City Beautification

Lemieux’s Landscape Feature in a Garden

This category is to recognize the creativity and use of unusual items or usual items used in unique ways.  The garden could include common items such as rocks, boulders, wood, sheds, doors, walls, fences, benches, arbors, statues, bird houses etc. or unusual items such as bowling balls, mirrors, murals, antiques, bikes, bed frames, nautical items, etc. Use your imagination!  These items should highlight or be a part of the garden theme.  It gives gardeners a chance to be creative, artistic, and unique.  Does not include ponds.

Judging criteria:

• Are the items the vocal point of the garden?
• Are items used to highlight or include garden?
• Is there use of colour or no colour?
• Do plant heights work well with object?
• Is there creativity?
• How is the item included?
• Is the item unique, unusual or original?
• Has an ordinary item transpired to extraordinary?
• Does it put a smile on your face?

• 2015 City Beautification Awards