Marco in Bloom - 2024

The City of Marco Island’s Florida Friendly Landscape Award

Promoted by the Marco Island Beautification Advisory Committee

Submitted by the Marco Island Beautification Committee
 

With the objective of encouraging the planting and beautification of landscapes compatible with our unique South Florida climate and weather conditions, every year the Marco Island Beautification Advisory Committee promotes the Marco In Bloom contest among homeowners, homeowners associations and businesses.

Florida Friendly and Florida Native plants are encouraged while always matching the right plant with the right place. The Florida Friendly or Naturalized plants are plants that can establish well in Florida, but the place of origin is outside Florida. Florida Native plants naturally occur in our region. Through the years, these plants have developed dependent relationships with wildlife, fungi, and microbes within our environment.

This year the properties to be included in the contest are Residential single-family homes, personally and professionally landscaped, a new category of Residential single-family homes built 1980 or before, personally and professionally landscaped, Cul-de-sacs, Condominiums, and Commercial/Public Buildings.

Property owners can self-nominate their residences or nominate their neighbors. Visitors and residents are welcome to participate by nominating a property.

The criteria to select each year’s winners are creativity, use of color and contrast, adherence to Florida Friendly and Florida Native plants and foliage, minimum use of standard Florida grasses, water conservation and curb appeal.

Nomination forms can be found on the Marco Island City Website - https://www.cityofmarcoisland.com/bc-bc/page/events-and-activities. Nomination forms should be completed by March 18, 2024 and submitted with one to two photos via email to julie@mac-jules.com. Winners will be announced at the April 22th City Council meeting. Contest winners for the past three years are not eligible to participate.