1. home and garden

The City of Toronto
Scarborough District
Scarborough Trillium Garden Awards
ContestNomination Form
I nominate the following garden(s):
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Deadline date: Monday, July 6, 2015
Judging will occur in mid-July
Please print
Trillium Garden
Awards
Contest 2015
Address
Nearest major intersection
Gardener’s name (optional)
How to Submit Nominations
Category (check one):
q Residential, traditional
q Residential, environmental/alternative
There are a number of ways to submit
nominations for the Scarborough Trillium
Garden Awards. Choose the method that
works best for you:
q Condos & apartment buildings
q Commercial Property
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Address
By phone:
416 396-4862
Nearest major intersection
Return by mail or Drop off:
Scarborough Trillium Garden Awards
Parks, Forestry & Recreation
Parks Branch, Scarborough District
Scarborough Civic Centre
150 Borough Drive, 5th Floor
Scarborough ON M1P 4N7
Gardener’s name (optional)
Category (check one):
q Residential, traditional
q Residential, environmental/alternative
q Condos & apartment buildings
q Commercial Property
Name
Telephone or email
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To make additional nominations, copy this
form or use the form on our website.
Nominator contact info (optional):
Return by email:
trilliumgardenawards@toronto.ca
For more information:
416 396-4862
trilliumgardenawards@toronto.ca
Sponsored by:
Agincourt Garden Club
Scarborough Garden & Horticultural Society
Sponsored by:
Agincourt Garden Club
Scarborough Garden & Horticultural Society
The Contest
Gardeners who make our neighbourhoods
look beautiful deserve to be recognized.
That’s why the Agincourt Garden Club,
Scarborough Garden & Horticultural Society
and Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation
continue to run this competition to recognize
the outstanding gardens of Scarborough.
We are asking Scarborough residents to
nominate residential, traditional, environmental
and alternative front gardens as well as condo,
apartment buildings and commercial street
front gardens.
Garden Award Categories
Judging Criteria
Residential, traditional
a garden with a lawn
Design
• Balance
Contest winners will be honoured at an awards
ceremony in October at the Scarborough
Civic Centre.
Residential, environmental/ alternative
a garden with little or no lawn
Contest Area
Condos & apartment buildings
street front gardens
Commercial properties
businesses, restaurants
All gardens in the area are bounded by:
• Lake Ontario on the south
• Steeles Avenue on the north
Who May Nominate a Garden
• Victoria Park on the west
Anyone may nominate their own garden or
anyone else’s garden. It is not necessary to be a
Toronto resident to nominate a Scarborough
garden.
• Pickering Town Line on the east
Contest Boundaries
Victoria Park Ave.
Pickering Town Line
Steeles Ave.
• Originality
• Selection and arrangement of plants,
trees and shrubs
• Design of traffic flow
Hard Landscaping
• Use of driveway paving and walkways
• Use of stones, rocks, statuary, containers,
walls, fencing and water features
Condition & Maintenance
• Cleanliness of garden and area
• Free from disease and weeds
How to Nominate a Garden
• Good garden practices
Take a tour of your neighbourhood and
locate the most beautiful front gardens.
• Suitable ground cover
Complete the attached nomination form,
listing each garden you would like to
nominate. Use extra paper if you need more
room.
See the back of this flyer for how to submit.
Use of Plant Material
• Variety
• Spacing and balance
• Appropriate use of perennials and/or
native species
• Use of colour and texture
Lake Ontario