Communities in Bloom has entered into a non-competitive judging category that will grade the “overall health” of the entire community of Davidson.

Erin Gust, treasurer of Communities in Bloom, said judges from the provincial organization of Communities in Bloom would head to town this summer to rate the beauty of various attractions in Davidson. She said the community as a whole and all community groups would be rated in order to give Communities in Bloom a “benchmark” of what the beautification of the town is and what they would need to improve on.

“What (the judges) do is they provide you with an evaluation report and there is eight key criteria that they look at,” said Gust. “There is tidiness, tree and urban forest management, landscaped areas, floral design, turf and ground cover, environmental awareness, community involvement and natural and cultural heritage conservation.”

Gust said items such as the new planters that are located throughout the town, the new garbage cans on Washington Avenue, the parks, playground, library, landfill and the reverse osmosis water system are some of the things the provincial Communities in Bloom judges will be grading. She said Davidson would not be competing against other towns in the judging, but Communities in Bloom will still put in the extra effort once the snow melts to make sure everything is as beautiful as can be.

“We don’t have an exact plan set out yet, but we definitely would like our town to look as good as it can look,” she said. “We’ll be talking to businesses and talking to other community groups and just make sure everybody is on side.”

To read more please see the April 1 print edition of The Davidson Leader.