Waterwise Verge Garden Competition

Prizes

The judges will award prizes in each of the three categories as follows: 
Winner: $250 garden voucher
Runner up: $150 garden voucher

Terms and conditions

1. Entry to the competition is free and open to the residents of the City of Cockburn over 18 years. Staff and Elected Members and their households are ineligible from entering this competition.
2. The judges will assess entries based on the competition criteria below.
3. Entry to the competition opens 10am Sunday 1 September and closes 5pm Friday 1 November 2024.
4. The City will announce the winners by Friday 15 November. Winners will be notified by email or phone, as provided on their entry form.
 

Competition criteria:

• A residential verge is the garden area between the road and the boundary to the residential property
• Entries must comply with the City’s Verge Improvement Guidelines
• Must be in regards to a verge located within the City of Cockburn and be the verge of the applicants residence
• Must include three photographs from different angles of the waterwise verge garden that is the entry. There should be no people in the photographs
• Must be submitted online or via a hard copy to the Administrative Building, 2 Coleville Crescent Spearwood
• Verge gardens will be judged on how well they demonstrate waterwise or biodiversity values relevant to each category
• Please note your garden will only be viewed in person if selected as a finalist
• Entrants cannot win more than one category
• The City may use the entrants first name, suburb and photographs, for public promotional purposes. The address and surname will be kept private.
• The City will take photographs of the finalists and or their verge gardens to use for promotional purposes outside this competition
• The prize winners and runners up will be notified via phone and can claim their voucher from the City of Cockburn Administration Centre, 9 Coleville Crescent Spearwood.

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¹ Waterwise means that the verge garden is designed to minimise water use, be low maintenance with predominant use of WA native waterwise plants and those listed on the Water Corporation online waterwise plant directory.
 
²Biodiverse means that the verge garden is designed to focus on local and WA native species. This will increase plant diversity in the local area, providing habitat and food that supports the increase in native animas such as birds, invertebrates, and reptiles.