SEA SOIL™ Contest Winners

Best Container (2008)

Arlene Birmingham

Best Container Winner

Best Hanging Basket (2008)

Caroline Watts

Best Hanging Basket Winner

Barbara Award (2008)

Marlene Manson

Barbara Award Winner

Honourable Mention (2008)

Gary Baker

Honourable Mention Winner

Best Flower Garden (2007)

Bernice Wong

Regular applications of SEA SOIL™ as a top dressing each spring give Bernice Wong a winning flower garden. Features of the garden include a 20-year-old maple, which is nourished by a bag of SEA SOIL™ each spring. Also in the garden are a 7-year-old President; 4-year-old Nelly Moses, Jack Manii and Ville de Lyon clematis, and vibrant lilies, all shown below.  

7-year-old President

4-year-old Nelly Moses

Jack Manii and Ville de Lyon Clematis

Vibrant Lilies

20-year-old Maple tree

Best Container (2007)

Mike Brady

Mike Brady won for this colourful container garden.  

Mike Brady’s winning Best Container

Best Vegetable (2007)

Burkhard Dressler, Nanaimo, BC

Burkhard Dressler of Nanaimo grew this 3.5 kg kohlrabi after adding SEA SOIL™ to his garden. Prior to using SEA SOIL™, the largest kohlrabi he'd grown weighed 2 kg. 

Best Vegatable, a 3.5 kg kohlrabi

Best Yard (2007)

Sandy Glazier, Qualicum Beach, BC

Sandy Glazier of Qualicum Beach won the Best Yard award for this flourishing garden. "We started landscaping from scratch last winter and planted spring 2006," Sandy explained. To enrich the sandy and rocky soil in the 3/4 acre garden, Sandy applied 85 yards of SEA SOIL™. Despite being taken on a misty Saturday morning, the photos demonstrate the beauty of the property.  See more about this winning entry.

Best Yard Photo No. 1

Best Yard Photo No. 2

Best Yard Photo No. 3

Best Yard Photo No. 4

Barbara Award (2007)

Alan Makarchuk

Alan Makarchuk received the Barbara Award for producing these two massive vegetables in his SEA SOIL™ garden. The pumpkin weighed 587 pounds and the squash weighed 428 pounds. 

Alan and his 587 lb. pumpkin

Massive pumpkin and squash side by side