2022 Garden of the Week

The Garden of the Week Winner for Week 1 is Marlene and Wayne Penner!

This is a lovely and unique garden showing lots of foliage colour and texture. The flower beds show good use of rocks and gargoyles to add further interest. The garden is extended onto the porch featuring ferns and other containers to provide a lovely sitting area.

The Garden of the Week - Week 2 Winners are Virginia and Jamie Mainprize!

This is a mature garden which has been carefully planned to create a lovely streetscape. Anchored by a columnar oak, a redbud, and a katsura tree, a variety of perennials with a blend of forms and textures, weave around the trees. There is plenty of colour, but unusually this garden is all perennial, without the help of annuals. There is evidence of spring and fall flowers, so this is a serene garden for all seasons.

The Garden of the Week Winner for Week 3 is Ingrid Cook!

Ingrid's garden is an expansive front garden. It may be shallow but showcases many shrubs, trees, perennials and beautiful pots and planters on the front porch. The garden displays a disciplined colour palette while showcasing textures, unity and harmony.

The Garden of the Week Winners for Week 4 are Judy and Rob Allison!

It is very pleasing to the eye giving a lovely soft impression. The garden uses different specimen plants with a good colour mix. Plants include blue spruce, red Japanese maple, yellow alyssum, and Blackbeard tongue Penstemon. Annuals on the front porch highlight a tranquil place to watch the garden grow.

The Garden of the Week Winner for Week 5 is John and Marlene Precious!

A lovely flowing bed with great colour composition - a repetition of burgundy, yellows and reds. Good use of focal plants (Weeping White Pine, Japanese Maple) to carry the eye through the garden.

The Garden of the Week Winner for Week 6 is Lesley and Colin Walsh!

This garden welcomes you with a variety of pretty perennials anchored by two standard hydrangeas. The owner's creativity is displayed by many garden ornaments with the focal point being a penny-farthing bike overflowing with many colourful annuals.

The Garden of the Week Winner for Week 7 is Kay and Al Zwegers!

The gardener of this corner lot has cleverly used the space for maximum use. On the corner and running down the side of the house is a mixed line of trees, both evergreen and deciduous (even a small evergreen planted by the owner from seed) which shield the front porch from the street traffic and the fearsome winds of Niagara. Leading up to the house is a mixed garden with a row of marvellous fragrant roses. Leading your eye into the centre of the lawn area is a striking sculpture of two geese. This garden is pleasing and well thought out.

The Garden of the Week Winner for Week 8 is Nancy Jackson!

Given the challenge of an odd-sized frontage, this gardener took the challenge up and has a perennial/annual planting throughout. Even with a large shade tree, there is an abundance and variety of textures. The sound of a delightful water feature takes you to the front door.

The Garden of the Week -Week 9 winners are Dena Broeders and Dave Hunter!

Their garden is a healthy mix of perennials annuals, grasses, and ground covering creating a colour palette of yellow, pinks and reds. The unique garden also features a Kouza Dogwood, Chinese Wisteria, and Hindi Cypress as focal points.