Eston Communities in Bloom

ESTON COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM “Flowers are the music of the ground from earth‘s lips spoken without sound.”

- Edwin Curran

Arlene Janzen Communities in Boom Volunteer Judge

Eston Communities in Bloom, winner of the Saskatchewan Communities in Bloom Floral Displays Award by SPRA!

Eston is the longest participating community in the Saskatchewan Communties in Bloom program. Similar to other participants, floral displays are a focus of the group. Although all aspects of the program are important, flowers provide that WOW factor that everybody sees. Flowers can quickly brighten up your main street, provide a cheerful entrance to businesses and create that beautiful space that attracts residents and tourists alike. Most of us will likely agree, that we would rather be in a world with flowers, than a world without.

Eston Communities in Bloom has a long history of maintaining floral displays throughout the community - including hanging baskets on Main Street, planters near their iconic Gopher and more. “Each year the Eston CiB group plants several flower displays - 6 large concrete planters, 14 large reservoir planters, 20 hanging planters, and additional oak barrel planters. The Parks and Recreation crew help out with watering the hanging reservoir planters twice a week. All remaining water reservoir planters are filled regularly by the CiB volunteers, along with the task of additional mid-week and weekend watering of all planters. The floral displays can be found along our town’s Main Street, along the highway coming into town and at the entrance to our sports grounds and a few other high traffic areas. These planters add great visual appeal and enjoyment for residents and visitors.” - Val Mohan, with Eston Communities in Bloom Eston’s floral displays are wonderful contributions of colour in the community. They are cheerful and make the community a happy place to be - which is all the more important as people are spending more time at home and in their community!

Eston is community with many volunteers and residents that recognize the importance of making their community

a great place to live! ■