Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards
Nature Hills Nursery has been fortunate to prosper from growing and selling plants.
All of our plant production is carefully managed so the soils we depend upon are
not depleted of their resources, ensuring a healthy soil environment for continued
plant growth. We feel it is time to give back a portion of the plants we produce
annually to projects that will help reduce carbon dioxide and beautify communities.
The Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards will be presented annually to groups and organizations that are making
a difference in their communities. We are looking for community groups who are committed
to improving their local environment by planting trees, bushes and shrubs to make
their communities a better place to live.
Now Taking Applications For the 2012 Green America Awards!: 2012 Green America Awards Application
What types of community improvement projects qualify?
The award winners will be chosen from those groups who submit a local environment
community project that makes best use of the trees, bushes and shrubs that Nature
Hills Nursery will award.
Examples of potential Nature Hills Nursery Green America Award winning projects
could be:
- A local soil erosion control plan that utilizes plants to stabilize steep hillside
slopes or river banks.
- The reclamation of an abandoned lot where a house or factory once stood with the
creation of a fruit orchard that will provide much needed fruit to nearby low-income
residents.
- Creating or refurbishing the landscape in a community park.
- Creating a wildlife habitat for birds or animals on donated land that is (or has
been) abandoned or neglected.
Our goal is to help communities reclaim land, turning eyesores into oases. We want
to help dedicated individuals, groups and organizations make their local communities
better by providing a living gift of trees and plants that not only clean the air
but also provide respite and a natural retreat. With each reclamation, wildlife
and beauty can once again flourish.
Award Details
Nature Hills Nursery will donate $4,500 of plant materials annually to the earth
friendly award-winning projects. Awards will be presented to a Grand Prize winner
in the amount of $2,000 of plant materials. First place winner will receive $1,250
in plant materials, the Second Place winner $750 in plant materials, and the Third
Place winner $500 in plant materials. The plant materials can contain trees, fruit
trees, bushes and shrubs, perennials, and vegetable seeds.
Grand Prize - $2,000 of plant materials (Example 25 perennials,
45 small fruit bushes, 50 shrubs, 15 fruit trees, 15 trees)
First Place - $1,250 of plant materials
Second Place - $750 of plant material
Third Place - $500 of plant material
Application Dates: March 15, 2012 thru June 17, 2012
Prize Details:
Awards will be issued to each winner in the form of a gift certificate which can
be redeemed for plant materials from Nature Hills Nursery. It is our hope that,
by providing plants, we can help these winners create places of beauty and nature
in their local communities.
Eligibility Requirements:
· Eligible submissions will be accepted from charitable or educational organizations
that operate as a non profit entity
· Awards must be used by the winning organization to complete their project plan
and cannot be sold or used in any way other than for the project described in the
application submitted by the organization.
Winners Picked by Facebook Votes:
The actual winners of the 2012 Green America Awards will be determined by votes for
each semi-finalist on the Nature Hills Nursery Facebook page. The voting will proceed
in a series of head-to-head contests between pairs of semi-finalists. The winner in
each head-to-head vote will advance to the next round. (Similar to the way college
basketball teams advance to the next round in the NCAA Basketball Tournament.)
In the First Round of Facebook voting, a winner will be selected in each of the four
head-to-head contests. Voting in the First Round will begin on July 9 and will end at
12 midnight Central Time on July 18.
The four victorious entrants will then be paired up in the Second Round. Voting in the
Second Round will begin on July 20 and will end at 12 midnight Central Time on July 29.
Based upon Facebook votes in the Second Round, the two victorious entrants will proceed
to the Grand Prize Round for a head-to-head contest that will determine the Grand Prize
Winner and First Prize Winner in the 2012 Green America Awards. The two entrants that did
not advance to the Grand Prize Round will advance to the Silver Round that will determine
which entrants win the Second and Third Prizes. Voting in the Grand Prize Round and Silver
Round will begin on July 31 and will end at 12 midnight Central time on August 9.
Final winners of the 2012 Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards will be announced on
August 11, 2012, on both www.naturehills.com and the Nature Hills Nursery Facebook page.
Press: 2012 - Official Press Release
Application: 2012 Green America Awards Application
Thank you to everyone who applied for the 2011 Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards!
Here is a recap of the winners:
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