Trillium Awards

Week 3 Winner:  The garden of Jerry and Judy Heeringa at 243 Main Street East.  

This garden is located near Bartlett and Main on the north side.  Located on a corner lot, it has views from the front and side, making for an enjoyable viewing experience, although Trillium judging is focused on the front of a house.  The front door and house number are usually what designates the front of a house.  

From the sidewalk, the boxwood hedge-lined front walk pulls the eye to the house and porch, and then expands in both directions drawing one’s attention to the wide expanse of the house facade and the property.  Gardens at street side and mid-way towards the house bring the eye back to the gardens and the plantings, with white a predominant colour in the floral and shrub materials. There are specialty trees such as Japanese Maples and conifer Hemlocks, with under plantings of hostas, perennials and annuals for constant colour.  

If you are viewing this garden on a walking tour, walk around the corner and look towards Main Street, where there is an abundance of pinks, corals and reds in a beautiful display of roses and perennials.  

The Trillium Program continues to the end of August.  Nominate your garden or a garden you like.  Find out more at grimsbygardenclub.ca 

Week 2: June 9th

The Grimsby Trillium Program awarded its second Trillium last week. This year, the Program is awarding a Trillium weekly with up to five gardens nominated and judged. Judging taking place Thursday mornings with a garden receiving a Trillium award each week.

Our congratulations to this week’s winning garden - 10 Chardonnay Place - the garden of Kimberly and Kevin Marsh.

This garden is east of Bartlett, just off of Main Street E near the high school on the escarpment-side and faces east.  The two-storey house has a grand facade of curved arches and columns. Tall, clipped cedars are planted along the arched columns creating a symmetrical design with an even rhythm in the plantings.  The cedars on either side of the front porch create balance and harmony in the landscape design. This symmetry is further emphasized with sphered small cedars at the pedestrian sidewalk. Beneath the cedars are impatiens, hydrangeas and hostas creating a bounty of colour, and giving a soft landing to the cedars.  

Follow along the fence and the topiary-trimmed Dwarf Alberta Spruce catches the eye for interest. Continue to the opposite side of the yard where a raised island bed draws the eye across the front facade.  This is a garden whose colour will intensify as the season progresses and will provide for evolving and maturing enjoyment of passers-by.

Find out more about the Weekly Trillium Program at grimsbygardenclub.ca

Week 1: June 2nd

Our congratulations to this week’s winner - Rose Fuller at 35 Orchard Parkway. 

This garden is close the Escarpment facing west on Orchard Parkway.  Anchoring the sunny front lawn is a brilliant yellow Sunburst Locust. The bright yellow theme is contrasted with deep burgundy throughout the garden. The raised rock-enclosed perennial and flower garden features yellows and reds, with snow on the mountain with its white blooms. 

The raised front of the house has an extended porch which welcomes visitors with a generous seating area and a canvas-covered roof.

A notable and creative focal point is the ‘face statue’ set in a weeping spruce so it looks like hair around the face.  Beside that is a beautiful ceramic urn water feature with birds regularly visiting.

There are many more features in the garden - planter pots, beautiful Japanese Maples, and a lovely birch tree near the street.