We are pleased to announce the 2025 Monarch Award Recipients. These gardens exemplify ecological gardening practices. Monarch Award recipients will receive a certificate and a plaque to display in their gardens.

Plaque for the 2025 Monarch Award winner with 2 subheads: Growing Communities of Biodiversity and Halton Region Master Gardeners
  • Allison Barnes 
  • Jessie Blake
  • Kirsten Bodenstedt
  • Mike Costanzo
  • Laëtitia Eyssartel
  • Angela Larson
  • Karen Logan
  • Michael Love
  • Jen McNeill
  • Valerie Meneguzzi
  • Amanda Powell
  • Catharine Stewart
  • Liam Thorne
  • Nikolett Toth

Participants at the Chrysalis and Caterpillar levels will receive a certificate and a garden sign to acknowledge their progress toward creating a fully ecological garden.

Plaque for Caterpillar and Chrysalis award recipients with 2 sub-heads: Toward the Monarch Award, and Halton Region Master Gardeners

Gardeners at the Good Start level will receive a certificate to celebrate the start of their ecological gardening journey.

The plaques, garden signs and certificates will be presented by Lorraine Johnson, author and advocate, at the October 15th Monarch Awards celebration.

Photos of the 2025 Monarch Recipient gardens are in the Monarch Awards gallery.

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