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The Landscape Design Council (LDC) of Massachusetts announced the recipients of three awards it granted at the 2010 Boston Flower Show:
Earthworks (Leverett, Mass.) won Landscape Design Award I, and the Emily Seaber Parcher Award.
Michael Jardin Fine Gardens (Lakeville, Mass.) won Landscape Design Award II.
Earthworks is a full-service landscape-design and construction company that creates large stone hardscapes and uses flowing water and unusual combinations of perennials, flowering shrubs and trees to complete distinctive gardens. Founder Michael Mazur is a garden designer and stone sculptor.
Earthworks?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,?? flower-show exhibit made use of large stones, a large torii-style gate, a water feature and attractive woody and perennial plantings. The judges commented on the outstanding use of stone, the integration of plants and hardscape and the skilled balance of large specimen plants.
Earthworks also won the LDC?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s Landscape Design Award I in 2004 and 2006.
The LDC?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s Emily Seaber Parcher Award, given for excellence in landscape design of a naturalistic garden, was also awarded to Earthworks for the same exhibit that won the Landscape Design Award I. The judging panel called the ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????naturalistic design a true feast for the senses?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? and applauded the ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????integration of New England granite, falling water and plants in an artistic, yet naturalistic, setting.?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? Earthworks previously won the Emily Seaber Parcher Award in 2006
Michael Jardin Fine Gardens (Lakeville, Mass.) won the LDC?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s Landscape Design Award II for the effective use of garden ornament, water features, specimen trees, or topiary in a creating good design. This handsome flower-show exhibit also included a large granite torii-style gate, but, in granting the award, the judges focused on a large circle made up of several flat stones pieced together, planted with low-growing greenery, and surrounded by water. The panel described it as ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????Plants vein through a stone circle that is beautifully set within a moss-ringed reflecting pool.?EUR??,,????'?????<????????
Jardin has won many awards at flower shows and from organizations such as the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He is known for his ability to force perennial and woody plants into bloom for display, and his exhibit showcased this skill.
The LDC panel of judges comprises Virginia Lopez Begg, Mary Bowen Nokes and Frances Y J Wheeler.
Visit the winning exhibits at www.thebostonflowershow.com.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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