Best Front Forward is a beautification and biodiversity enhancement campaign for 'front-yards', running
March-October 2026.

Best Front Forward aims to build more front yard spaces that are full of life, colour, friends, and resiliency. This program includes easy and simple steps you can take to re-imagine your front yard as a place that contributes to your community.

This recognition program involves more than 30 landscaping and community building initiatives that residents and business owners can complete.

If your front yard contains at least 15 of these 30+ initiatives, submit the registration form below to receive a GOLD STAR for your front yard!

Privately owned front yard areas have the potential to be significant community-building spaces that contribute to your neighborhood and to nature. While still being a private space, front-yards are a window into what you value and how you feel about community.

Let’s put our best front forward—one front yard at a time!

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Best Front Forward: Front Yard Tours

A Summer Celebration of Local Front Yards & Gardens!

Join us this summer as Nature Centre staff lead two Front Yard Tours showcasing some of the most creative, sustainable, and beautiful front yards in our community!

• July 28 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

• August 19 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

• Cost: $10 per tour | Transportation provided!

Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just love to admire an inspirational front yard, this tour is for you! Come connect with fellow garden lovers, gather ideas for your own space, and celebrate the beauty of biodiversity in our neighborhoods.

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Discover the 2025 Best Front Forward Yard Map!

This map showcases some of the Gold Star front yards from the 2025 BFF campaign!

Please enjoy visiting these yards for inspiration and to enjoy their beauty, but please respect the homeowner’s privacy. Do not enter front yards and please do not take intrusive photos.