Excellence In Landscape 2023

2023 brought some interesting new twists to the Excellence in Landscape Awards program.

Since it’s inception, the ILCA awards program has honored members with specific awards for a variety of submitted projects. Over the years, the categories were expanded to include the size of the project. The next expansion was to include new categories such as Multifamily; Interior Landscape Installation; Specialty Category; and Public Works projects.

Over the years, these categories were condensed to the ones we recognize today: Residential Design and Maintenance; Commercial Design and Maintenance and an encompassing category for Specialty Elements, Events, and Ecological Planting.

A fascinating aspect of the Awards program that many people don’t realize, it is not a competition. Each project is judged independently on its own merit, not versus others in the category.

Platinum Awards are given for the projects that gather the highest point total in each category (providing there are a minimum of five entries).

Category winners this year were:

For Specialty Element: Austin Engineering Company for Fountain Parterre Garden

For Commercial Landscape Maintenance: Balanced Environments for River Point

For Residential Landscape Maintenance: Hursthouse Inc. for Mid-Century Textures

For Residential Landscape Construction: Mariani Landscape for Ravine Restored

The Artistry and Craftsmanship award was focused on Seasonal Containers. Overall, there were eight entries. Points were awarded across a variety of factors, in the end one project earned first place. The winning project was: Hursthouse, Inc. — Fun Stuff

Be inspired by your review of these award-winning projects.