Five projects from across the Americas have been crowned the winners at the 2027 Pro Landscaper International Awards’ North & South America Heat in partnership with the Outdoor Shower Company. 

Brazilian firm Depieri Paisagismo picked up two awards, taking the top spot in both the Residential Project Over $500k category for A Private Oasis and the Conceptual Project category for Fazenda de Matta. 

BASE Landscape Architecture Inc’s Merrit College of Landscape and Horticulture Campus won the Commercial Project category, whilst South County Regional Park by Landscape Craft Studio won the City Landscape Project category. 

In the Residential Project Under $500k category, Garfield Road by Evoscapes was revealed as the winner, whilst Garden Butterfly’s Pollinator Garden Oasis was Highly Commended. 

Ten finalists presented their projects to a panel of esteemed judges across the two-day event, which was held at FutureScape USA in Santa Monica on September 1-2.  

The judging panel included Alex Salazar, co-owner of Groundcare Landscape Company and president of the California Landscape Contractors Association; Francesca Corra, owner of Dirt Diva Designs and board member of the APLD CA; and Xinni Zhang, senior project manager at Fiore Perttula Landscape Design. 

The North & South America Heat is the first of four regional heats taking place for the 2027 Pro Landscaper International Awards. It will be followed by the Europe Heat, which is being held at FutureScape in Farnborough on October 13-14, and the Middle East & Africa and Asia & Australasia Heats, more details for which will be announced soon. 

Winners of today’s five categories will go head-to-head with the winners of the next three heats for the chance to go on to become global champions at the final in Saudi Arabia in 2027.