People rarely buy, read, watch, or follow based on claims alone. They look for proof. What other people recommend, support, and choose helps shape what they trust next.
The GardenComm People’s Choice Horti Awards turn public support into credible recognition for outstanding horticulture products, media, and creative work.
Enter a recent launch, an established resource, a longtime industry standard, or a fan favorite people continue to value. What matters is whether it earns public support today.
NOTE: GardenComm's People’s Choice Horti Awards recognize authentic work created by people. AI-generated photography, writing, video, audio, artwork, or other creative content is not eligible.
A Horti Award is not a claim you make about yourself. It is a result decided by public vote and presented by GardenComm, a long-standing organization serving garden communicators and the horticulture industry.
Independent recognition helps audiences sort through their options. Winning shows prospective customers, readers, viewers, retailers, partners, and media contacts that people have already chosen to support your work.
Reference your award on your website, product pages, packaging, media pitches, sales materials, professional biography, retailer presentations, and partnership proposals.
Help a new release build credibility, introduce an established resource to new audiences, or give a classic and longtime favorite another moment in the spotlight.
Credible mentions, reviews, references, and independent recognition contribute to the public evidence surrounding your work. A Horti Award creates a third-party reference that can be published, linked, cited, shared, and found.
A Horti Award does not guarantee search rankings or AI recommendations. It adds another credible piece of public evidence supporting the reputation of your work.
The GardenComm People’s Choice Horti Awards welcome both new and established entries.
Each submission requires a separate entry form and entry fee. Select a category below to begin. AI-generated photography, writing, video, audio, artwork, or other creative content is not eligible.
Outstanding horticulture-related video or video series that informs, inspires, educates, or engages gardening audiences.
Enter Best VideoAn outstanding product that provides meaningful value to gardeners, horticulture professionals, or the green industry.
Enter Best ProductAn outstanding horticulture-related photograph that informs, inspires, documents, or reveals the world of plants and gardens.
Enter Best PhotoAn outstanding social media presence that consistently provides valuable, engaging, or inspiring horticulture-related content.
Enter Best Social FeedAn outstanding podcast that informs, educates, entertains, or advances conversations about gardening and horticulture.
Enter Best PodcastOutstanding websites, interactive maps, digital publications, educational resources, campaigns, tools, or special projects.
Enter Best Digital ContentAn outstanding horticulture-based work of fiction or nonfiction, including gardening books, references, memoirs, children’s books, cookbooks, and novels.
Enter Best BookEntries are open now through September 1, 2026. Public voting runs September 7–21, and winners will be announced live September 24 during GardenComm’s Fall Virtual Event.
Choose the category that best fits your product, media, content, photograph, publication, or project.
Provide your contact information, public entry description, supporting link, and representative image.
Choose the $40 GardenComm member entry or the $60 nonmember entry.
After submitting the form, you will continue to the appropriate secure Stripe checkout page.
GardenComm confirms payment, completeness, category placement, and eligibility before voting begins.
The eligible entry receiving the highest number of valid public votes in each category is named the category winner.
Select your category, upload your entry information and image, and complete payment through the GardenComm awards platform.
Winning means your work received the highest number of valid public votes in its category during the current awards program.
No. Entries do not need to have been created, published, launched, or released during the current award year. Both new work and established favorites are eligible.
Yes. Established entries, enduring resources, industry standards, and fan favorites are welcome, provided they remain relevant, available, active, or accessible to the public.
Yes. Each entry must be submitted separately and requires its own entry fee.
Yes, when it legitimately meets the requirements for each category. A separate form submission and entry fee are required for each category.
No. You do not need to create an account to submit an entry.
Select the GardenComm Member option on the entry form. GardenComm may verify active membership before approving the entry for voting.
Your entry is complete after the form has been submitted, the required payment has been received, and GardenComm has reviewed it for eligibility and completeness.
Entries are open now through September 1, 2026. Public voting will take place September 7–21. Winners will be announced live on September 24 during GardenComm’s Fall Virtual Event.
The eligible entry receiving the highest number of valid public votes in each category will be named the category winner.
No. The award does not guarantee search rankings, digital placement, or recommendations. It creates a credible third-party reference that contributes to the broader public evidence surrounding your work.
No. The GardenComm People’s Choice Horti Awards recognize authentic work created by people.
Photography, writing, video, audio, artwork, narration, and other primary creative elements generated or substantially produced by generative AI are not eligible.
Routine editing and production tools may be used, including spelling and grammar review, transcription, captioning, cropping, color correction, audio cleanup, and similar technical assistance. These tools may assist with production, but they may not replace the human-created work being entered.
Limited technical assistance is permitted when the underlying creative work remains human-created.
Examples include transcription, captions, background-noise reduction, basic image correction, and spelling or grammar review.
An entry is not eligible when generative AI created or substantially replaced the photography, writing, illustration, narration, music, video, or other central creative content.
Yes. GardenComm may request source files, original photographs, drafts, project files, recording information, or other reasonable documentation when questions arise about an entry’s eligibility.
Failure to provide sufficient information may result in disqualification.
A GardenComm People’s Choice Horti Award can help a new release build momentum, give an established favorite renewed attention, and provide a credible distinction your work can carry forward.
GardenComm member entry: $40 | Nonmember entry: $60
Entries close September 1, 2026. Voting runs September 7–21. Winners will be announced live September 24 during GardenComm’s Fall Virtual Event.
