Congratulations to the 2024 Monarch Award recipients! Since 2016 the Monarch Awards have recognized and celebrated Hamilton’s ecological and native-plant gardeners. This year there were 26 applicants. Twenty one gardens… Read more »
The Hamilton Monarch Awards are going biennial! This means that we will be taking a break for 2023 and returning for the summer of 2024. Here’s why… All the Monarch… Read more »
Congratulations to the 2022 recipients of Hamilton’s Monarch Awards garden recognition program. Out of 24 applicants, six will receive a full Monarch Award and eleven will receive a Caterpillar level… Read more »
Monarch Award garden visits are happening soon! Lots of them! Of the 30 applications received, 24 gardens have been selected to receive a visit from the Monarch Awards review team…. Read more »
Did you know that the application deadline is always at midnight on the day of summer solstice? This year (2022) that’s Tuesday June 21. It’s the longest day of the… Read more »
Gardens are bustin’ out! Get out there, take some photos (or use some from last season) and apply for a Monarch Award. The deadline is June 21– only ten days… Read more »
Working on your garden? Keeping nature in mind?Apply for a Monarch Award! Each year the Monarch Awards program recognizes gardeners who want their gardens to not only LOOK good but… Read more »
Congratulations to the 2021 recipients of Hamilton’s Monarch Awards garden recognition program. Out of 26 applicants, three will receive a full Monarch Award and ten will receive a Caterpillar level… Read more »
COVID-19 could bring you a Monarch Award May 18, 2021. With the extension of Ontario’s stay-at-home order, Hamiltonians have gained another few weeks of uninterrupted time in their gardens. What… Read more »
Bees, Butterflies, Plants, Raingardens and More! Mark your calendars and rsvp today! Happening on Sat. March 20 from 10am – noon, Gardening for Nature is a free workshop/webinar for gardeners… Read more »