San Diego Beautification Awards presented
14 Jul, 2011 LDB SolutionsThe San Diego chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) recently honored 23 local landscape contractors with 2011 Beautification Awards for excellence in landscape installation and maintenance. Fifty-two awards were presented in 26 categories culled from 105 entries, which encompassed categories covering residential and commercial landscape construction, maintenance and renovation, along with water features, outdoor lighting and water-saving California-friendly landscaping.
The three top awards were: Sweepstakes award for design and build construction to Ciro’s Landscaping, Inc. of Escondido for the Baldwin residence in Del Mar; President's Award for residential construction to Nature Designs Landscaping of Vista for its work at a wedding event site; and, Judges Award for commercial maintenance to The Brickman Group of San Diego for its work at the La Jolla Country Day School.
Multiple award winners included:
- The Brickman Group of San Diego and Summit Services of San Diego, each with six awards.
- Nature Designs Landscaping of Vista with five awards.
- New Way Landscape & Tree Services of San Diego and Ciro’s Landscaping of Escondido, each with four awards.
- Torrey Pines Landscape of San Diego and AAA Landscape Specialists of San Marcos, each with three awards.
- Backyard Vacations of Carlsbad, H.A. Casillas Landscape of Bonita, O’Connell Landscape Maintenance of Carlsbad, and Benchmark Landscape of Poway, all with two awards each.
Other companies receiving a single award included:
- Lansker’s Landscape Design of San Diego
- Mark Schroeder & Co. of San Diego
- Columbine Landscape of Vista
- Schnetz Landscape of Escondido
- Kimo’s Landscaping of Carlsbad
- Belle Terre Landscapes of San Diego
- Allen Landscapes of Oceanside
- Shasta Landscaping of San Marcos
- Falling Waters Landscape of San Diego
- Silver Moon Lighting of Poway
- Town & Country Landscape Design of Encinitas.
The judges for the awards included:
- James Benedetti, JPBLA Inc., Landscape Architect
- Larry Sheehan, Integration Design Studio, Landscape Architect
- Jim Kuhlken, Rick Engineering, Landscape Architect
- Kurt Carlson, KTU&A, Landscape Architect
- Steve Sherman, California Landscape Technologies, Landscape Architect
- Scott Seevers, De Alcala Studio, Landscape Architect
- Nick Martin, Nick Martin Landscape Architect
- Jim Neri, Neri Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architect
- Ray Gonzales, Imperial Sprinkler Supply
For more information, visit the San Diego chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association.
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