2025 End of Year Award Nominations
Celebrating excellence, innovation and leadership across Queensland’s nursery industry. These awards recognise the people and businesses helping our sector grow stronger, greener and more connected.
2025 Nominations Now Open
The Greenlife Awards shine a spotlight on the growers, propagators, retailers, landscapers, allied suppliers and community partners who raise the bar for our industry. Finalists and winners gain profile across the state, connect with peers and partners, and help tell a powerful story about plants’ social, environmental and economic value.
Winners will be announced at the end of year Big Spring Dinner Party on Friday 14 November.
Award Categories
- Nursery Person of the Year
- Nursery of the Year – Wholesale
- Nursery of the Year – Retail
Why Enter
- Win great prizes including a $2,500 professional development grant or one of two marketing & PR packages worth $2,500 each
- Recognition that builds trust with customers and partners
- A platform to showcase innovation, sustainability and good business
- New connections across the greenlife supply chain
Award Categories
This year, three prestigious categories will be presented:
- Nursery Person of the Year – recognising an outstanding individual whose leadership, innovation or commitment has significantly advanced the industry.
- Wholesale Nursery of the Year – celebrating a wholesale production nursery that demonstrates excellence in plant quality, business performance, sustainability and customer service.
- Retail Nursery of the Year – honouring a retail nursery or garden centre that delivers exceptional customer experience, quality plant offerings and contributes to community greening.
Who Can Enter
Greenlife Industry Queensland members and associated individuals working in or supporting nursery production, retail nursery and garden centres, landscape supply, revegetation, urban greening and allied services.
What To Expect
Entries open for several weeks, followed by first-round judging, finalists announced, finalist interviews. Winners are announced at Greenlife Industry QLD’s End of Year Celebration Event on Friday 14 November.
Queensland’s greenlife sector thrives on practical ingenuity: propagating healthier plants, building smarter production systems, and greening places where people live, work and play. The Greenlife Awards are about recognising that everyday excellence—on farm, in-store and on site—and the people who lead it. Whether you’re a family nursery trialling new cultivars, a retailer lifting customer experience, a supplier improving water efficiency, or a team opening pathways for young growers, I encourage you to enter. Your story helps lift the whole sector. Let’s celebrate the ideas, resilience and community spirit that make Queensland’s greenlife industry special.