Communities in Bloom 2019 National-International Results

On September 28, the 25th Edition of the Communities in Bloom National & International Awards Ceremonies was held in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, honouring municipalities across Canada, the United States, Belgium, Hungary, Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, and United Kingdom.

Communities in Bloom is a Canadian non-profit organization committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility, and beautification through community involvement and the challenge of a national program, with focus on the enhancement of green spaces in communities.

National Chair Bob Lewis said: “On behalf of the national committee, judges, and sponsors, we sincerely thank and congratulate the many hundreds of communities and the tens of thousands of those involved in the program over the past 25 years: their efforts have helped to green our communities and make them better places to live in, to work in … and to visit.”

National & International Award Winners

Up to 2,500: Bruderheim, Alberta

2,501 – 7,500: Merrickville-Wolford, Ontario

7,501 – 25,000: Kingsville, Ontario

International Challenge (Very Small): Usseaux, Torino, Italia

International Challenge (Small): Stettler, Alberta, Canada

International Challenge: (Medium): Nivelles, BW, Belgium

International Challenge (Large): Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Class of Champions (Small): Indian Head, Saskatchewan

Class of Champions (Medium): Rosemère, Quebec

Grand Champions: Boissevain-Morton, Manitoba

Outstanding Achievement Awards Winners

Communities in Bloom 25th Anniversary Award: Indian Head, Saskatchewan & Stratford, Ontario

Home Hardware Community Involvement Award: Maple Creek, Saskatchewan

Scotts Community of Gardeners Award: Jasper, Alberta

Communities in Bloom Urban Forestry Award: Brandon, Manitoba

National Capital Commission Floral Displays Award: Cold Lake, Alberta

Home Hardware Beauti-Tone Heritage Conservation Award: Edmonton, Alberta & Millet, Alberta

Scotts Turf Builder Landscape Award: Melfort, Saskatchewan

Natura Tidiness Award: Trail, British Columbia

Municipal World WinterLife Award: Merrickville-Wolford, Ontario

Scotts Youth Involvement Award: Bruderheim, Alberta

The Butchart Gardens Land Reclamation Award: Castlegar, British Columbia

Canadian Nursery and Landscape Association Environmental Action Award: Orangeville, Ontario

Ball International Floral Displays Award: Spello, Perugia, Italia

CiB Foundation International Youth Involvement Award: Székesfehérvár, Hungary

CiB Foundation International Community Involvement Award: Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary

For further information and to obtain photographs, please contact: bloom@cib-cef.com or call us at 514-694-8871 ext: 1

To obtain a digital copy of our magazine, please visit http://www.communitiesinbloom.ca/resource-centre/

Bloom Awards

The following is a list of Bloom Award winners. (Information displayed in the following style: Category – Rating – Special Mention / Recognition)

*Bold indicates winner
Communities are evaluated using a “bloom” rating determined by the total score of the evaluation:

• 0 to 55 %=1 Bloom
• 56 to 63 %=2 Blooms
• 64 to 72 %=3 Blooms
• 73 to 81 %=4 Blooms
• 82 % and over=5 Blooms

There are four (4) levels of 5 Blooms exclusive to the National and International Edition:

• 5 Blooms: 82 to 83.9%
• Bronze: 84 to 86.9%
• Silver: 87 to 89.9%
• Gold: 90% and over

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Up to 2,500

• Town of Bruderheim, AB – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Bruderheim School Tiger Garden
• Village of Chipman, NB – 4 Blooms – Heritage History Project with Local Seniors
• Village of Petitcodiac, NB – 4 Blooms – Petitcodiac War Museum
• Hamlet of Valhalla Centre, AB – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Community Partnerships
• Village of Wabamun, AB – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Local CiB Floral Program

2,501 – 7,500

• Village of Merrickville-Wolford, ON – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Story Trail Program
• Town of Bay Roberts, NL – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Community Orchard
• Township of Madawaska Valley, ON – 5 Blooms – Green Engagement of Youths
• City of Melfort, SK – 5 Blooms – The Meditation Garden
• Town of Prescott, ON (non-evaluated)
• Ville de Shediac, NB ** non competitive – 4 Blooms – Downtown Main Street Revitalization
• Town of Windsor, NS – 5 Blooms – Adopt-a-Tree Program

7,501 to 25,000

• Town of Kingsville, ON – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Pumpkin Parade
• Town of Amherst, NS **non-competitive – 4 Blooms – Positive Partnerships
• City of Cold Lake, AB – 5 Blooms – Floral Displays
• Town of Torbay, NL – 5 Blooms – Urban Setting Wilderness Trail

International Challenge (Very Small)

• Comune di Usseaux, Torino, Italia – 5 Blooms – Gold – Harmonious Participation of All Residents
• Town of Cavtat, Croatia 5 Blooms – Silver – Excellent Heritage Locations and Guides
• Municipality of Jasper, AB – 5 Blooms – Silver – Grassroots Waste Reduction
• Town of Tignish, PE – 5 Blooms – Silver – Maintaining and Sharing Cultural Traditions

International Challenge (Small)

• Town of Stettler, AB – 5 Blooms – Silver – Heartfelt Collaboration
• Comune di Spello, Perugia, Italia – 5 Blooms – Silver – Exceptional Community Involvement with ‘Le Infiorate’
• Občina Zreče, Slovenia – 5 Blooms – Silver – Edible Gardening

International Challenge (Medium)

• Ville de Nivelles, BW, Belgium – 5 Blooms – Silver – Parc de la Dodaine
• Leighton-Linslade in Bloom, Bedfordshire, UK – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Pages Park Community Garden
• Malahide, County Dublin, Ireland – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Malahide Castle Botanical Garden & Butterfly House
• Municipality of Mosonmagyaróvár, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary – 5 Blooms – Bronze – “Tiny Hands, Magic Gardens”
• City of Stratford, ON – 5 Blooms – Silver – Ted Blowes Memorial Pollinator Peace Garden

International Challenge (Large)

• City of Coquitlam, BC – 5 Blooms – Silver – “Coquitlam Crunch”
• City of Barrie, ON – 5 Blooms – Silver – Tall Trees Park – Forestry Education Initiative
• Halesowen In Bloom, West Midlands, UK – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Leasowes Walled Garden
• City of Lexington KY, USA – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Town Branch Commons
• Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Children’s Floral Competition
• Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, AB – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Public Art Program in Parks

Class of Champions (Small)

• Town of Indian Head, SK – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Community Garden
• Village of Ashcroft, BC – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Street Banners
• Town of Hanna, AB – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Communities in Bloom Support of Tree Planting
• Town of Kinistino, SK – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Tidiness

Class of Champions (Medium)

• Ville de Rosemère, QC – 5 Blooms – Gold – Community Gardens and Vegetable Planters
• City of Summerside, PE – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Interactive Wayfinding Banners
• City of Trail, BC – 5 Blooms – Silver – The White Garden

Grand Champions

• Municipality of Boissevain-Morton, MB – 5 Blooms – Silver – Historic Mural
• City of Castlegar, BC – 5 Blooms – Silver – Columbia Avenue Street Redevelopment

Special Attractions – Evaluated (non-competitive)

• International Peace Garden, MB – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Capital and Major Improvement Projects
• Société du parc Jean-Drapeau, QC – 5 Blooms – Silver – Espace 67
• Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, AB – 5 Blooms – Silver – Tourism Experience: Dedication to Authenticity

Circle of Excellence – Evaluated (non-competitive)

• City of Abbotsford, BC – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Pencil Patch – Connecting Students to Agriculture
• City of Edmonton, AB – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Heritage Conservation
• Town of Orangeville, ON – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Utility Box Wrap Artist Program
• Town of Maple Creek, SK – 5 Blooms – Bronze – Landscape Integration
• Town of Millet, AB – 5 Blooms – Silver – CP Railway Garden Beds

Circle of Excellence (non-evaluated)

• Town of Antigonish, NS
• Village of Forestburg, AB
• Town of Pincher Creek, AB
• Town of Aylmer, ON
• City of Beaumont, AB
• Town of Fort Erie, ON
• Town of Gibbons, AB
• Village of Pugwash, NS
• City of Sarnia, ON
• City of Brandon, MB
• City of Brooks, AB
• Municipality of Lambton Shores, ON
• City of Leduc, AB
• Municipality of South Huron, ON
• Strathcona County, AB
• City of Charlottetown, PE
• Town of Minto, ON
• Town of Sussex, NB
• City of Dauphin, MB
• Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
• City of Westmount, QC
• Town of Essex, ON
• City of Oshawa, ON
• Town of Yarmouth, NS

Thank you to our Volunteer National & International Judges:

• Evelyn Alemanni
• Andrea Bocsi
• James Bourgeois
• Berta Briggs
• Lucy Chang
• Richard Daigneault
• Susan Ellis
• Larry Hall
• Annie Houle
• Tina Liu
• John Lohuis
• Lorna McIlroy
• Mauro Paradisi
• Anne-Marie Parent
• Alex Pearl
• Colleen Stockford

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Thank you for your involvement: “Within the context of climate change and environmental concerns, communities involved in the Communities in Bloom program can be proud of their efforts, which provide real and meaningful environmental solutions and benefit all of society.”

Communities in Bloom is made possible by

• The commitment of local, provincial and national volunteers
• The support of elected officials and of staff in municipalities
• The dedication of our judges, staff and organizations
• The contribution of our sponsors and partners