Trillium Awards

Each year, the City of St. Catharines recognizes individuals who have helped beautify our community through the Trillium Awards. Review the Community Choice Award category, view photos of the seven nominated front-yard gardens and vote for your favourite. The Trillium Awards help continue the tradition of the City of St. Catharines as the Garden City of Canada.

2024 Trillium Awards ceremony

The 2024 Trillium Awards ceremony took place on Monday, Sept. 23 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Market Square, 91 King St.

40th annual 2024 Trillium Awards winners

These 14 St. Catharines' residential property owners and the St. Catharines Downtown Association's Streetscape and Sustainability Committee were honoured with the City's 2024 Trillium Awards!

2024 Mayor's Award

13 Foxglove Ave.

2024 Green Leader Award

St. Catharines Downtown Association's Streetscape and Sustainability Committee

Awarded to the St. Catharines Downtown Association's Streetscape and Sustainability Committee for their leadership on projects to transition planting beds along St. Paul Street to sustainable, pollinator-friendly perennial plant materials, and a mass tree planting project on City property near the downtown trailhead for the Twelve Mile Creek trail system.

2024 Community Choice Award

315 Pelham Rd.

2024 Civic Beautification Awards

Merritton Ward – 339 Queenston St. and 22 Grove Ave.
St. Andrew’s Ward – 66 Tunis St. and 46 Highland Ave.
St. George’s Ward – 260 Grantham Ave. and 181 Niagara St.
St. Patrick’s Ward – 12 Chaplin Ave. and 5 Russell Ave.
Grantham Ward – 16 Duncan Dr. and 429 Grantham Ave.
Port Dalhousie – 38 Timber Lane and 22 Ramsey St.

Award categories and details

Check out the award categories and descriptions for each of the Trillium Awards. We only judge front yard gardens to protect our residents and evaluators.

Community Choice Award

This year, seven front-yard properties in St. Catharines vied for the 2024 City of St. Catharines Trillium Awards Community Choice Award!

The Trillium Awards Community Choice Award virtual voting is now closed.

Thank you to the hundreds of residents who voted for their favourite front-yard garden in our Community Choice virtual vote.

Mayor's Award

The Mayor's Award goes to the best front yard garden out of the nominations that we receive.

Civic Beautification Award

We issue two Civic Beautification Awards for every ward in the City of St. Catharines. For more information view our ward map. This award goes to a property that has put in effort to create a front yard landscape that is environmentally sensitive while contributing to the beautification of Garden City.

Evaluation criteria

We'll review the following criteria during the evaluation process:

Design features, including originality and creative thought
Use of native trees and shrubs
Pollinator plants
Use of mulch or rain barrels
Implementing edible gardens into the landscape while contributing to neighbourhood curb appeal
Special features, highlights or extraordinary efforts

Green Leader Award

This award is given to an individual or community organization for making a significant contribution to greening the community and inspiring others.

Photo Gallery: 2024 Trillium Awards winners will appear here on the public site.