Testimonials

• “Thank you to all the volunteers and members of the group for such a wonderful program!” (Monarch Awards participant)
• “Just want to thank the organizers and supporting gardeners who help each year to make this event grow. I am honoured to have my garden acknowledged as a contribution to biodiversity and will be proud to display my sign next year. I hope it will start more native plant and organic gardening conversations with my neighbours!” (Monarch Awards participant)
• I love that my garden is helping. I am helping pollinators, I am helping birds and wildlife, and I am helping the earth. It’s also my own special place that I made with my own two hands. I turned a barren lawn into a thriving patch of biodiversity, buzzing with life! Also – it doesn’t hurt that native plants require almost no effort on my part once established.
• I put off applying for a few years but I want to encourage others by talking about it (this type of gardening) – the awards enable me to be an advocate, and an enthusiastic one. AL
• This award shows to my neighbours that what I am doing with my garden is important and valued. It is a validation! KL
• The impact of the Monarch Awards is encouragement! Also, conversations are triggered with passers-by and it is a way to education others.
  My joy comes from all the learning that I gain CS
• The Monarch Awards give people permission to garden the way they want – for the environment. By combining that with beauty it leads to public by-in. SJ