The City of Toronto Etobicoke York District (whatever that is) has a ‘Great Garden Contest’ each year. This year, our front garden was nominated and has achieved 1st place in Ward 6 (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) in the Traditional garden category (the other category is Alternative/Environmental garden). Yay!! According to the letter we received, over 330 nominated gardens were judged during the months of July and August by judges from local horticultural societies – Etobicoke, Roselands, Swansea, and Westway. I’m a member of Roselands, by the way, but I confess I’m a terrible member. I don’t go to any meetings or other events – except the annual plant sale, which is excellent.

2nd in our ward for traditional garden is 65 Jellicoe Avenue and 3rd is 105 Thirteenth St. In the other category in our ward, 19 Paula Blve is 1st, 166 Hillside Ave is 2nd and 55 Burlington St is 3rd.

For the entire district, the big winners are: Best Garden of the District – 291 Beresford Ave. 1st runner up is 27 Sagres Cres.

We’re going to figure out where the other winning gardens are and go check them out!

We appreciate that our garden is getting a little recognition. Each year we try to find ways to improve it. Here are a few photos taken at different times during the summer.

Summer Garden

The Bench Garden

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