City Of Creve Coeur: Beautification Awards

Press release from the City of Creve Coeur:

February 6, 2022

2022 BIENNIAL BEAUTIFICATION CONTEST

The City of Creve Coeur Horticulture, Ecology and Beautification (HEB) Committee encourages all Creve Coeur residents, community groups and local businesses to participate in the biennial Beautification Contest.

AWARD CATEGORIES

• Best in the City
• Best Common Area
• Best Use of Natives
• Best Use of Small Space
• Best Curb Appeal
• Most Outstanding Tree
• Best Stormwater Solution/Rain Garden

The biennial Beautification Contest is open to all Creve Coeur residents, community groups and local businesses. All submissions can include up to four digital photographs identified by address. The HEB Committee serves as contest judges. Winners will be notified by mail and announced in the resident newsletter.

SUBMIT A NOMINATION

Nominations for the 2022 Biennial Beautification Contest are due May 27, 2022. Judging will occur on June 13, 2022 , weather permitting. Submit a nomination!

For more information, contact Janet Rueschhoff at jrueschhoff@crevecoeurmo.gov or (314) 872-2511.

9TH BIENNIAL BEAUTIFICATION CONTEST WINNERS

The City of Creve Coeur Horticulture, Ecology and Beautification (HEB) Committee is proud to announce the Beautification Contest Award Winners for 2018. All Creve Coeur residents, community groups and local businesses were encouraged to participate in the biennial Beautification Contest, which was judged in June 2018 by the HEB.

BEST IN CITY

Carol Costigan’s multiple gardens earned her the “Best in City” designation this year. Carol has turned a steep, sloping lot into multiple levels of sun and shade gardens. A peaceful waterfall drops into a charming, secluded pond in the backyard.

BEST CURB APPEAL

Dennis Green
The gardens at Dennis Green’s home are charming, full of interesting sights at each nook and cranny. Beds hold brightly colored annuals, perennials and even a charming wishing well. All these visual components earn Denny “Best Curb Appeal.”

BEST USE OF SMALL SPACE

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
Small spaces can have a huge impact. In the center of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church is a Prayer Garden. The serene small space wows!

MOST OUTSTANDING TREES

Bradley Shanker
Tree perfection resides at Bradley Shanker’s home. The sheer quantity and quality of blue and green evergreens, deep crimson Japanese Maples and bright green Gingko trees overwhelm visually. The “Most Outstanding Trees” call themselves home here.

BEST CONTAINER

Creve Coeur Racquet Club
What do you do when you have tennis courts, pool decks and brick walks? You plant containers! Creve Coeur Racquet Club has containers beautifying all spaces that can’t be gardened. Huge containers of Elephant Ears, Santolina, Sunpatiens and “Eyeball Plant” bring punch and color to these spaces and earn Creve Coeur Racquet Club “Best Container” status.

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