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| Garden of Lorenzo Ferrara |
Toronto has announced the finalists of the Toronto Garden Awards 2013. The awards recognize residents, businesses and organizations for beautifying their non-public spaces. Most of the green space in Toronto is made up of front and back yards. The finalists for the 2013 awards were winners of local community garden contests during the previous year. In selecting the winners, the judges took into consideration the use of landscape, the condition and overall maintenance of the garden, the use of plant material, colour and texture, and the overall garden’s appeal. The finalist in the traditional residential garden is Lorenzo Ferrara of Strathmore Blvd off of the Danforth. Other finalists are Michael Fitzpatrick and Marilyn Ferely of Heathview Ave in North York for their environmental residential garden, where the homeowner uses environmentally-friendly garden practices and some or most of the lawn area consists of plants and/or ground cover
