Garden by Gavin McWilliam MSGD and Andrew Wilson FSGD, winner of the Large Residential Landscapes and Gardens award in 2021.
DATES TO REMEMBER 12 January 2022 Early bird fee and entry form deadline MAIN AWARDS 2 February 2022 Standard fee and entry form deadline MAIN AWARDS 16 February 2022 Submission deadline MAIN AWARDS
Photo: Marianne Majerus
6 April 2022 Early bird fee and entry form deadline STUDENT AWARDS
COULD YOU BE AN AWARD WINNER IN 2022? With the SGD Awards 2022 already open for entries, now is the time to choose your project, assess your photography, and pull your submission together
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hether you are a sole trader or a partnership, and whatever your Society membership status, so long as you are an active SGD garden designer, there is an award category to suit every one. Which you enter is up to you, of course, but to be in with a chance of winning this year, you need to make your choices now. There are 18 award categories in total across the main and student awards (see full list on page 32), with opportunities offered to all levels of SGD membership and open to any size and style of garden. With a growing number of members telling us that more and more of their commissions specify sustainability and the environment, we have launched two new award categories so you can showcase these designs in particular: in the main awards, there is the Roof, Podium and Raised Courtyard Gardens Award, and in
the student awards, there is now an Urban Sustainability category, which is open exclusively to qualifying members and Friends aged 30 or under. Whichever award or awards you choose to enter, ‘Don’t be afraid to have a go,’ says Lynne Marcus MSGD, SGD Chair. ‘As our past winners will testify, there are so many personal and professional benefits to entering the SGD Awards. Success is not only a huge confidence boost and the opportunity to raise the profile of your business in a growing industry, it’s the chance to step back and rigorously assess your work; a wonderfully constructive process that can only advance your company. For anyone who thinks the SGD Awards is not for them, I would urge them to reconsider; take the time to enter and reap the many rewards that the Awards have to offer.’
20 April 2022 Standard fee and entry form deadline STUDENT AWARDS 6 May 2022 Submission deadline STUDENT AWARDS 20 June 2022 Shortlists announced 23 September 2022 SGD Awards Ceremony
‘GREAT DESIGN WILL BE RECOGNISED’ ‘I was thrilled to win both the Design for the Environment and the prestigious Judges’ Award for Sedlescombe Primary School Sensory Garden. When I entered, I was unsure whether it would be taken seriously by the judges as the garden cost just £5,000 and was built almost entirely by volunteers, with no design fees. The SGD Awards are the most respected in the industry and standards are very high, so to win two awards with the cheapest garden in the room was astounding and shows that great design can be achieved on a shoestring and will be recognised regardless of budget.’ Kristina Clode, pictured left, winner of the Design for the Environment award and The Judges’ Award in 2021.
TO ENTER, VISIT sgd.org.uk/events/awards
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