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 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 »
Rob Howard, garden writer for the Hamilton Spectator, wrote a piece on the Monarch Awards in the “Opinion” section of the Saturday October 12 edition. Here’s the text and photos… Read more »
On Wednesday October 9, 2019, Monarch Award recipients were presented with plaques and certificates by Mayor Fred Eisenberg. This is the second year that the awards have been presented at… Read more »
From the 33 Monarch Award applications we received this year, field judges visited 14 gardens and, after careful review, have named the 2019 award recipients. Under the new non-competitive format,… Read more »
A new article today from Hamilton’s Pollinator Paradise Project. Author Beatrice Ekoko quotes several of this year’s Monarch Award hopefuls who tell and show what they love about their gardens…. Read more »
On Tuesday September 19, 2017 at Hamilton city hall, Mayor Fred Eisenberger presented Monarch Award winners with their plaques. All of the winners or their representatives were in attendance to… Read more »
Mayor Fred Eisenberger will be honouring the winners of the 2017 Hamilton Monarch Awards at a ceremony at Council Chambers (City Hall), to take place on Tuesday, September 19th at… Read more »
The 2017 Monarch Award winner is Amy Taylor. Amy, a 2016 finalist who lives on Edgemont Street North in Crown Point, is a herbalist and tea-reader who has an eclectic… Read more »
Do like walking or cycling (or even driving) in your neighbourhood? Maybe you know of some nearby houses with nature-friendly gardens. The Monarch Awards could use your help on the… Read more »