Awards
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Entries for 30 Under 30 Awards: The Next Generation 2022 are now open
Pro Landscaper’s 30 under 30 is back for its eighth year. So far, we have celebrated 210 winners from a variety of sectors within the industry – from sales to arboriculture, construction to design, or maintenance to landscape architecture. The awards highlight not only the up-and-coming talent within the industry, but also the diversity of horticulture and those working within it. Propelled into the landscaping limelight, previous winners have been able to achieve even bigger and better things since collecting their awards. Jim Wilkinson, Pro Landscaper’s managing director, said: “We’re proud to be launching the Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30:…
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Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2022 winners announced
The winners have been revealed for the Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2022. These awards bring together the landscaping community for an afternoon of celebrating the excellent standards set within the industry. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards are the only industry awards which focus on how well companies run their business. Profitability, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, commitment to the landscaping sector, and client/supplier relationships are all areas reviewed as part of identifying the shortlist and overall winners. Sixteen awards were presented at the fifth annual ceremony which took place at East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, on Friday 22nd April. View the full…
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Shortlist announced for the Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2022
The Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2022 shortlist has been announced. The winners will be announced on Friday 22 April 2022 at the East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf, London. Pro Landscaper’s managing director, Jim Wilkinson, commented: “Lisa and I would like to congratulate the companies shortlisted in this year’s Pro Landscaper Business Awards. It’s an amazing achievement and one that you should all feel very proud of. “This year, our fifth, has seen an influx of entries across the board, and these awards really do reflect all the different aspects of all the UK landscaping sector. “Good luck to the judges…
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Pro Landscaper Business Awards: Deadline fast approaching (ten days left)
Could you be a winner? The deadline to enter the Pro Landscaper Business Awards is 31st January (just 10 days to go!) After an enormously successful event last year, celebrating the excellent standards set within the landscape industry, we’re looking towards The Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2022 returning to East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf on 22 April 2022. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards are the only industry awards focusing on how well companies run their business. Profitability, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, commitment to the landscaping sector, and client/supplier relationships are all areas reviewed as part of identifying the shortlist and overall…
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Winners of the SGD Awards revealed
The Society of Garden Designers has announced the winners of the ninth annual SGD Awards at a live event in London celebrating standout projects from across the industry. The most prestigious award of the night – The Grand Award – was presented to Sara Jane Rothwell MSGD for a stunning sloped garden in London which the judges described as a ‘sexy, avant-garde design which has been flawlessly executed’. Kristina Clode won the coveted Judges’ Award for a school sensory garden and renowned garden designer, author and broadcaster David Stevens FSGD was presented with the SGD Lifetime Achievement Award marking a career that spans over…
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Shortlist revealed for Pro Landscaper’s small project BIG IMPACT Awards 2021
Pro Landscaper has revealed the shortlist for its small project BIG IMPACT Awards. For the third year in a row, the awards will celebrate projects with a value under £30k, which often go underappreciated. This year marks a huge development for the Pro Landscaper small project BIG IMPACT Awards. With FutureScape moving to the ExCeL and taking place over two days, the awards will be an afternoon ceremony held at the event, complete with lunchtime drinks and canapes, on Tuesday 16 November. Jim Wilkinson, managing director, said: “Pro Landscaper’s small project BIG IMPACT awards just keeps getting better and better.…
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VIDEO: The Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2021
The Pro Landscaper Business Awards took place at East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf on 30 July 2021. The event brought the landscaping community together for an afternoon of celebrating the high standards set within the landscaping industry. Among the winners were: W Crowders & Sons Ltd, Sarah Eberle Landscape & Garden Design, Maylim Ltd, Tony Benger Landscaping Ltd, Glendale Services, Landscapia Ltd, Connick Tree Care, Acre Landscapes Limited, VaRa Garden Design, Mitie Group PLC, Green-tech, ASA Landscape Architects, and Ground Control. After an enormously successful event this year, we’re looking towards The Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2022 which will return to…
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Pro Landscaper Podium Awards 2021
The Pro Landscaper Podium Awards, created to celebrate excellence in podium landscaping and design. As one of the fastest-growing areas for the landscaping market, podium landscapes will play a huge role in the future of construction in the UK, and this country will be a global leader in this specialism. This year, we have increased the number of categories. 2021’s Pro Landscaper Podium Awards will see landscape architects, garden designers and landscapers battle for 7 awards. The categories are: Residential Commercial Public Retail Hospitality Future Project Podium Product The awards will be taking place at central London Venue ExCel on…
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Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2021 winners announced
The winners have been revealed for the Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2021. These awards bring together the landscaping community for an afternoon of celebrating the excellent standards set within the industry. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards are the only industry awards which focus on how well companies run their business. Profitability, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, commitment to the landscaping sector, and client/supplier relationships are all areas reviewed as part of identifying the shortlist and overall winners. Fifteen awards were presented at the fourth annual ceremony which took place at East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, on Friday 30th July. View the full…
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Pro Landscaper Business Awards going ahead on 30 July 2021
The fifth annual Pro Landscaper Business Awards will be taking place on the 30th July 2021 (just 17 days to go!) The celebration will be held at East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf, and tickets are still available here: BUY TICKETS – Pro Landscaper Business Awards or you can call us on 01903 777570. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards aim to recognise and celebrate the business aspect of fantastic companies across the UK. Join over 400 industry colleagues and revel in the success of you and your peers with an afternoon of networking, good food and celebration. Now with over 15…
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Pro Landscaper Business Awards delayed until 30 July 2021
As we all thought the government has postponed ‘freedom day’ until 19th July (though this may be bought forward to the 5th July). This, of course, means that we are having to delay announcing and celebrating the Pro Landscaper Business Awards winners until Friday 30 July 2021. This is not ideal but unfortunately out of our control. Boris Johnson has promised that 19th July is a termination date of any restrictions. On the bright side, The 4th annual Pro Landscaper Business Awards will be an exceptional event. We have some excellent shortlisted companies, the food at East Wintergarden is delicious…
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BALI National Landscape Awards are open for entries
Accredited members can now enter the 2021 National Landscape Awards, the largest of their kind anywhere in Europe, and with the announcement of entries opening there are also a number of exciting opportunities for 2021. Due to the effects of COVID-19, Contractor, Designer and International members, for 2021 only, now have the opportunity to submit a scheme that has achieved practical completion in the last 24 months, instead of the normal 12 months affording members more flexibility in what has been a difficult year. With sustainability becoming increasingly important within the industry, alongside the 32 categories available to enter, a…
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Pro Landscaper’s small project BIG IMPACT Awards launch for 2021
Entries are now open for Pro Landscaper’s small project BIG IMPACT Awards 2021. The ceremony will take place at FutureScape Expo 2021 on Tuesday 16 November from 12pm-2pm. This initiative heralds the smaller projects that often slip under the radar or don’t qualify for entry in the industry association awards due to size or value. This year, Pro Landscaper has raised the budget limit from £25,000 to £30,000 in four of the seven categories. A new category – Sustainable Garden under £30,000 – has also been added for 2021. The ‘Big Impact’ of each entry will be appraised by leading…
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Shortlist announced for the Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2021
The Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2021 shortlist has been announced. 2021 saw a 90%+ increase in entries on last year, and the judges will spend time analysing the entries to come up with a winner in each of the 14 categories. The winners will be announced on Friday 25 June 2021 at the East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf, London. You can now book your tickets to attend here. The companies on the shortlist are as follows: Arboriculture Company Thompson Tree Services (Midlands) Ltd Glendale Managed Services Connick Tree Care Beechenlea Maintenance Ltd Advanced Tree Services Ltd Arbor Cultural Commercial Landscaping…
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Trades Coach and Pro Landscaper writer crowned as UK’s best business woman
The Trades Coach, Alison Warner, has been named as UK’s Best Business Woman for her pioneering work transforming trade and construction businesses. Alison was recognised for changing the fortunes of businesses across the UK, coaching owners to come off the tools and dramatically increase their turnover. Alison is also founder of the UK’s first online business academy for the industry – Build and Grow – launching to popular acclaim in January 2021. Alison was one of just 2 business coaches to make it to the finals of the UK’s Best Business Women Awards beating thousands of entries from across the…
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New RHS awards celebrate blossoming community spirit
The RHS will celebrate community gardening across the UK through the RHS Community Awards. The new virtual awards replace the RHS Britain in Bloom UK Finals competition for 2021. This is for the first time in the campaign’s 57-year history. It will see Britain in Bloom groups recognised for their efforts to transform their local areas. Last year nine in every ten groups carried on gardening, maintaining our all-important green spaces and harnessing their skills to help others, from growing food to lifting people’s spirits via imaginative planting displays. Walthamstow Village, London, shared virtual tours of their…
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McWilliam Studio wins Gold & Best in Show at Shenzhen Flower Show
McWilliam Studio has been awarded a gold medal and best in show at the 2021 Shenzhen Garden Festival. This is for their garden ‘Between Heaven and Earth’. The festival celebrates design talent, showcasing gardens for each of China’s regions. This helps to promote regional identity. Designers from the UK, US, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, the Philippines, Lithuania and South Africa took part. McWilliam Studio won a competition to create a garden that would best represent host region Shenzhen. They beat off proposals from four other firms including two based in China. Inspired by Shenzhen’s rapid development, ‘Between Heaven…
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Jim Wilkinson comments on the 2021 APL Awards
As we sat down last Friday evening waiting for this year’s APL awards to kick off, we were disappointed not to be in London as it is a day that the team really enjoys. In fact it was the last live event we attended in 2020, (not then realising quite such a momentous occasion it would become) and we’re now looking forward to when we will all gather for another spectacular day in 2022. Back to this year’s virtual event, (bearing in mind we have sat through many virtual awards in the last 12 months and even hosted a couple)…
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APL Awards 2021 supreme winner awarded to Landform Consultants
The annual APL awards ceremony, sponsored by Bradstone, took place virtually for the first time in the awards history on Friday 12 March. The platform was specially created by Events Engineering to capture the APL Awards spirit of celebration and recognise the outstanding landscaping carried out by members of the APL. Landform Consultants Ltd took the Supreme Winner award for their project: Cottonmill Spa Garden, Sopwell House Hotel. This entry was also the winner of the Commercial Garden category. Sopwell House is a privately owned hotel, which in recent years has invested in making elements of the hotel very high end. The spa was the latest project. A member’s only luxury spa complex complete with its own gated spa garden, designed…
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FutureScape VIRTUAL 2020 shortlisted for award
FutureScape VIRTUAL 2020 has made the shortlist for a Digital Event Award. The event, which happened in November 2020, is up for the gong in the Best Digital Exhibition category. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FutureScape EXPO 2020 was converted into a digital event. over 3,000 industry professionals logged in over the three-day event. ‘Visitors’ could attend a host of seminars, visit virtual exhibitor booths and network via video link. FutureScape event director Jamie Wilkinson commented: “It wasn’t the show we wanted last year. But to know that the second-best we could offer has been shortlisted is fantastic news. “There’s…
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Horticulture trainees shortlisted for Lantra Scotland’s ALBAS 2021
Four horticulture trainees have been shortlisted for Lantra Scotland’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (the ALBAS). The winners will be announced at a virtual ceremony taking place on Thursday 4 March 2021. The horticulture trainees that have reached the final are Maureen Brown, Martin Collie Stewart, Matthew Houston and Natalia Reifart-Bieganowska. Maureen Brown, aged 33 from Galashiels, has been doing an SVQ Level 3 in Parks, Gardens and Green Spaces at James Gardening & Landscaping, through Borders College. Martin Collie Stewart, aged 18 from Rosshall Academy in Glasgow, has been doing an NPA in Horticulture at Glasgow Clyde College.…
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Landscape Institute competition reveals future shape of the high street
The ideas entered into the Landscape Institute’s latest international design competition provide insight into the future design and management of the public realm. The competition attracted 160 student and professional entries from China, Thailand, Israel, Turkey, Denmark, Spain and the UK. President of the Landscape Institute, Jane Findlay commented: “The competition was designed to generate new thinking and to offer a platform for entrants to engage with the debate about the future of our public spaces. I was delighted to see such imaginative and hopeful thinking’. “The quality of the submissions was incredible, not only in the standard of presentation…
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