Vibrant Virden is Virden's new community beautification program.
Through volunteer support and dedication, the program will focus on the following in 2025:
- Support the existing Community Garbage Clean Up.
- Help plant and maintain select Town of Virden flower gardens.
- Collect nominations for Virden's Best Gardens.
- Organize Open Garden Tours.
- Renew the well-loved community culture of Virden In Bloom.
For updates and details, visit the Vibrant Virden Facebook page here.
A big thank you to the volunteers supporting Vibrant Virden. Your dedication to helping make the community beautiful is recognizable and greatly appreciated. To be involved with Vibrant Virden or find out additional information, please contact the committee at: vibrantvirden@gmail.com.
Virden's Best Gardens Contest
Submit entries for beautiful residential and commercial garden spaces. Sign up your own green space or nominate a neighbour. Prizes to be awarded and winners will be featured in the Virden Empire-Advance.
Enter any or all of the available categories:
- Fruit and vegetable
- General (flower, ornamental, etc)
- Business/store front
Contest deadlines are July 18 and August 22, 2025.
Submit nominations or questions to vibrantvirden@gmail.com. Nominations are to include the participant's name, physical address of the space and a method of contact.
*Scotts Canada and Communities In Bloom required signed authorization to use photos of the winners on their social media.
Open Garden Tours
On July 20, Open Garden Tours will be hosted by the Virden Garden Club and Vibrant Virden. Complete details to come.