Richmond Hill Blooms

Richmond Hill Blooms is a program designed to encourage residents to play a role in beautifying our community by creating attractive, colourful and well-maintained front gardens and recognizing them.

Free Gardening Workshop

Why Gardeners are Healthier Humans - featuring Frankie Flowers

Thursday, September 15, 7 - 8 p.m. at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge Street

At this workshop, host and well-known TV personality, Frankie Flowers, will show you why gardeners are healthier humans by exploring lessons learned from around the world
We'll announce this year's winning gardens in each ward. Plaques will be distributed at this event
You will have the opportunity to speak with local garden experts and learn more about the City’s parks-related and environmental initiatives
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Front garden recognition program

Nominate your own front garden or the front gardens of family and friends in Richmond Hill!

How to nominate a garden for recognition

The 2022 nomination deadline has passed. Thanks to everyone that nominated a front garden for recognition!

Shortlisted gardens for 2022 are posted below. Winning gardens will be announced in the fall. Subscribe to this page for updates by clicking 'Receive email updates' below.

Important 2022 dates:

Nomination period: Friday, June 10 – Friday, July 15, 2022
Nomination sign drop-off period: Wednesday, July 20 – Friday, July 29, 2022 (dates are subject to change)
Shortlisting: Shortlisted gardens will be posted to this webpage the week of July 25, 2022.
Judging period: Tuesday, August 1 – Friday, August 12, 2022

Judging

Every nominated residential front garden will be acknowledged with a recognition sign for their garden as part of the Richmond Hill Blooms program two-step judging process. Following this recognition, the best gardens will be shortlisted. The Richmond Hill Garden and Horticultural Society (RHGHS) will then select the top three gardens per ward based on the Ontario Horticultural Association's Garden and Special Planting Criteria.

The top three front gardens in each ward will receive a winner's sign for their garden, a plaque and recognition on this webpage. Winners are announced in the fall.

To ensure fairness and provide equal opportunity for all residents, 2021 first place winners in each ward will be ineligible from winning first, second or third place for a period of one year. They can still be nominated, however, they will not be considered for the top three gardens in their ward in 2022.

How-to gardening videos

2022 Winners

title 1

1st Place: 69 Worthington Avenue
2nd Place: 95 Snowy Meadow Drive
3rd Place Tie: 57 Rossini Drive
3rd Place Tie: 8 Walkview Crescent

Ward 2

1st Place:

43 Elmpark Court

2nd Place:

131 Stephenson Crescent

3rd Place:

104 Cartier Crescent

Ward 3

1st Place:

14 Westpoint Court

2nd Place:

261 Kimono Crescent

3rd Place:

32 Queensway Drive

Ward 4

1st Place: 210 Tower Hill Road
2nd Place Tie: 10 Candlelight Drive
2nd Place Tie: 119 Oxford Street
3rd Place Tie: 139 Libby Boulevard
3rd Place Tie: 23 Yuan Drive