The Victorian Landscape Awards Expand your horizons, see how your projects stand up against your peers, and get invaluable feedback. If that's not enough, here's a few more reasons why you should enter in 2022.
Back to face-to-face events after 2 long years!
Unlike many other industry awards which are judged on photographs, LVML's awards are judged in person. This sets our program apart and is a standard that very few other Associations can meet due to massive operational logistics, including the recruitment of over 30 industry professionals to judge. But we execute it this way because it is a solid process that ensures a physical presence in each garden by at least two judges. Gardens and landscapes are emotive - you have to be in them to experience them, to feel their grandeur and their subtleties to truly appreciate the skills and craftsmanship that created them. Our judges bring experience to the table and a genuine passion, volunteering their time to help members both new and experienced, strive to be the very best. MEASURE YOURSELF AND YOUR TEAM There's no downside to entering. From an apprentice to your clients, every stakeholder buys in to the process and there are no losers.
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Use the process as a measuring stick to see where your business sits against others and take on the judges in-depth feedback to continually improve. STAFF Let's address the power of people - by entering your apprentices for the Apprentice of the Year award, for example, it is a powerful way to illustrate you value your staff, and for your clients to see that too. More experienced staff look for the challenge to build up their skills and do better each year when they are involved in projects that are entered, another value-add for any business. And even if you don't win, you are showing off your work to your clients and promoting how proud you are of your staff and their work. A win can be great for a team, but even a commendation can raise the camaraderie within the team and set them on a path to greater collaborative work. 4 0 of 4 4
MARKETING For the price of an entry fee, the marketing opportunities are many and broad. Marketing your brand simply by entering provides a narrative to talk to your clients that you are part of the industry, participating and celebrating excellence. Even a commendation allowing you to market your business as "award winning" provides instant, industry recognised credibility that you simply cannot buy.
CELEBRATION Take the team to the Gala Dinner event to develop business culture and keep them engaged. Enter to meet great people and learn great tricks and tips along the way, as well as support the industry body that supports YOU! November 12th at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Ticket sales will open in July.
Your project photos may also feature in our social media posts and newsletters, and should you take out a win, press releases put out after the event often get picked up by magazines and newspapers, providing winners with free PR that can have an impact for years. HAVE A GO Everyone has to start somewhere! First time entrant? No worries. We've got the Nic Van Diemen category which is an open category for any project, be it in design, construction or maintenance. Nic is encouraging of every entrant and for those who participate in this category it is an honour to receive feedback from one of the industry's finest. For Members who've been with us some time but never entered we encourage you to just have a go! With an easy online process to upload your project documentation and plenty of support available through LVHQ or past entrants who are happy to help, we've got your back.
Find out why Brendan Condon from Australian Ecosystems loves the awards! Visit: https://bit.ly/EnterAwards22 ENTRIES OPEN SOON Take the time to invest in yourself and review your projects built in the last 5 years, making a shortlist of those that will be eligible so you can start preparing to enter them. Keep an eye out for our launch email and we can't wait to see and celebrate the incredible projects you have worked on.
