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Richmond Hill Blooms

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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 Webinars

Participants will hear from expert gardeners on how to design, plant and maintain beautiful and bountiful gardens. 

Layered Designs for Natural Gardens with eco-landscape designer Sean James - Thursday, June 16, 7 - 8 p.m. - Register here!

  • With the expanding trend toward landscaping to enhance all forms of life, the question becomes – how? This webinar will delve into the best plant choices, design considerations, native vs. non-native plants and finer details relating to creating habitat in your yards.

Gardening with your Kids with former RHGHS president Patty Carlson - Tuesday, July 12, 7 - 8 p.m. - Register here!

  • Looking for an outdoor activity to do with your children this summer? Discover how to make gardening fun with children and teach them the basic principles of gardening.

Garden Maintenance with Master Gardener Debbie Coleman - Thursday, August 18, 7 p.m.- 8 p.m. - Register here!

  • Now that you’ve planned and planted your garden, you can sit back with a smile on your face and enjoy the fruits of your labour. Find out what to do to keep that garden looking its best all summer and into the fall.

Front garden recognition program - nominations now open!

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

How to nominate a garden for recognition 

Fill out and submit the online nomination form by Friday, July 15, 2022. Please be ready to provide the address(es) of the garden(s) you are nominating, along with your name, address, telephone number and email address. Entries should not include holiday decorations and must include horticultural features visible on the front garden.

NEW this year, each nomination must include a photograph of the garden you are nominating. Photos will be used for shortlisting purposes only and will not be shared publicly. See 'Photo submission criteria' below. 

Nominate a Front Garden for Recognition

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

Photo submission criteria

  • You can submit one photo per nominated garden. Please ensure you have permission to take photos of any garden that isn't yours
  • The photo must be in landscape (horizontal) orientation
  • Ensure the photo encompasses the entire front garden
  • No pets or people must be shown
  • Acceptable file formats are JPG or PNG (maximum file size 5 MB)
  • Photo must be submitted via the online nomination form (photos sent via social media or email will not be accepted)

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.

How-to gardening videos

  • Tips for Planting an Annual Basket
  • Tips for Planting an Annual Barrel

2021 winning gardens

We had a record turnout in 2021! Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to our winners! Please enjoy the beautiful winning front gardens in the gallery below. 

Ward 1

1st Place

75 Sandbanks Drive
Ward 1 First place winner

2nd Place - Tie

54 Craigleith Crescent

Ward 1 2nd place winner

21 Verdi Road

Ward 1 2nd place winner

3rd Place

30 Raintree Crescent

Ward 1 3rd place winner

Ward 2
 
1st Place 

299 Browndale Crescent
Ward 2 1st place winner

2nd Place - Tie

5 Stephenson Gate

Ward 2 2nd place winner

288 Neal Drive

Ward 2 2nd place winner

3rd Place

131 Stephenson Crescent
Ward 2 - 3rd place winner

Ward 3
 
1st Place

1 Joplin Gate
 Ward 3 - 1st place winner

2nd Place 

28 Frybrook Crescent
Ward 3 2nd place winner  


 

3rd Place - Tie

178 Shirley Drive
Ward 3 3rd place winner 

71 Ava Crescent

Ward 3 3rd place winner

Ward 4
 
1st Place

22 Stockbridge Avenue
Ward 4 1st place winner 

2nd Place 

19 Moraine Ridge Avenue
Ward 4 2nd place winner  

 

3rd Place 

49 Naughton Drive

Ward 4 3rd place winner

Ward 5
 
1st Place

71 Pemberton Avenue
Ward 5 1st place winner  

 

2nd Place - Tie

2 Rathfon Crescent

Ward 5 2nd place winner

187 Castle Rock Drive

Ward 5 2nd place winner

3rd Place 

95 Weldrick Road East Unit 79
Ward 5 3rd place winner 

 

Ward 6
 
1st Place

152 Duncan Road
 Ward 6 1st place winner

2nd Place - Tie

6 Ronald Avenue

Ward 6 2nd place winner

3 Avonlea Place

Ward 6 2nd place winner

3rd Place - Tie

8 Caymus Street

Ward 6 3rd place winner

1 Quetico Street

Ward 6 3rd place winner

 

 

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