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Bento Box Garden Container Challenge
Imagine a garden arranged like a living work of art — layered, expressive, and full of delightful surprises. Join our Bento Box Garden Container Challenge and explore the concept of modular design in your own creative way, featuring curated compartments like a harmonious composition.
There’s no single formula — experiment with form, plant choices, and layout. We can’t wait to see your interpretation bloom.
Important Dates
March 20: Application for participation opens.
April 23: Last chance to submit your application to participate. Application submissions close at 12:00 noon.
April 24, 6:00 to 8:00 pm and April 25 8:00 to 8:45 am: Competition participants deliver their containers to the contest area at Blue Flame Kitchen.
April 25, 4:00 – 4:30 pm: Contestants must collect and remove their containers from the venue.
During The Market attendees and an expert panel will vote for their favourite container. Two prizes will be awarded. One for Popular Choice and one for the expert panel selection. As part of the prize package, each winner will get a $50 greengate Garden Centres gift card, a door prize and, of course, will have bragging rights.
Rules and Conditions
- Entries must be the work of the contest entrant.
- Designs should reflect a concept of modular, practical container gardening dedicated to herbs, pollinators, or seasonal interest.
- Each participant may submit one container. Maximum container size: 30 cm x 30 cm. Two entries will share table space, so keep that in mind if you plan to have the design spill outside the container.
- A container may be the work of more than one person that is collectively known as the entrant or participant.
- As a condition of entering, the Society is granted permission to use images of the entries in program and promotional material across media platforms.
- Prize winners must be able to come by the Society office at 5720 Silver Ridge Drive NW Calgary AB (Sunrise Room of the Silver Springs Community Association) to pick up their prize. Any prize not collected by May 31 will be returned to the Calgary Horticultural Society (Society) and considered the property of the Society.
- The Society reserves the right to stop accepting submissions at any time and can remove an entry from the competition if it is deemed to not reflect the positive intent of the contest to promote gardening, gardens, and plants, for example.
- Challenge details are subject to change without notice.
- A maximum of 20 entries will be accepted.
- All entrants must complete an application form.
While the entry is on display, the Society cannot be held responsible for any elements that may go missing or be changed. The Society will have volunteer monitors in the area to oversee the contests and entries.
