?
The deadline for submitting documents is arriving May 15, 2017. The documents must be uploaded to the server and sent to the competition management office by 18.00 CET. We don’t accept May 151, 2017 as date of the postmark. Entries must be sent postage paid and at no cost to the recipient.

Is the competition only open to landscape architects from Germany?
The competition is open gardeners, garden owners, planners, municipalities & local authorities, teams & individuals, as well as their organisations, such as educational institutions, networks and associations from all European nations from all over Europe.

May I submit the private landscape project, which has been already submitted in another international competition?
There is no disqualification of projects that have been submitted to other competitions or have been publicized. When you enter the competition European Award for Ecological Gardening this year you may not enter it a second time in former years/years to come.

What kind of submission is required? Can you specify that?
The submission (text and photos) should present the idea and the concept of the garden to the jury and later on to the visitors of the exhibition. Experience has shown that e.g. the use of one big meaningful photo in combination with some smaller photos serves this purpose very well.

Must the project be presented personally?
You don´t have to present the project, you only have to send text and photos etc. (see the submission form). Due, it is very important to us to support networking in the field of landscape and garden architecture, we are especially looking forward to getting to know you in person In relating competitions in the past numerous participants took part, which made an extremely interesting exchange of ideas possible.

Do submissions to the competition entail any costs for the entrants? Is there a fee for participating in the competition? Are there costs if the project is nominated and published in the exhibition?
Participation in the competition is free of charge, and there are no competition fees or costs to be paid.

How can a shared garden (show garden and playground) of a cooperative be entered in the competition?
By naming a speaker or an executive in charge.

Do the gardens submittedhave to be in Germany?
As this is an international competition, no European countries are excluded.

For entry to the competition the location of the garden should be named in the submission - is naming the region sufficient?
Of course you don´t have to show the address in the submission, but for presenting the garden it will be of interest, where the garden is - so the region is sufficient.

Is the German description of the project required or just optional?
Due to the jury the project has to be described in English. A German text is optional and not necessary.

Should the name of the plants be written in English or is it enough to use theLatin names?
The names must not be written in English, the Latin names will be understood.

Which size/resolution of the pictures is required for the digital submission?
The files should be uploaded in a printable resolution 300 dpi /A4. Please avoid higher resolutions.

Our firm is based in the USA and we would like to submit built projects that are outside Europe in the USA —are we still eligible to apply?
If you think your project is inspiring for the European garden sector and garden culture, we will be glad to receive your documents. However, as no projects from outside Europe are admitted according to the conditions of the competition, we are sorry for not being able to take them into account in our evaluation. We cannot award any prize moneys for projects outside Europe. The Jury can, however, decide to include them in our catalogue or publish them on our website.

Can the project presentation in A3 format be more than one page?
No, it should finally only be one paper.

For the 6 to 12 photographs, do you only want photographs or also meaningful drawings or schematics?
It can be meaningful drawings or schematics too.

For the project data, you ask persons involved, could we also state companiesinvolved?
Yes of course.

Could we send you a we-transfer link for the documents? Because our company mailbox can’t send e-mails larger than 10 MB?
Yes, feel free to do so.

It is possible to participate with my degree thesis?
If your degree thesis is based on a realized project we appriciate your submission.

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