Communities in Bloom

2017 Judges Tour

2017 marked the 23rd anniversary of the national Communities in Bloom program. In July, Edmonton hosted two national judges who toured our city's programs and organizations in the Canada 150 category that help to make our city a greener and more beautiful place to live.

Highlights:

• Muttart Conservatory
• University of Alberta:
  • University of Alberta Botanic Garden
  • Green & Gold Garden
  • Organic Grower's Guild Garden 
• Historical gardens at the Fort Edmonton Park
• The Front Yards in Bloom program
• The new Chinese gardens at the John Walter Museum 
• The perennial planters at the downtown bike network
• The Shaw medicine wheel garden
• The Alberta Legislature building
• Edmonton Living Rooms project
• The Root for Trees initiative

Judges also met representatives from:

• Edmonton Horticultural Society
• Edmonton Community Foundation
• Sustainable Food Edmonton
• City operations and facilities (including Archives, Beautification & Greening Initiatives, and Horticulture)

Representatives from Edmonton attended the Communities in Bloom National Symposium in Ottawa, where they found out the City's bloom rating of 89% in the Canada 150 category.