Submitting Your Idea

You may submit your ideas between November 1, 2016 and January 2, 2017.

Here are the steps to submitting your idea:

Step 1

Register on the Foundation’s Create a Garden. Inspire a Generation. site

Step 2

Download the Big Ideas Submission Questions

Please review this document as it contains important information you will need in order to answer our questions when you submit your idea.

Step 3

Download the Big Ideas Guide

This guide provides additional details, such as:

Tips to choose a creative idea
Funding levels available to winning projects
Finalist selection
Judging criteria for selecting winning projects

Step 4

Download and complete the Create a Garden. Inspire a Generation. School Garden Entry Submission form.

On this form you must indicate how your school would intend to use their new school garden to maximise the children’s outdoor learning experience. The more creative your ideas for how the garden will be used in student education, the more highly your submission will be graded by our panel of judges.
Also indicate the amount of funding that you will need from the Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation in order to complete your school garden and how long it will take your team to implement the project.
Once you submit an idea, our in-house team of moderators will review your entry to ensure that our eligibility requirements are met. Please note that it may take our team of moderators up to five business days to review your idea.
Once your idea is approved, we will send you a confirmation email. We will assign a code to your project for your reference, and a unique link to your project page on the Foundation’s web site that you can share with your team and other supporters Please note that the approved projects will only be displayed on the Foundation’s web site on the first day of the Voting Stage, which begins on January 2, 2017.

Step 5

Promote your school garden project by networking with others in your community, generating support for your project and encouraging everyone to vote online for your idea. Submitted ideas with the highest number of online votes will automatically become competition finalists with an increased chance of becoming a competition winner.

Step 6

Vote – you and your supporters will each be permitted a maximum of 25 voles between the opening day of the competition (January 5, 2017) until the closing day of the competition (March 1, 2017).

Start Today!

Get your idea down on paper. Start getting the community excited about your project. We can’t wait to see your passion in action!