Be a Communities in Bloom Member!

Becoming a Member of Communities in Bloom Alberta is easy! Communities have the choice of being evaluated by our Evaluation Team of judges or not. The spirit of Communities in Bloom is Growing Great Places Together – that is our goal!

Provincial judges evaluate the communities on the six program criteria and award a bloom rating from 1 to 5 blooms (5 being the highest ranking). A provincial awards ceremony held in the fall celebrates the communities with a certificate of their bloom rating.

The Quiet Explorer!

In 2025 we launched a pilot project called The Quiet Explorer. This program is for registered non-evaluated member communities.   As our judging team travels about Alberta in the summer we have the opportunity to visit many communities – sometimes it’s a simple drive through, sometimes we are in a community for a day or more.    The Quiet Explorer program allows our judging team members to take a look at a community, like a tourist might, and reflect on the community.  Every community has fabulous attributes – we want to see and recognize those!  This is NOT a full evaluation, but rather a set of observations from very discerning eyes!  A paragraph or two within each of the Evaluation Categories, and maybe a picture, that describes the observations.   From the community’s perspective there is no set date or time – you won’t know when a Quiet Explorer is visiting your community.

Communities register in one of several categories each year, beginning in January:

  • Quiet Explorer – for communities that would like a simple evaluation, but are not ready to take on a full evaluation. This is also a good option for communities wanting to take a breather from the full evaluation process. This option maintains your community’s CiB membership, along with the simplified evaluation. Judges visit the community as a tourist might – the community will not know when they are coming and are not expected to do anything special.

What Communities in Bloom Means to Our Community

Questions?

Do not hesitate to contact us!

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