Phase 2 Parking Ban: residential and local industrial roads in effect beginning at 7pm Tuesday, January 24. The ban remains in effect until declared over.
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Funding for Front Yards in Bloom comes entirely from sponsorship and donors
Guidelines
Anyone can nominate a front yard.
You can't nominate your own yard, but you can ask a friend or neighbour to nominate your yard. For Balconies in Bloom, we accept self-nominations and third-party nominations in the form of photo submissions.
Yards and gardens should be connected or adjacent to a residence or building that has a mailing address.
Please consult Alberta's Regulated Weeds list before planning your garden or nominating a garden that may include these species. Yards with weeds may still receive a nomination sign, but volunteer judges use the presence of weeds as one of their criteria for considering a yard for an award.
Front yards in bloom will have "curb appeal", and so should be in full view from the sidewalk - not hidden with wooden fence or locked gates.
Yards should have easy access to the walkway of the yard for volunteers to place a sign and deliver a brochure (no locked fences or gates).
Yards must contain at least 25% non-turf plants. While green lawns are quite common in Edmonton, our volunteers are placing signs only in yards where other types of plants add beauty to the area.