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PGMS Green Star Grounds Management Awards

The
Annual Professional Grounds Management Award
Brochure will be available soon.
To
Download an Application Form, CLICK
HERE
General Information
We're
searching for the country's BEST MAINTAINED LANDSCAPES
35th
Annual Professional Grounds Management Awards
You
are invited to enter the 35th annual maintenance awards program
sponsored by the Professional Grounds Management
Society (PGMS). The annual Professional Grounds Management
Awards Program brings national recognition to grounds maintained
with a high degree of excellence. The program complements other
national landscape award programs that recognize outstanding landscape
design and construction. This program will salute the grounds superintendent
responsible for maintaining a well-manicured landscape year round.
Grand
and Honor Awards are offered in 15 categories, covering all types
of private, public commercial and industrial landscapes. To qualify
for entry, a landscape must be at least two years old and under
your continuous maintenance for at least two years.
The
awards will be presented during the 2007 PGMS School of Grounds
Management held in conjunction with 2007 GIE EXPO in Louisville,
Ken., from October 24-27, 2007. Grand Award winners will be featured
in several industry publications. Honor Award winners will appear
in the PGMS Forum. The deadline for entries is Friday, August
3, 2007. All entries must be submitted to the Professional Grounds
Management Awards, c/o Professional Grounds Management Society,
720 Light Street, Baltimore MD, 21230, 800-609-7467.
Purpose
The
aims of the 'Green Star' Professional Grounds Management Awards
program are:
To bring national recognition to grounds manicured with a high degree
of excellence.
To recognize individual professional efforts leading to high maintenance
standards and high quality appearance of the landscape.
To challenge those responsible for maintenance of grounds throughout
the country to achieve a higher level of excellence. In sponsoring
this awards program, the Professional Grounds Management Society
wish to extend its mission in promoting well-maintained landscapes
throughout the country.
Eligibility
An
entrant must be professionally engaged in, and responsible for,
the maintenance of grounds described in entry CATEGORIES. Projects
for which any entry was submitted in a design or construction award
competition are eligible in the PGMS Green Star Awards, even if
the project won an award, because maintenance is the criterion upon
which an entry is judged in this award program.
Grand
Award-winning projects are ineligible to re-enter the program for
a period of 2 years. For example, 2005 Grand Award-winning projects
are ineligible until 2008.
Any
size landscape for which the entrant has the main responsibility
for, the maintenance and beauty may be entered. The judges will
consider the quality, challenge, operating budget, and performance
in maintenance of grounds for a period of at least 2 years, beginning
at least 2 years after construction.
Awards
There
will be two classes of awards: Grand Awards and Honor Awards. The
judges may grant as many Grand and Honor Awards as they deem
deserving, and may decide no entries are deserving in a given category.
How
To Enter
All
Entries MUST Include:
- A
PowerPoint presentation featuring 26 digital photos, shot
with a 3 megapixel digital camera or higher (please set
camera settings to largest photo size) - 15 photos
showing the overall beauty of the total landscape project, 5
photos showing your crew at work, 5 photos showing challenges
you face in maintaining your site and 1 photo of yourself
as the person in charge is REQUIRED. Entries containing
less than, or more than, 26 digital photos will be REJECTED.
- Furnish
a descriptive caption for digital photos, on a separate sheet
of paper, in the order of which they were submitted.
DO NOT USE POSED SHOTS.
DO NOT USE ENHANCED OR ALTERED PHOTOS.
- Send
three CDs of your digital photos entry. Two discs should feature
the PowerPoint presentation and 1 disc should just include the
26 digital photos as .jpg or .tiff files with a 300 dpi resolution.
- Include
a brief description of your site.
- All
entries must include a COVER LETTER releasing the material for
publication at the discretion of PGMS or use for other purposes
as deemed appropriate by PGMS.
- Enclose
a check for the ENTRY FEE: $150 for PGMS members or $225 for others.
For a reduced rate of $275, non-members may join PGMS and enter
the contest. There is no limit to the number of categories an
organization may enter. Each entry, accompanied by the entry fee,
must be sent in a separate envelope.
- To
qualify, all elements of the entry must be COMPLETE in one three-ring
binder.
- If
you have any questions call 800-609-PGMS or e-mail PGMS@assnhqtrs.com.
- Entries
must be received no later than Friday, August 3, 2007.
Entry
Categories
1:
Small Site (commercial or primary work site with a budget
under $80,000)
2: Residential Landscape (single residence or estate owner)
3: Public Works Site (includes parkways, greenways, and
intersections)
4: Shopping Area
5: Hospital or Institution
6: Government Building or Complex
7: Cemetery or Memorial Park
8: Industrial, Commercial Site, or Office Park
9: Park, Recreation Area, or Playground
10: Multiple Sites under Management Company
11: Condominium or Apartment Complex
12: Hotel, Motel, or Resort
13: Amusement Park, Theme Park, or Zoo
14: A) Athletic Fields - baseball, football, lacrosse,
soccer (high school, collegiate, semi-pro)
B) Professional Fields - baseball, football, soccer, tennis
C) Golf Course
15: A) School Grounds (kindergarten - high school, technical
school, community colleges)
B) University and College Grounds
C) Urban University Grounds
JUDGING
A distinguished
panel of judges, selected by the Professional Grounds Management
Society will determine the award winners. All decisions of the
judges are final.
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Awards
will be presented during the 2007 PGMS School of Grounds Management
held in conjunction with the 2007 GIE EXPO in Louisville,
Ken., from October 24-27, 2007.
Brochure
will be available soon.
To
Download an Application Form, CLICK
HERE
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