Communities in Bloom

Nominate Your Neighbour

The Nominate your Neighbour program recognizes residents for contributing to community beautification throughout the summer and winter months.

Those nominated:

• Will receive a recognition lawn sign and certificate from the Wood Buffalo Communities in Bloom Committee.
• Will be entered to win Scotts Miracle Gro products.
• May have photos of their nominated homes or businesses shared on municipal social media accounts.

Stay tuned for the summer edition of Nominate your Neighbour - coming June 2025!

Flower of the year

Get ready to dig in – the 2025 Flower of the Year is all about edible gardens!

Each year, the National Communities in Bloom announces a fresh, fun theme, and this time it’s all about edible gardening. Our local Communities in Bloom team has handpicked plants that thrive right here in the RMWB.

Stay tuned to find out what flower has been crowned the 2025 Flower of the Year!

Growing great places together

Wood Buffalo Communities in Bloom is the local chapter of the national Communities in Bloom program. Communities in Bloom is a Canadian non-for-profit organization committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification through community involvement and the challenge of a national competition, with a focus of enhancing green spaces in communities. 

In 2022, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo received 5/5 Blooms and was named the winner of the International Challenge in the Medium/Large category with a special mention for Cultural and Natural Heritage and Indigenous Community Involvement. The region also received two outstanding achievement awards, the Communities in Bloom Heritage and Conservation Award and the National Capital Commission’s Plant and Floral Displays Award.

The awards recognized the efforts of staff, council appointed committees, community organizations and countless volunteers in creating initiatives that engages, enhances, and beautifies the region.