Congratulations 2022 recipients!
The BCLNA recognizes a high standard of expertise in the landscape trade through the annual BC Landscape Awards of Excellence. These prestigious awards recognize the year’s best in creating exceptional gardens and honour the outstanding skill and workmanship of BC’s landscape professionals in various project categories, ranging from $5,000 to more than $120,000.
In late summer each year, landscape installation, maintenance and design firms submit their best projects of the season. These projects are evaluated against rigorous criteria by seven highly accredited judges who are selected from various sectors of the horticulture industry, including municipal/public gardens, nurseries, landscape companies, landscape architecture firms, educational institutions, garden communications and garden centres.
Landscape Installation, Single Family Residential - Modern Luxury
This new build on the west side of Vancouver was equally challenging and rewarding to work on.
As part of a strong, ongoing relationship with the home builder, Fossil took on all the work outside
of the buildings, including excavation, concrete forming, masonry, paving, lighting, irrigation and
soft scape installation.
The landscape was built over a period of 18 months, completing early summer 2022. The
beautiful design dealt sympathetically with the elevation change from the front to the back of the
property, incorporating large and intricate concrete retaining walls, which would be ultimately
softened by specimen trees and mature planting.
This project is a 2022 Grand Winner! A grand winner is when a project scores 100% or close.
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Landscape Installation, Single Family Residential - Keith
This project was a complete backyard renovation. The project features a poured concrete retaining wall with incorporated stairs, new driveway, patio, fire pit, privacy screens, walkway and planting. The project included the demolition and removal of existing landscape.
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Landscape Installation, Single Family Residential - It's Raining Zen
"It's Raining Zen": A private zen retreat in the heart of Cambie Village, creating a tranquil, peaceful space amidst the hustle & bustle of the Cambie corridor. We sought to create harmony and flow with the permanent structures and existing trees on site. Permeability and permanence were key considerations, all of the resistant materials selected were chosen for durability as well as form. Due to the high rainfall and harsh drought conditions experienced in our climate, we eliminated all traditional lawn space and opted for permeable structures and more sustainable groundcovers and planting.
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Landscape Maintenance, Multi-Unit Residential - Maquinna
Maquinna is beautiful, gated community situated in the Terra Nova neighbourhood of Richmond. This lush, spacious landscape features turfed areas and a wide variety of plant material, providing a touch of both formal and informal elements simulating a serene park like setting.
Throughout the spring there is an abundant variety of flowering blossoms that make the landscape pop with exuberant colour!
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Landscape Design - Cypress Mountain
Our new patio is a feature that will completely change your winter experience at Cypress Mountain. Phase 1 will be open for next season complete with comfortable and cozy fire pits, three monster euro-style umbrellas, each seating up to 80 people in heated comfort - or retracted in mild weather and food truck style outlets. This is the outdoor comfort space that so many Cypress Mountain guests have been requesting for many years and it has now becoming an exciting reality.
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Unique/Special Feature - It's Raining Zen
"It's Raining Zen": A private zen retreat in the heart of Cambie Village, creating a tranquil, peaceful space amidst the hustle & bustle of the Cambie corridor. Corten steel was used throughout the project for it's low-maintenance, long-lasting, and environmentally friendly properties as well as its beauty. The unique patina created overt time adds interest, harmony, and flow as you move throughout the property; from the front entrance to the garden, along pathways, to the backyard entertaining space, past the abundant vegetable garden, into the dense bamboo of the "Zen" retreat space, and finally, the rear gate.
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