Flex your Survival Garden by Joining City-wide Contest, Win Prizes and More
Do you have your own survival garden by now? It’s time to flex it at the Survival Garden Contest organized by City Veterinary and Agriculture Office (CVAO), Liga ng mga Barangay, and the Special Services Division of the City Mayor’s Office.
According to the Public Information Office – City of Baguio on Saturday, May 30, 2o20, this contest has been announced by CVAO Head Dr. Brigit Piok.
Furthermore, families who have existing gardens during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and General Community Quarantine (GCQ) are encouraged to join the contest.
Interested in joining? See the complete mechanics below.
Survival Garden Contest Mechanics
Survival Garden Contest Minimum Requirements
Survival Garden entry must be existing during ECQ, GCQ, and up to the judging period.
Survival Garden must be within the City of Baguio.
Community Gardens are NOT qualified as entries. Only family/household garden is qualified to submit an entry.
Commercial Farms are also disqualified to join the contest (wherein produce are being sold to trading center/BAPTC, public markets, and vegetable trucking)
Entry garden must NOT be a project funded by any government agencies like DA, ATI purposely as learning site or technology demonstration
Must NOT be an urban garden national winner/awardee
Survival Garden Contest Guidelines
There will be 2 categories/divisions of the contest namely:
In-ground garden plots/beds
Container Garden which includes:
Plant boxes
Raised beds
Vertical gardens
hanging gardens
rooftop gardens
patio gardens
Among others which involve off the ground garden layout
Barangay Officials will initially screen all the survival garden entries at the barangay level.
They shall identify the top 3 survival gardens winners in each category
The barangay shall shoulder the incentives for the winners
Only the top 1/champion per category will represent the barangay for the second level of screening/district-wide competition
All barangay entries for the district-wide contest shall submit a simple SCRAPBOOK with a compilation of photo documentation
‘Wh Questions’ Guide for Preparing the Scrap Book
What?
Basic information of the garden
Commodities/crops planted
Volume (kg) of production per harvest/cropping
Where?
Location of the garden (provide simple sketch map from the main road/barangay road to the garden)
When?
Dates when the garden was established
When it was harvested
When was the second cropping started (if applicable)
Who?
Complete name of the garden owner
Who among the family members are involved in the land preparation/potting media preparation, planting, care and maintenance, and harvesting
How?
How your garden was established
Cultural practices employed from seedling management to harvest
In case a portion of the garden has been harvested due to mature crops, availability of seedlings for the next cropping period is necessary and proper documentation/recording reflected in the scrapbook shall justify such cases.
Scrapbook of the barangay entries shall be submitted to the City Veterinary and Agriculture Office (CVAO) on June 11, 2020, until 5:00 in the afternoon.
The panel of Judges who will do the second and final level of screening shall be composed of representatives from CVAO, Mayor’s Office, DA-CAR, and Private Sector.
Assessment/judging will be done through an actual site visit in order to validate the contents of the scrapbook entry and Top 3 best survival gardens per District per category will be declared.
Only the top 1/champion per category will represent the district for the final screening/citywide competition.
The FINAL screening/citywide contest will be done by the Panel of Judges through table assessment and deliberation.
The reference document for the deliberation will be the scrapbook of the winning entries per district.
In case there is a tie, the panel of judges may conduct a validation interview to gather additional information for final deliberation
Citywide top 4 Winners and 10 Consolation Awardees per category will be declared as the overall winners of the SURVIVAL GARDEN CONTEST.
Awarding of winners will be done on June 29, 2020. Exact time and venue will be announced later by the CVAO and SSD.
Cash Prizes and In-kind Incentives
District-Wide Winners
Top 3 winner per category per district shall receive an in-kind incentive award in the form of CASH VOUCHER which they can use as payment for agricultural inputs (of their choice) with the following details:
In-Ground Garden Plots/Beds Category
Rank
Cash Voucher
1st Place
3,000.00 worth of agricultural inputs and/or tools
2nd Place
2,000.00 worth of agricultural inputs and/or tools
3rd Place
1,000.00 worth of agricultural inputs and/or tools
Container Garden Category
Rank
Cash Voucher
1st Place
3,000.00 worth of agricultural inputs and/or tools
2nd Place
2,000.00 worth of agricultural inputs and/or tools
3rd Place
1,000.00 worth of agricultural inputs and/or tools
Citywide Winners
Citywide top 4 individual winners and 10 consolation awardees will receive cash and in-kind incentives with the following details:
In-Ground Garden Plots/Beds Category
Particulars
Quantity
Unit
Cash
Cash Voucher
Total Budget
Champion
1
pax
5,000.00
3,000.00
8,000.00
1st Runner Up
1
pax
4,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
2nd Runner Up
1
pax
3,000.00
1,000.00
4,000.00
3rd Runner Up
1
pax
2,000.00
1,000.00
3,000.00
Consolation Prizes
10
pax
1,000.00
500.00
15,000.00
TOTAL
36,000.00
Container Garden Category
Particulars
Quantity
Unit
Cash
In-kind Voucher
Total Budget
Champion
1
pax
5,000.00
3,000.00
8,000.00
1st Runner Up
1
pax
4,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
2nd Runner Up
1
pax
3,000.00
1,000.00
4,000.00
3rd Runner Up
1
pax
2,000.00
1,000.00
3,000.00
Consolation Prizes
10
pax
1,000.00
500.00
15,000.00
TOTAL
36,000.00
Incentives for the Barangay
Barangays shall also have the opportunity to become proponents of agricultural programs/projects as their incentive to sustain the survival gardening project. Separate judging of performing barangays will be done by CVAO.
Top 3 Best Performing Barangays supporting the implementation and monitoring of agriculture-related projects will benefit from any of the following upcoming agricultural projects:
Backyard free range chicken
Apiary/Beekeeping
Rabbitry
Strawberry Greenhouses
Supplies and materials to support the maintenance of urban/survival gardens
Criteria for Judging
For the Best Survival Garden
Indicators
% Weight
Physical Layout, and Utilization of Available Resources
Maximum Utilization of Areas/Space
Waste Recycling Initiatives
30%
Technology Profile
Crop Diversification
Nutrient Recycling Practices
Pest Management
30%
Management and Sustainability
Water Conservation
Seed Banking/Continuous Production
Farm Family Development
Volume of Production, Economic Gains, and Social Responsibility
40%
TOTAL
100%
For Best Performing Barangays
Indicators
% Weight
Must have an existing Community Garden
20%
Submits required reports to CVAO with regards to the Survival Gardening Project
20%
Has the initiative to monitor the past implemented and/or ongoing agriculture projects in the barangay
30%
Has strong support in the promotion and institutionalization of urban agricultural development in the barangay
30%
TOTAL
100%
What do you think About this Survival Garden Contest?
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