FNGLA’ s 2016 LANDSCAPE AWARD WINNERS
2016 PROJECT WINNERS:
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MAINTENANCE – INSTITUTIONAL/PUBLIC Project: The City of Ormond Beach (Ormond Beach, FL) Landscape Contractor: Yellowstone Landscape (Daytona Beach, FL) Welcome to Ormond Beach, Florida. The City, nicknamed the ‘Birthplace of Speed,’ is located just north of Daytona Beach and is home to more than 40,000 residents. In 2012, Ormond Beach began its partnership with Yellowstone Landscape, seeking to improve the quality of its public green spaces. City leaders sought to achieve a greater sense of continuity in the appearance of The City’s major streetscapes, parks, and public facilities.
Improving the quality of the Sports Complex, which includes sixty acres of competitive athletic fields, was also a city priority. Over the past four years, the quality of Ormond Beach’s public green spaces has improved dramatically, enabling Ormond Beach to host large community events and festivals in its parks and major youth sports tournaments at the Sports Complex. Maintenance services for The City of Ormond Beach are carried out by a dedicated team of more than 15 landscape professionals, including two full time irrigation technicians.
One of Ormond Beach’s most utilized public spaces, the beachfront park is visited by hundreds of residents and visitors each day. Most of the city’s more than 50 streetscape medians include mature palms and hardwood species, shrubs, perennials, mulched ornamental beds, and irrigated St. Augustine turf. These medians are key features and highlight major City thoroughfares and create a manicured impression for Ormond Beach’s green spaces.
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FNGLA’ s 2016 LANDSCAPE AWARD WINNERS
MAINTENANCE – INSTITUTIONAL/PUBLIC Project: Orange County Convention Center Maintenance (Orlando, FL) Landscape Contractor: Groundtek of Central Florida (Ocoee, FL) Landscape Designer: Larry M. Smith (Maitland, FL)
With a certified LEED Gold building on site, the clients mandated maintenance that is environmentally responsible, sustainable, and adheres to the principles of Florida Friendly Landscaping. Perennials need minimal care, but for best appearance, health, pest resistance and long term survival, they do need proper minimal care. The site is 325 acres. Maintenance includes mulching, adequate but not excessive irrigation, plus fertilizer on a regularly scheduled basis.
Signature plants anchor areas while easily replaceable colorful perennials such as bromeliads and croton are planted for color around their base. Since the area is used for celebrations that include alcohol, and people can occasionally get out of hand, maintenance includes quick repair of damaged landscapes. Colorful annuals are used in the South Concourse entryway to help welcome visitors, along with flowering shrubs in the background. By using a bloom fertilizer at the proper time of year, these shrubs are encouraged into lush flowering, providing a positive visitor experience plus nectar for a number of pollinators.
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FNGLA’ s 2016 LANDSCAPE AWARD WINNERS
MAINTENANCE – COMMERCIAL Project: Swan & Dolphin Resort (Orlando, FL) Landscape Contractor: Yellowstone Landscape (Davenport, FL)
Swan and Dolphin Resort is located in the heart of Orlando’s most famous theme park district. The 87-acre property includes the world-class resort hotels. The resorts are connected by a central causeway, lined with 50-foot-tall Washingtonia robusta palms. The resorts’ 2.267 rooms are filled nearly every night of the year, as is most of the more than 329,000 square feet of convention space. The clients’ objective is to provide guests with a magical experience, which begins upon arrival by greeting the guests with a pristine and beautifully maintained landscape. More than 15,000 annual flowers, rotated five times per year, provide vibrant color to welcome guests and accent feature areas throughout the grounds.
The Swan Resort recently updated its two interior event courtyards. Design and installation services were provided by Yellowstone Landscape. Courtyards are commonly used as wedding or reception venues and for overflow seating. Tropical and colorful perennial plantings are used to add color to guest areas.
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FNGLA’ s 2016 LANDSCAPE AWARD WINNERS
NEW INSTALLATION – RESIDENTIAL/SINGLE-FAMILY Project: Barnett Residence (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Landscape Contractor: Nanak’s Landscaping, Inc. (Deerfield Beach, FL) Landscape Architect: SMI (Palm Beach, FL) Creating a one of a kind premier experience for this luxury home on the Intercoastal was the primary objective. The owner was very involved, knowledgeable and easy to work with in creating the atmosphere he desired. While the original landscape plan called for easily obtainable large trees and palms, the owner was interested in obtaining specimen collected species to feature at his home.
With tight working conditions and limited access, we installed 4 supercurved coconut palms which leaned over the seawall. It took over 2 days to complete installation for these 4 palms alone! A view of the back area shows some of the job’s detail. The job included: an artificial grass putting green, Specimen Baobob Tree, Specimen Pandanus, coral flagstone pathways and, of course, the spectacular curved coconut palms. The home is surrounded on three sides by water.
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FNGLA’ s 2016 LANDSCAPE AWARD WINNERS
NEW INSTALLATION – THEME PARK Project: Margaritaville Hotel & Resort (Hollywood, FL) Landscape Contractor: Nanak’s Landscaping, Inc. (Deerfield Beach, FL) Landscape Architect: Lifescape International (Newport Beach, CA) The objective of the owner and landscape architect was to create a Key West atmosphere as if you were walking down Duval Street with 30-year-old Coconut Palms swaying in the ocean breezes, surrounded by tropical lush landscaping. It had to have an instant impact and give the impression it had been in place for many years, with mature palms and under plantings. More than 200 coconut palms were installed.
Lush plantings give instant gratification to the landscape. The entire irrigation system is drip irrigation.
While not having the luxury of allowing the mature plantings time to acclimate to their new environment, especially with the relentless pounding of the ocean breezes. It made the job of watering and maintaining palm and plant health arduous.
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