�JOIN US ON LOCATION� Sweepstakes
OFFICIAL RULES
1. NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES.
Open and offered only legal
residents of the 50 U.S. and
District of Columbia,
who are 18 years of age or older (or 19 years of age or older for residents of
AL and NE) as of April 16, 2010. Employees and directors of The Garden Shows
Production Company, Inc. (�Sponsor�) and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising, promotion,
or production agencies (and their respective IRS dependents, immediate family
members [children, spouse, parents, siblings] and individuals residing in their
same household) are not eligible to participate. Void in Puerto
Rico and where
prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. By participating, entrants agree to these Official Rules and the
decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating
to this Promotion.�
2. HOW TO ENTER:� The Promotion
begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time (�ET�) on 4/16/2010 and ends at 11:59:59
p.m. ET on 4/16/2011 (�Promotion Period�). To enter, visit www.gardensmart.tv or www.gardensmart.com during the Promotion
Period and register to receive the GardenSmart eNewsletter �In The Dirt� and follow the directions for completing and submitting the
online Official Entry Form. Administrator�s computer will
be the official time clock for the Sweepstakes. Limit one entry
per person/address/email address per day. Any attempt at email or other Internet
entry is void. Any attempt by any person to obtain more than the stated number
of entries by using multiple/different email accounts or any other methods will
void all of that person�s entries and that person will be disqualified.
3. RANDOM
DRAWINGS:�
One (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing on or
about April 20, 2011 from among all eligible entries received throughout the
Promotion Period. One (1) First Prize winner will be selected in a random
drawing to occur the first Monday of each month throughout the Promotion Period
from among all entries received in the preceding month. Non-winning entries
will be included in subsequent drawings. The Random Drawings will be conducted
by an independent judging agency, whose decisions are final and binding in all
matters relating to the Promotion.� First
Prize winners will be notified by telephone, postal mail and/or e-mail on or
about the 2nd day of each month throughout the Promotion Period.
Grand Prize winner will be notified on or about 4/20/2011. Limit one prize per
person/household.
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6. PRIZES/ODDS/APPROXIMATE RETAIL
VALUES (�ARV�): One (1) Grand Prize: A 5-day/4-night trip for two (2) to Sponsor-specified destination to
join GardenSmart on location and have the opportunity to be in a GardenSmart TV
show: round-trip coach air transportation for two (2) people from major airport
nearest winners home to Sponsor-Specified city/destination; four (4) nights
hotel accommodations (one room, double occupancy and $500 spending money, awarded
in the form of a check.� ARV: $4,500. Travel
must be concluded within one (1) year from award date.� All travel-related expenses not set forth
herein, including ground transportation; meals, gratuities and incidental hotel
expenses are the sole responsibility of Grand Prize award recipient.� Winner must travel on dates specified by
Sponsor, which are subject to change.� Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend upon the number of
eligible entries received. �Twelve
(12) First Prizes (One (1) First Prize will be awarded each Month
throughout the Promotion period): A
one-year subscription to Fine Gardening Magazine. ARV: $30.00 each. Prizes
consist only of those items listed as part of prize. Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer
prizes.� Odds of winning a First prize
depend upon the number of eligible entries received each month throughout the
Promotion Period.�
5.
GENERAL RULES:� Sponsor and its agencies are not responsible for lost,
interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections,
miscommunications, failed telephone or computer hardware or software or other
technical failures, unauthorized human intervention, garbled or jumbled
transmissions or other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical or
electronic, including without limitation, the incorrect or inaccurate capture
of entry information regardless of cause. Once submitted, entries become the
exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.� Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or
like entry methods will void all entries affected by such methods and be deemed
tampering.� Entry material/data that has
been tampered with or altered is void.�
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to
cancel/suspend/modify the Sweepstakes portion of the Promotion if it becomes
corrupted in any manner such that it cannot be conducted as originally planned
and in such event, to select winners by random drawing from all eligible
on-line entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken
by Sponsor.� ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE
OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS IN VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
Grand Prize winner must sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and
Liability/Publicity Release (where legal) prior to awarding of prize. Grand
Prize winner�s guest must sign and return a Liability/Publicity Release prior
to issuing travel documents. If winner�s guest is a minor in the state of
his/her residence, Grand Prize winner must be his/her parent/legal guardian. If
prize/prize notification is returned as non-deliverable, or if winner is found
to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, such prize
will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. Grand Prize winner
and guest must travel on the same itinerary and have the proper travel
documents prior to departure. The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations.�
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize of equal or greater
value.� Entrants,
by participating in this Promotion, hereby waive and release, and agree to hold
harmless the Sponsor, its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates,
distributors, licensors, advertising and promotion agencies and all of their
respective officers, directors, employees and representatives and agents, from
and against, any and all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that
they may have, or which may arise, against any of them for any liability for
any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, including but not limited to any injury,
loss, damage, whether direct, compensatory, incidental or consequential, to
person, including death, and /or property, arising in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly, from their acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any
prize, or their participation in this Promotion, or any prize-related
activity.� By participating in this
Promotion, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions
of the judges.� Except where prohibited
by law, by accepting a prize, winners agree that Sponsor and its related and
affiliated companies may use the winner�s name, address (city, state),
photograph, videotape, likeness, and/or prize information for advertising,
publicity and promotional purposes and to the use of statements made by or
attributed to winner relating to Sponsor, its related and affiliated companies
or to this Promotion and grants to Sponsor and its related and affiliated
companies any and all rights to said use without further notice and/or
compensation except where prohibited by law.
6. WINNERS LIST: For names of winners, visit www.gardensmart.tv by May 1,
2011.
7. SPONSOR: Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is The Garden Shows Production
Company, Inc., 2941 Piedmont Road,
Suite F, Atlanta, GA.�