The awards are open to any member of the Interior Plantscape Association across Australia and New Zealand.

Entry for 2026 awards opened on 1st June 2026, and will close on 30 September 2026.

Winners will be announced in November 2026

Participants for small, medium and large installations are invited to submit up to twenty photos of an installation they have completed during 2025-26, accompanied by a written submission of up to 1,000 words.

Sustainability award is open to interior plantscapers who have implemented sustainable solutions and products in their business.

Sustainability practices in a project
Open to interior plantscapers who have implemented sustainable solutions and products in any installation.

Long-term project
Open to projects that have been in place for two years or longer. The number of plants should reflect the project’s scale and demonstrating how the plants have been managed and sustained effectively over time

Professor Margaret Burchett Emerging Leader
This award recognises an outstanding emerging leader who demonstrates leadership, innovation, and professionalism while making a meaningful contribution to their workplace.

Entrants will be charged a modest fee (plus GST) for each entry they submit.

• Small Project: $200 per entry + GST
• Medium Project: $300 per entry + GST
• Large Project: $500 per entry + GST
• Business Sustainability: $200 per entry + GST
• Sustainability Project: $200 per entry + GST
• Long Term Project: $200 per entry + GST
• Professor Margaret Burchett Emerging Leaders: $100 per entry + GST

Yes! Members are able to enter the awards more than once, provided each entry is for a new installation, or for sustainability.

This means that members can enter the same category more than once e.g. a member could submit entries for two separate small installations.

Members can also have multiple entries across different categories e.g. a member may submit entries into the small, medium large and/or sustainability categories if they choose.

The awards will be judged by an independent panel of horticultural and design experts. This will be a ‘blind’ judging process. As such, any content in either the photos or written submission that indicates who the entrant is will be removed before our judging panel receives each submission.

Yes absolutely! Over the coming weeks, we will be approaching those associated with the indoor plant hire industry (e.g. suppliers) to sponsor the awards. Sponsors will receive a range of benefits, including having their branding included prominently in all of the social media and other communications that are sent out throughout the year to members in relation to the awards.