Welcome to Communities in Bloom Ontario
Communities in Bloom Ontario is designed to meet the needs of Ontario participants. While the Communities in Bloom program is a national affair, each province has a provincial edition from which winners move onto the national competition phase.
Whether you are a past participant or want to get your town involved, we are here to answer your questions and guide you through this process.
Getting involved is simple, fun and easy. Ontario is a beautiful place and there is a plethora of towns, cities and municipalities bursting with beauty and pride. All you need is community involvement and pride in your town.
For more information on how to participate please go here. To learn more about the program, go here.
Canada Blooms 2010, "Passions"
March 17 - 21, Direct Energy Centre
Canada Blooms: The Flower & Garden Festival invites you to visit a paradise bursting with six acres of glorious gardens in full bloom, more than 100,000 square feet of green thumb shopping and much, much more at Canada's largest and most prestigious flower and garden festival.
Interested in learning more about gardening? With four different stages going non-stop, the show offers over 200 hours of seminars, workshops and demonstrations in five days from some of the best garden experts in North America. And it's free with your admission to Canada Blooms.
Need a little inspiration or looking for ideas? Over twenty dazzling and unique display gardens are designed and built by the best of the best!
Click here to buy tickets for this exciting event.
VIA RAIL GARDEN ROUTE
Visiting a garden is like taking a trip across space... and time. As earthly expressions of a particular era, climate or culture, gardens contain secrets longing to be discovered. When you travel the VIA Rail Garden Route, you are opening yourself to the secrets of Canada's most astonishing flower gardens. Go for the pleasure of cultivating your senses, your passions... or even your garden!
Take your first steps down the garden path
Located from Victoria to Halifax, the Garden Route is a series of 15 magnificent gardens and 30 Communities in Bloom communities, all winners of the prestigious 5-Bloom award. This year, many of the Feature Garden destinations have added a number of Garden Attractions you might also like to visit so that you can maximize your ‘garden experience.’
Discover the Ontario Communities in Bloom destinations:
- Brampton
- Chatham-Kent
- CN Tower Gardens, Toronto
- Ingersoll
- Kingston
- London
- Oshawa
- Sarnia
- Southwest Middlesex
- Stratford
- Toronto
- Woodstock
Many of the gardens have organized various activities to entice the green-thumb traveller! Find out more at each location.
