For home gardeners (Residential Section):
- Ensure that your property is within the boundary of the Toowoomba Region. A Toowoomba Region map can be found at:
https://maps.tr.qld.gov.au/WAB/Localities/
If you are the property owner and receiving a regular rate notice from the Toowoomba Regional Council, that’s a good sign! - Work out whether your property is either within the Competition’s Toowoomba City boundary (you will enter the City Residential Gardens Section) or outside the City boundary (you will enter the Regional Residential Gardens Section). A City/Regional boundary map is available on request.
- Find out the size of your property to ensure you enter the correct Class. You may enter only one Class. They are as follows (total area of property):
- City Residential Small – up to 500 sq m
- City Residential Medium – between 500 sq m and 1000 sq m
- City Residential Large – over 1000 sq m
- Regional Residential Small/Medium – up to 1000 sq m
- Regional Residential Large – over 1000 sq m
- Regional Rural Residential – any size, outside of Regional towns.
- Decide whether you wish to enter one or two of the following options:
- Floral Garden
- Front Garden only
- Back Garden only
- Productive Area
- Small Space
- First Time Entered
- Footpath Garden
- Under 45s
- Over 70s
- Budding Gardener - can be entered by anyone under the age of 18 and this option can be a separate entry or added to the one or two options already chosen by the garden owners. (This option is judged as a combined City/Regional entry)
