Celebrating outstanding landscape architecture

by carly_midgley | March 6, 2017 10:32 am

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Earthscape Ontario earned an Award of Excellence in the multi-residential and industrial category ($100,000 to $250,000 range) for its work on this playground. Designed by Anne Gilson, the playground is located in Tagish First Nation territory and reflects the history and esthetic of its surroundings. 
Photos courtesy Landscape Ontario

Last month, the Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association[2] (LOHTA) announced the winners of its annual Awards of Excellence. Intended to encourage and reward innovation in Ontario landscaping, these awards include a broad category for construction, maintenance, and design. To qualify, projects must have been completed no more than four years ago.

Judges award projects based on qualities such as:

Winners for this year’s multi-residential and industrial commercial construction category in the $100,000 to $250,000 range were:

In the same category, but in the range exceeding $250,000, winners were:

Oakridge Landscape Contractors Ltd. was named the sole winner in this category’s $50,000 to $100,000 range, thanks to a project designed by Al Regehr. Similarly, a project designed by Lisa Leblanc of Plantenance Design earned Plantenance Landscape Group the theme garden category’s only win.

The following firms were named winners in the water features category:

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In the multi-residential and industrial category (valued more than $250,000), CSL Group earned an Award of Excellence for this extensive project, designed by Mark Zuzinjak of GSP Group. It involved substantial earthwork and reconstruction.

In special interest construction, the following firms were celebrated:

Entries[4] for next year’s competition will open July 1 and close October 1.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.constructioncanada.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2.gif
  2. Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association: https://www.horttrades.com/
  3. [Image]: https://www.constructioncanada.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CSL-Group-1476478580-copy.gif
  4. Entries: http://www.horttrades.com/awards-of-excellence---how-to-enter-online

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