Statewide Art Competition 2014

The State Botanical Garden is conducting a statewide art competition sponsored by the J.A. and H.G. Woodruff, Jr. Charitable Trust to recognize student talent in Georgia and create items for the State Botanical Garden’s Gift Shop.  The winning artist will receive $1,000. Additional awards of $500, $250, and certificates of merit are also available. Artwork awarded cash prizes will become the property of the State Botanical Garden and used to create signature items only sold in the Garden’s Gift Shop. The competition is open to Georgia students 9^th grade and above.  The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 5 p.m.

Artwork must be two-dimensional and no larger than 24” x 36.”  Entrants should keep in mind that the goal is to create items for The State Botanical Garden gift shop, such as totes, stationery, T-shirts, journals, scarves and more. Whether the art is appropriate for this use is considered in the judging. All two-dimensional media, including pencil, pen and ink, paint, photography, collage, and computer enhanced graphics, are permitted. One color designs are welcome and needed to create affordable gift shop products. The artwork does not need to be framed, but should be signed.

Winning entrants in previous competitions have not only included the expected art, graphic design, scientific illustration and photography college majors, but high school and home schooled students and college students in studies not related to art or horticulture.

For more information or to receive the complete guidelines and entry form, call Connie at 706-542-6014.

GrowIt! App Launch Event

GrowIt! Launch Event

Help create the newest plant app!

Thursday, July 17        6:00 – 7:30 pm

The State Botanical Garden of Georgia

 

GrowIt! is, a mobile app that is also social. It helps you find plants and ideas that work well in your area by connecting you to photos and comments of gardeners in the same area. It will be available in the App Store in July, but before it can be marketed on a large scale, folks around the country need to be entering data.

 

GrowIt! is an initiative of Ball Horticultural Company, but includes all plants, not just one brand. The goal is to engage the next generation of gardeners (Millennials mostly, ages 20-38).  This free mobile app is the first of its kind creating a social platform for users to promote plants they love and help others steer clear of plants that just don’t perform.  The app uses geo-locating technology in the phone to ensure that the users only see local information.  This will help ensure the next generation gardener knows what they should and should not buy so that their first gardening experience is a success.

 

To make this a successful tool for the next generation content needs to be built within the app.  An important aspect of GrowIt! is that it runs entirely on user submission with none of the digitally enhanced images that can come from big brands.  So….we need REAL images from REAL gardeners supporting a real social network.  So GrowIt! Is hosting a gathering at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Visitor Center (2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens), where garden enthusiasts from the community download the app, walk around the gardens, take photos, and rate plants. 

 

Your comments and photos will help guide new gardeners on the best plants and the ones to avoid. Check it out at www.facebook.com/growitapp or www.twitter.com/growitmobile.

Contact Connie for more information at 706-542-6014 or sbgevent@uga.edu