The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) celebrated the 2026 APL Award winners during an event on Friday 13 March with over 600 members of the landscaping and garden design industry.

Created by the Horticultural Trades Association, this year’s awards were the biggest to date, hosted by garden designer Peter Donegan and APL general manager Phil Tremayne for the second year.

Darren Hawkes, award-winning garden designer, delivered a key-note speech, running through his career from actor to designing gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Tremayne says:

“The APL Awards are the highlight of my year, where I get to join my colleagues in celebrating the outstanding achievements in landscape design and recognise the talented landscapers and garden designers in our membership whose creativity and skill transform gardens across the UK.”

The judging panel evaluated 125 finalists across 22 categories, chaired by Bob Sweet from BBC Gardeners’ World Live.

In total 27 awards were taken home, with Landform Consultants taking home the Supreme Winner title for Berkshire Garden.

The winners are as follows:

The Landform Matthew Bradley Memorial Cup

Els Tisserand

Project Value under £20,000

The Botanical Gardener with Firth Gardens

Project Value £20,000 – £35,000    

Habitat Landscapes with Old Priory House

Project Value £35,000 – £50,000

Roger Gladwell Landscapes with Curvey Garden

Project Value £50,000 – £65,000    

Landcraft Landscape & Design with St Anns Villas

Project Value £65,000 – £80,000

J & S Scapes with Meadow Way

Project Value £80,000 – £100,000

Surrey Hills Landscapes with Treetops

Project Value £100,000 – £175,000

Shirescapes Ltd with Oxfordshire Family Garden

Project Value £175,000 – £250,000

WW Landscapes Ltd with Ashurst House

Project Value over £250,000

Landform Consultants Ltd with Berkshire Garden

Soft Landscaping

Raine Garden Design with the Perennial Country Garden

Hard Landscaping

Nordland Landscapes with Meridian Cottage

Overall Design and Build

Landform Consultants Ltd with Frensham New Build

Commercial Garden

Landform Consultants Ltd with Shoe Lane

Maintenance

Creative Landscape Company Ltd with Riverside property in Berkshire

Biodiversity & Sustainability

J & S Scapes with Radnage

Decking Feature

Kingfisher Decking Ltd with Woodstock

Swimming pools (Natural and Inground)

Ellicar with Contemporary Circular Natural Pool, Marlow

Outdoor Living

Designscape with Beneath the Palms

Waterfalls and pond features

Habitat Landscapes Ltd with Two Waters

APL Collaboration

Tina Vallis Design and Frogheath Landscapes with Driveway to garden transformation

Designer category value under £75,000

Alice Meacham Gardens with Bay House

Designer category value over £75,000

Designscape with Beneath the Palms

Designer of the Year

Designscape

APL Supplier of the Year

Bury Hill Landscape Supplies

APL Rising Star

Archie Matthews

APL New Company of the Year

Avery Landscapes Ltd

Supreme Winner

Landform Consultants Ltd with Berkshire Garden