LOOKING FOR EXTRA EXPOSURE FOR YOUR PRODUCT?

Enter the novelty contest!

Submit your new products for the Green Retail Awards

At PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt everything revolves around garden plants and innovation. That is why we organize several competitions:

  • The Best Novelty (in May and in August),
  • The Best Market Innovation (in August)
  • The Visitor’s Favourite (in February and in August)

Exhibitors of PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt or the GROEN-Direkt sample fair can participate at reduced rates. Non-exhibitors can also enter for Best Novelty or Best Market Innovation.

To the right you can see current registration opportunities. At the bottom of this page an explanation of the various Awards.

27 & 28 August

Autumn Fair 2025

The participation fee is 225,- (exhibitors)
or 375,- (for non-exhibitors) for Best Novelty
and Best Market Innovation.
And 75,- for the Visitors' Favourite.

Extra attention before, during and after the fair

Participation means visibility on all fronts:

Three categories

Green Retail Awards

Best Novelty

Do you have a new cultivar ripe for the market after years of selecting and breeding? Do you want to show it to an international professional audience and be judged by an expert and independent jury? Then take advantage of the Best Novelty Award. An independent, expert KVBC jury judges the plants visually on ornamental value, such as flower color, flowering time and period, leaf color, shape of the plant, etc.. But also on characteristics such as health, propagation and uses.

JURY: KVBC jury professionals

Assessment criteria:

Best Market Innovation

Do you have an innovative or different product or concept that responds to a current market need? That is available in sufficient quantities and is designed with a particular target group in mind? Then apply for the Best Market Innovation judging. When judging the plants, the jury composed of international plant trade experts looks at the plant/concept through the eyes of the trade. Points such as shelf life, availability, responsible product and suitability to current market needs are important.

Jury: international plant trade experts

Assessment criteria:

Visitor's Favourite

Do you have a relatively new product with a clear added value over already existing products and is the product also available in sufficient numbers? Then put this product extensively in the spotlight by applying for the Visitors’ Favourite judging. The entries will be presented right at the entrance and visitors will cast their votes for what they consider to be the best new product.

Jury: visitors of PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt

Assessment criteria: