Pacific Horticulture

Design Futurist Award Submission

There is a $50 fee for each entry. When your submission has been received in full, a link will be provided to make payment.

Name of Garden or Submission Title:

Main contact for submission: Name, email, phone

Full names and titles of all individuals credited on this design:

Business name design is credited to (optional). If applicable, include web url.

City/Town and State/Province where the garden is located:

Year of initial installation of this design:

Credit for installation if different from above designer/team:

Garden plot size range:

Budget range for design and installation (in US dollars at year of construction) Total range includes all applicable designer fees, materials, labor not including maintenance beyond initial construction:

Permission has been sought from the property owner for this garden to be entered in the Design Futurist Award competition.

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Briefly describe the site of this garden, for example climate, topography, or other relevant eco-region characteristics. Approximately 50 words

The award and honors will be given to the garden that exceptionally embodies one or more of the following themes. For each theme you wish to address, please respond to one or more (maximum of five) of the prompts below. Please limit your responses to no more than 1,000 words across all themes.

Growing for Biodiversity (https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/categories/growing-for-biodiversity/)

Drought and Fire Resilience (https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/categories/drought-and-fire-resilience/)

Nature is Good for You (https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/categories/nature-is-good-for-you/)

Garden Futurist (https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/categories/garden-futurist/)

Sustainable Gardening (https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/categories/sustainable-gardening/)

What were your inspirations for the design? Maximum 100 words

Briefly describe constraints and opportunities you encountered in executing the design solution. (Maximum 200 words)

Optional: For the themes you selected, please describe any resources, education, research, or source material you found especially relevant to the success of your design. Examples may include shared knowledge from nurseries, extension, universities, citizen/community scientists, plant societies. Bulleted list or brief statement (Maximum 200 words)

By checking this box, the submitter confirms they have all legal rights to all image files being shared and gives permission to Pacific Horticulture to use in educational content with credit.

I have all legal rights to all image files submitted.

Plant List Document: Please upload a full or partial plant list, including species and cultivar when available. (PDF)

Site Plan: Site plan including scale. (Planting plan not required.) (PDF)

Images: Image quality should be minimum of 1200 pixels / 300 dots per inch (dpi). Up to 6 images, which may include photographs, graphics, or drawings the designer(s) feel best demonstrates selected themes.

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Design Futurist Award Submission

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