The Dispatch Backyard Garden Awards celebrates the best local backyard gardens in 6 categories: Best Home Landscaping, Best Vegetable Garden, Best Container Garden, Best Community Garden, Best Native Plant Garden, and Best Perennial Garden. Submissions are received starting in June and winners are announced at a ceremony at the Central Ohio Home & Design at 1pm on September 7th.
2025 Backyard Garden Awards
Entries Open for online submissions: June 13, 2025
Entries Close: July 28, 2025
People’s Choice Public Voting: August 1-August 15, 2025
Winners’ Ceremony: Sunday, September 7 at 1pm
at the Central Ohio Home & Design Show
(Ohio Expo Center, Bricker Building)
*ADMISSION IS FREE
Congrats, 2024 Winning Gardens!
Categories:
Best Home Landscaping
Best Vegetable Garden
Best Container Garden
Best Community Garden
Best Native Plant Garden
Best Perennial Garden
Prizes:
1st Place: $300 gift card
2nd Place: $100 gift card
Best of Show: $500 gift card
People's Choice 1st Place: $60 gift card
People's Choice 2nd Place: $40 gift card
*Winners will receive a gift card to a local garden store
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