Dave Thompson’s Organic Healthy Grow and kissmyaster.com join forces to sponsor the Show your Grow: Retail Display Contest. Independent garden centers and hardware stores are invited to submit images of displays that include Dave Thompson’s Organic Healthy Grow for a chance to win a bundle of prizes including visa gift cards, a featured blog spot on kissmyaster.com and more!
Whether you carry one SKU of Healthy Grow, or the full line of fertilizer products, submit your planogram or retail display for your chance to win!
The use of props and cross-merchandising Healthy Grow with your favorite plant variety is encouraged for display! Healthy Grow must be the featured fertilizer in your submission.
Visit kissmyaster.com for her tips on setting up retail displays.
Submissions are accepted now through June 1st
Finalists will be posted to the Healthy Grow Facebook page, winners will be decided by fans of Healthy Grow and announced June 15th.
E-mail marketing@healthygrow.com with questions about the contest
To learn more about Healthy Grow fertilizers, visit HealthyGrow.com
Dave Thompson’s Organic Healthy Grow® maintains a full line of organic, compost-based fertilizers, soil enhancers, and specialty mixes that create a nutrient-rich soil with beneficial microbial activity, naturally high levels of nitrogen, and other beneficial secondary nutrients, such as calcium and phosphorus, which are important to plant growth. Nothing artificial is added and the compost is never artificially heated. This is important to Dave, because for him, “The Way It’s Made Matters™”. To learn more about Healthy Grow, visit healthygrow.com.
Amanda Thomsen landscapes by day and blogs at night. Her book, Kiss My Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Fantastic Yard Totally Tailored to You, is especially popular with young gardeners for its lighthearted illustrations and laugh-out-loud descriptions that make home landscaping a less scary prospect. Her blog, kissmyaster.com, chronicles her own backyard projects in her trademark hilariously honest style. Thomsen has contributed to Fine Gardening magazine and Horticulture magazine’s blog. The new homeowner of a midcentury fixer-upper quips in her personal bio, “I live in Chicago with my family in a pup tent in the parking lot of the Chicago Botanic Garden, and I do not EVER put ketchup on hot dogs.”
Featured blog post on organic gardening blogger, kissmyaster.com
Signed copy of Amanda Thomsen’s book, Kiss my Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Fantastic Yard Totally Tailored To You
Signed copy of Amanda Thomsen’s book, Kiss my Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Fantastic Yard Totally Tailored to you
Signed copy of Amanda Thomsen’s book, Kiss my Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Fantastic Yard Totally Tailored Yo You
*First 20 entries will receive a singed copy of Amanda Thomsen’s Kiss My Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Fantastic Yard Totally Tailored to You
Fans and entrants are encouraged to share the finalist album on their personal Facebook pages with the hashtag #ShowYourGrowContest to increase their Like count!
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Show your Grow! Healthy Grow retail store display contest OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES:
ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to independent garden center stores or hardware stores in the continental United States and the District of Columbia. Entrants must be current wholesale customers of Dave Thompson’s Organic Healthy Grow. You must be over the age of 18 in order to participate in this contest.
SPONSORS: By submitting a contest entry, each entrant grants the sponsors of the contest – Dave Thompson’s Organic Healthy Grow and KissMyAster.com -- the rights to use the display images in print and online in association with the contest publicity during and after the contest in perpetuity. Sponsor shall not be obligated to use any of the display images as described in this paragraph. Failure to use the display images for a period of time after the contest ends does not constitute Sponsor’s waiver of the right to use the display images at a later time.
ENTRY PERIOD: Submissions will be accepted from March 1, 2017 through May 1, 2017. Online voting will begin May 1, 2017 and continue through May 12, 2017.
SUBMISSIONS AND ENTRY
All contest entries must be high-resolution digital photos of in-store displays that include Dave Thompson’s Organic Healthy Grow, and must not merchandise with other fertilizer or organic fertilizer brands. Cross merchandising with relevant plants and other props is acceptable.
Images must be 300dpi or higher and at least 4” X 4” in size. Each store may submit up to eight images. The pictures do not need to be professional. Stores with more than one location can submit for each location as separate entries. The submission of a cloud based link containing the files is acceptable (i.e. Google Drive, Dropbox, etc).
By submitting a contest entry, each entrant warrants that the contest entry is original, owned by the entrant and the entrant has the rights to freely submit the contest entry without restrictions. Entrant understands that the Sponsor and its affiliates will not be liable for third party claims regarding entrant’s photo submission and that it must indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor from any such claims.
Entries can be submitted on healthygrow.com/showyourgrowcontest
Submit the required information that includes
Display Image
Store Name
First Name
Last Name
Email Addres
Contact Phone Number
Store Addres
City, State and Zip
Distributor used to purchase Dave Thompson’s Organic Healthy Grow
DETERMINATION OF THE WINNER: At the conclusion of the entry period, finalists will be added to the Dave Thompson’s Organic Healthy Grow Facebook page. The sponsors will select the finalists based on the following criteria: creativity, originality, artistic merit and technical composition of the display. Final voting will be conducted by the fans of Healthy Grow. The recipient of the most likes for the top eight submissions will be selected as grand prize, second place, third place and five fourth place winners. In the event of a tie, the sponsors will select the respective winner.
Retailers are encouraged to promote the retail contest on their business and personal Facebook pages.
CONTEST PRIZES: First place winner will receive $1,000.00 Visa gift card, and a featured blog post on Kissmyaster.com. No substitutions or cash equivalents allowed and prizes may not be assigned or transferred. Second place will receive a $500.00 visa gift card. Third place will receive a $250 visa gift card. Winners understand that prizes valued at $600.00 or greater must be reported on your federal taxes and that you should consult with your tax professional as needed.
The first twenty entries submitted will receive a signed copy of Amanda Thomsen’s book, Kiss My Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Fantastic Yard Totally Tailored to You
NOTIFICATION OF THE WINNER: The winners will be contacted by phone or email following the tabulation period, but the formal announcement will occur on social media on May 15th, 2017. Sponsors will contact the winner separately to coordinate the awarding of the prizes.
Email any questions to contest@healthygrow.com
Entrants and sponsors are encouraged to use the hashtag #showyourgrowcontest for promotion of the contest.