The Ohio Landscape Association has named the winners in its 16^th annual Landscape Ohio! awards program.

This year, 40 projects received awards in a total of 16 different categories. The award for Lifetime Dedication and Outstanding Contributions to the Landscape Industry was presented to David Richards, CLT, Horticulture Science teacher at the Auburn Career Center in Concord Township.

The Ohio Landscape Association offers the Landscape Ohio! awards program to increase awareness of quality landscaping and how it improves the environment.  This annual competition recognizes and applauds designers, installers and property owners throughout Ohio.

Entries are judged by a panel of judges, based on the quality of design and workmanship, along with creativity and overall appeal. Judges do not know whose projects they are judging. The identity of the landscape company who completed the project and which projects won are not revealed until the winners are announced at the awards ceremony.

The Honor Award winners include:

• Residential Maintenance category: Todd’s Enviroscapes, Louisville
• Commercial Maintenance category: The Brickman Group, Columbus
• Residential Installation, category I: Rock Bottom Lawn & Landscaping, Strongsville
• Residential Installation, category III: Lifestyle Landscaping, Grafton
• Residential Installation, category IV: Yard Smart, Grafton
• Residential Installation, category V: Masterscape, Shaker Heights
• Commercial Installation, category II: The Brickman Group, Columbus
• Water Features category: Exscape Designs, Chardon
• Show Gardens/Display Gardens category: The Ohio Valley Group, Chagrin Falls
• Garden Structures/Pavements, category I: Rice’s, North Canton
• Garden Structures/Pavements, category II: McCullough’s Landscape & Nursery, Johnstown
• Garden Structures/Pavements, category III: Down to Earth Landscaping, Garfield Heights
• Best Use of Color category: The Brickman Group, Columbus