PGMS Calls for 2006 Green Star Award Submissions

The Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) is now accepting entries
for its acclaimed Green Star Awards. The Green Star Awards program brings
national recognition to grounds maintained with a high degree of excellence. The
program complements other national landscape award programs that recognize
outstanding landscape design and construction by saluting the grounds
superintendent responsible for maintaining a well-manicured landscape year
round.

Grounds management professionals can choose among 15 categories: small sites,
residential landscapes, public works sites, shopping areas, hospitals or
institutions, government buildings or complexes, cemeteries or memorial parks,
industrial, commercial sites or office parks, recreation areas or playgrounds,
university and college grounds and many more.

There are two classes of awards — the Grand and the Honor. Only one Grand
Award will be given, while judges may grant as many Honor Awards as they deem
deserving.

The deadline for entries is Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, and the entry process is
simple. Just fill out the entry form and submit the payment and entry to the
PGMS office.

The cost is $150 for PGMS members and $225 for others. For a reduced rate of
$275, non-members may join PGMS and enter the contest. There is no limit to the
number of categories an organization may enter. Only digital photographs are
accepted, along with brief descriptions of each. There are many elements of the
highly recognized contest that may be best depicted in photographs taken
throughout the seasons.

Each winning entry will be honored at the 2006 Awards Banquet in Columbus,
Ohio, on Saturday, Nov. 4 at the conclusion of the Society’s 2006 School of
Grounds Management and Green Industry Expo scheduled to take place at the
Greater Columbus Convention Center from Nov. 1-4.

Further information on the awards, including an official entry form,
qualifications, a full explanation of categories and a list of past award
winners, is available online at www.pgms.org/greenstarawards.htm.