Awards are judged by leading landscape professionals and recognize exceptional design, installation, and maintenance in more than a dozen residential and commercial categories.

Award categories include:

Total Residential Contracting, Single family residence; Outdoor Living Area, Single family residence; Front Residential Planting and Entranceway; Residential Maintenance, Single family residence; Commercial Landscape Installation; Commercial Maintenance, programmed care 12 months prior to entry; Interior Landscape Installation; Interior Landscape Maintenance, programmed care 12 months prior to entry; Interior Containerized Plantings; Craftsmanship, Outstanding examples of craftsmanship in landscape construction, i.e. walls, decks, gazebos, waterfalls, etc.; Ecological Plantings Projects that involve the restoration, reclamation or creation of natural landscapes that contain similar functions and values of native landscapes.; Green Roof Installation; and Special Events Short term projects, (both interior and exterior) that exhibit creativity in displays (e.g., a Christmas planting, a banquet, a showroom or an exhibit).

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