Mareeba & District Lions Garden Awards
The Mareeba District Lions Garden Awards are now proudly hosted by the Lions Club of Mareeba, and we invite you to take part in this blooming celebration of community pride and green thumbs!
Registration Opens 15th May 2026.
Entries close on Friday 10th July 2026.
Gardens will be judged from 15 july and winners announced on the 1st august at the lions club of mareeba metrogaine & village fete.
For any enquiries, please contact
Norma on : 0417541126 / norma.moloney68@gmail.com
Prize Money
There are 7 garden categories, with prizes awarded as follows:
Additional Awards
Champion Garden Award
Categories
Residential Garden
Quality appearance from the street, including the footpath. Trees and shrubs should provide colour from foliage and flowers. Land size must be less than 4000m². Gardens at the front, back, and across the whole property will be considered.
Rural Residential Garden
Quality appearance from the street, including the footpath. Trees and shrubs should provide colour from foliage and flowers. Land size must be greater than 4000m². Gardens at the front, back, and across the whole property will be considered.
Patio Living Area
A patio or outdoor living area that incorporates a garden or potted plants to create a beautiful and functional space.
Edible Garden
A garden designed for personal consumption (not for commercial sale). It can include herbs, vegetables, or fruit and be any size.
Commercial Garden
A garden designed and maintained by a business or organisation, judged on quality, design, layout, colour, and neatness. Street appeal is important.
Australian Native Garden
Must contain a minimum of 70% Australian native plants. Open to any garden or land size.
School Garden
A garden created by students. Open to all schools within the Mareeba district.
New Garden Encouragement Award
For gardens established within the past 2 years. It must include trees and shrubs with colour from flowers and foliage. Minimum garden size 50m².
TCB Landscape Joy Paterson Champion Garden
Awarded to the judges’ choice of overall Champion Garden, selected based on all judging criteria across all categories.
Under 16 Category
This category is open to anyone under the age of 16. Entries can include a flower, vegetable, fruit, or plant — as long as it has been grown by the entrant.
No registration form is required. Simply bring your entry along to the Lions Metrogaine & Village Fete at Arnold Park, Mareeba, on Saturday 1 August 2026 at 2.30pm.
Terms and Conditions
- An eligible garden is one in which a professional gardener is not employed. (Lawn mowing & digging are not considered professional gardening work.)
- The Judges’ decision will be final & no discussion or correspondence will be entered into upon the results
- Any winner of Champion Garden 3 years consecutively will receive a Champion of Champions award. This entrant then retires from the Champion Garden Category
- The whole garden is judged, excepting Patio Living Area and Editable Garden categories.
- By entering the competition, you give permission for photos of your garden to be taken and used for promotional, display and marketing purposes by the Lions Club of Mareeba Inc.
- To help ensure every garden is judged in the category that best suits it, the appointed judge may move or reassign entries to a different category than originally nominated, where appropriate.
What The Judges Look For
- A pleasing first impression – few or no weeds, lack of diseases present
- Compost bins – screened or unobtrusive
- Paving, garden structures & furniture that complements, not dominates
- Good planning in the layout & selection of plants
- A tidy appearance all round, hoses etc. put away
Application
Mareeba Lions Club Inc – Contact details