About Front Yards In Bloom
Program Goals
- Recognize the efforts of all of our friends and neighbours' efforts to create more beautiful communities
- Highlight the front yards that make Edmonton beautiful
- Encourage all Edmontonians to help keep their neighbourhoods attractive places to live, work, and play
- Engage Edmontonians who want to make Edmonton more beautiful
- Raise awareness of Edmonton's participation in Communities in Bloom
About Front Yards in Bloom
- Founded in 1999 by the Edmonton Horticultural Society, Canada Post, and the City of Edmonton to celebrate attractive front yards in Edmonton
- Front Yards in Bloom was modeled after a similar program in Kitchener, Ontario
- 150 nominations were received in the first year
- Edmonton's Front Yards in Bloom is now the largest program of its kind in Canada
- Anyone can nominate a front yard, but you can't nominate your own
- In 2015, Front Yards in Bloom received 4,221 nominations
- Awards of Merit - including the top 6 winners - are announced at the annual Edmonton in Bloom Awards (usually held in August)
- Front Yards in Bloom raises Edmonton's standing in the national Communities in Bloom program
- Front Yards in Bloom is a partner program run by the Edmonton Horticultural Society, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the City of Edmonton
- Pioneer sponsor, The Realtors Association of Edmonton, has continued their support towards this program, joined by other sponsors beginning in 2015.
For More Information
| Online | Contact 311 Online |
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| Telephone | In Edmonton: 311 Outside Edmonton: 780-442-5311 |
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| TTY | 780-944-5555 |
| 311@edmonton.ca |
