The Winkler Horticulture Society is getting creative to beautify the city while cutting down on hours of physical labour.

A partnership between the City, the Winkler Horticulture Society and Grandeur Housing recently resulted in a new feature at the corner of Grandeur Ave. and 15th St.

"We're always very interested to beautify the streets," Andrew Nickel, Grandeur Board President says. "It's a beautiful corner, thanks for letting us be a part of it."

The fixture will relieve the horticulture society from planting thousands of flowers at the corner.

"A dream was developed and this is reality now," Margaret Penner, Winkler Horticulture Co-Chair says, adding they've heard many positive comments on the finished product.

The location holds special significance for the society which began at the same corner in the year 2000. With $250 from the city volunteers from the society planted their first flower bed.

Since then the scope of plantings has rapidly expanded, however with an aging volunteer base they've looked to scale back on labour intensive projects in recent years. Each summer more than 30,000 flowers are planted by hand throughout the city.

"A lot of us our aging, and it's a lot of hard work to do it all," she says.

In the same vein, the society has started an ambitious project North of Highway 14. Work has begun on filling the frontage yard with antique vehicles.

Penner explains planter boxes will be placed inside the vehicles and eventually will require significantly less upkeep than large flowerbeds. The display is expected to be started this fall, and completed for next spring.

The antiques display will be located between DJ's Restaurant and New Leaf Garden Centre North of PTH 14

Many more vehicles are waiting to be moved to the location