The winners of the first heat of the 2026 Pro Landscaper International Awards have been unveiled at FutureScape in London.

Prolific landscape designers and contractors have spent the last two days presenting their awe-inspiring projects for the Europe Heat in association with Boom & Bonheur at the Excel.

Eden Dock in the UK by HTA Design topped the City Landscape Project category, whilst Stockport Interchange in the UK by Wright Landscapes won the Commercial Project.

The winner of the Conceptual Project category was Mercy College Secondary School Sligo in Ireland by Peter Donegan Garden Design & Landscaping, and Marbella Garden in Spain by Antonio Piquera Landscape Design received the award for Residential Project Under $500k. Frensham in the UK by Landform Consultants won the Residential Project Over $500k category, and Horizon Ocean Gardens in Portgual by LJ-Group was Highly Commended.

Sixteen projects were shortlisted, with an esteemed panel of judges deciding the winner of each of the five categories. This included Phil Askew, director of landscape at not-for-profit housing association Peabody, and Ludo Pittie, director for landscape advisory at multi-disciplinary firm WSP.

Saira Ali – team leader for landscape design and conservation at the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council and president elect of the Landscape Institute – also joined alongside Mark Gregory, managing director of multi-RHS Gold medal-winning contractor Landform Consultants, and Martien Mantje, general manager at European nursery Boom & Bonheur.

The five winning projects are now through to the final, which is taking place in June 2026 at FutureScape Global in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

They will be joined by the winners of upcoming heats taking place over the coming months. The Middle East & India will be held on 9 November in Riyadh, followed by the North & South America heat which will take place on 9-10 December at FutureScape USA in Los Angeles. Two virtual heats – for Asia & Australasia and Africa – will be held virtually in February.