Do you know the important steps which should be followed for making your garden unique in some way that make it stand out from the rest? You must visit http://www.toemar.ca/streetscape-mississsauga-judging-underway/ and you will come to know about it.

1. Streetscape
Mississsauga
Judging
Underway

2. If you haven’t seen him (“the Gnome”) yet,
you will soon enough! The Gnome and
Streetscape Mississauga’s expert judges have
been visiting various residential gardens all
over the city in search of that winning
garden. Here is an inside scoop of what the
gnome and judges consider to be a potential
winning garden.

3. Judges tend to favour more complex gardens
with a mix of evergreens, shrubs, perennials and
annuals, but there are always exceptions to
every rule. Judges also look for gardens that are
unique in some way that make it stand out from
the rest.

4. As the judges come and visit your garden,
you can simply avoid losing points by
taking a couple of simple steps such as:
· Using artificial plant materials in the
garden or in planters.
· Lack of maintenance such as uncut grass,
no weeding and deadheading, poor pruning
techniques, clutter or garbage left in the
garden.

5. You also have to keep in mind that there is no
such thing as a perfect garden because
gardening is always changing. To manage pets,
disease, and better environmental friendly
practices, chemical products used in the past
are no longer considered to be an option.

6. More gardeners today are incorporating
environmental methods into their garden
maintenance e.g. leaving grass clippings on
the lawn; leaving seedheads on plants as a
wildlife food source etc. In recognition of
these issues, Streetscape judges will be more
lenient when judging general maintenance, in
the following ways:

7. · Gardens will not be penalised for spent
flowers, fruit or leaves on the ground, unless
they are diseased, as these are part of the
natural garden cycle.
· So long as a lawn is generally healthy, some
lawn weeds are acceptable. Weeds in flower
beds are not.

8. · Spent flowers and seedheads may be left on
plants if they have a decorative quality or if
they provide a food source for wildlife.
General deadheading will still be required.
What we are expecting is that you use
judgement and common sense in
maintaining your garden, without
necessarily striving for a pristine appearance
so Good luck and Good Gardening!!

9. For more information on Streetscape
Mississauga, you can visit them here. For
other advice on landscaping, please contact us
and we will be more than happy to help you
out.
http://www.toemar.ca