Communities in Bloom

Flower of the year

This year's flower is the orange marigold.

Each year, the National Communities in Bloom organization selects a featured flower colour, and the local Communities in Bloom committee selects a flower that grows well in the RMWB.

The 2024 Flower of the Year was announced on Sept. 30, 2023 – on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Wood Buffalo Communities in Bloom committee members will pack 6,000 seed packets to be distributed at various locations across the region.

Find a pick-up location near you:

• Jubilee Centre (9909 Franklin Ave., Fort McMurray)
• Wood Buffalo Public Library (1 C.A. Knight Way, Fort McMurray)
• Corridor Shops & Events (8233 Manning Ave., Fort McMurray)
• Fort McMurray Heritage Society (1 Tolen Dr., Fort McMurray)
• Spoiled Rotten (122 Millenium Dr., Fort McMurray)
• Guitar Hair Dezignz & Esthetics YMM (102 307 Athabasca Ave., Fort McMurray)
• Mini Green Haven (#21 8520 Manning Ave., Fort McMurray)
• Vista Ridge All-Seasons Park (1 Spruce Valley Dr., Fort McMurray)
• Dorothy McDonald Business Centre (94405 Fort McKay Road, Fort McKay)
• Rural municipal offices:
  • Anzac Municipal Office (237 Stony Mountain Rd., Anzac)
  • Conklin Municipal Office (244 Northland Dr., Conklin)
  • Janvier Municipal Office (110 Opportunity Way, Chard)
  • Fort Chipewyan Municipal Office

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.

The Nominate Your Neighbour summer program is now closed.

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.