Greater Victoria Flower Count

A congratulations to , our 2026 Photo Contest Winner! Here is her winning photo 🩷📸

Thank you to everyone who counted and captured their floral discoveries this year. You helped spread spring cheer across the region and nation!

Pictured here is viburnum, a shrub known for blooming in late winter to early spring, often on bare branches. They appear in dense clusters and emit a sweet fragrance, turning pink to deep purple in the spring, then green in the summer, and burgundy in the fall.

Congratulations to Connie for winning a stay at the Fairmont Empress. Until next year, Flower Counters! 🌸

And the Bloomingest Classroom of the 51st Greater Victoria Flower Count is... 🥁

Ms. Ng's Class, from Campus View Elementary, coming in with an UNPRECEDENTED 41,674,200,303 blooms counted! 💐

Each student from Ms. Ng's class will be admitted a free trip to in style: escorted by .A._Limousines! Colour us green with envy. A big congratulations to these students! 🏆🌱

We'd like to thank all the hard-working classrooms from the participating schools of Districts 61, 62 and 63 who helped make Flower Count a success. We saw a new level of enthusiasm coming from our students this year, and it's safe to say that Flower Count is only growing and growing! Thank you all for our Bloomingest year yet! 💪🌸

District of Saanich | Greater Victoria School District | Destination Greater Victoria

🌹👑 And we have a winner! 👑🌹

The Bloomingest Community of 2026 title goes to Saanich, with 43,369,515,424 blooms counted! 🏆
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What an exciting blossom battle - we could hardly predict the outcome! 💐 Much of District of Saanich's success this year is thanks to their enthusiastic schools and students who were hard at work counting neighbourhood blooms!

The 51st Annual Flower Count resulted in a grand total of 86,268,791,360 blossoms counted by hard-working flower lovers, with submissions spanning across 14 municipalities in Greater Victoria 🌺⁣
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Thank you to everyone who counted flowers in your communities this year. You helped spread spring cheer across the region, and we look forward to counting with you again next spring!

It's the last day of Flower Count 🎉

Are you going outside for a flower stroll today? We are currently witnessing a fierce blossom battle between Victoria and Esquimalt. The gardening gloves are off! 🧤

You have until 4PM today to submit your count - it may just be the perfect day to go check out a local public garden! Here are our top picks on why they call us the Garden City:

🌹 The Butchart Gardens (pictured here)
💐 Abkhazi Garden
🌼 Beacon Hill Park
🎍Finnerty Gardens at University of Victoria
🌸 The Gardens at HCP
🪻 Hatley Gardens at Royal Roads University

We're pulling up to our flower finale with a beautiful blossom battle between City of Victoria - Local Government and Esquimalt!

On Tuesday, Victoria assumed the lead from Esquimalt - but these next few hours will determine who the Bloomingest Community of Greater Victoria really is. Will Victoria take home the golden flower crown once again?

Make sure to visit the link in our bio and submit your count before our 4:00pm deadline 🌹🌷🌼🌸

We did a on Sunday, of our gardens that surround the and , and came up with 294!

Then we used the official guide for our bush and got 1294!

Here’s to increasing ’s score of the , although it appears leads on that score.😀💐

Thanks to parks staff and our volunteer gardeners for ensuring we’re blooming where we’re planted!


Greater Victoria Flower Count Destination Greater Victoria

Can you bee-lieve over 17 billion blooms have been counted already?! 🐝 And there are still two days of Flower Count left until CHEK News announces the final tally!

Going petal-to-petal are Esquimalt, who has crawled up to the top of the leaderboard at incredible speed! City of Victoria - Local Government sits in second place with only a small change from yesterday, and Saanich (Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce) sits pretty at third.

Did you go on a flower walk today? Get those steps in and those blooms counted, then head to https://hubs.li/Q04671Y50 to submit your count. 🌸

Did you know? This year's Flower Count coincides with the launch of a fundraising program to help sustain Victoria's iconic hanging flower baskets 🧺🌺

The Hanging Basket Donation Program provides a voluntary way for residents, businesses and organizations to help maintain this longstanding tradition and brighten our downtown streets. Donations can be made at the Destination Greater Victoria Visitor Centre (812 Wharf Street), online through victoria.ca, or in-person at City Hall (1 Centennial Square). Learn more about how you can contribute at flowercount.com or victoria.ca! 💐

📍City of Victoria - Local Government