Streetscape Mississsauga Judging Underway

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• Streetscape Mississsauga Judging Underway

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• If you havent seen him (the Gnome) yet,
  you will soon enough! The Gnome and Streetscape
  Mississaugas 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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!!

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• 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