It’s time to spruce up your property.  Judging for the Yard of the Week starts on Sunday. Yard of the Week has been a Communities in Bloom initiative since 2011.  Judges look at each yard in Thompson, and score the greenery. Bea Shantz with the organization says there are four different categories they judge.

"They include design, plant material, accessories and maintenance.  By design we simply mean looking at the arrangement of plants and trees and various things on the yard.   The plant material...is it in good health?  If there are accessories in the yard, do they enhance the appearance?  And then,  of course, maintenance to be sure everything is taken care of."  
 
Judges will visit the different areas of Thompson throughout the summer. They begin on Sunday with Deerwood and Riverside, then with Eastwood and the townhouses after that. For more information on the categories or when your area will be judged call Bea at 677-3713. To volunteer as a judge contact the TRCC.