| A million dollar landscape has taken out the top award in the 2007 Victorian Landscape Awards. The Toorak property was developed by Exquisite Gardens, one of Melbourne’s foremost landscape companies.
It was a project that dreams are made of. Sculptures were imported from Spain and a fountain from France. Melbourne’s Granite Works supplied the stone and plants were sourced from all over Australia. Then there were the 16m palms. It took three months to find them and road closures were needed when they were installed. To maintain the garden a massive water storage tank was installed under the lawn area. The project, which took over a year to build, was completed expertly by Exquisite Gardens.
A landscape doesn’t need to be expensive to be awarded Landscape of the Year. Judges are looking for a project that embodies the LIAV’s creed of ‘Quality, Pride and Professionalism’. It could be a small landscape: The quality of the design and construction, the management of the project and the relationships developed during the process are the key criteria.
The Exquisite Gardens landscape in Toorak excelled in all of these criteria.
The Victorian Landscape Industries of Victoria is proud to present the best work of their members each year through the Victorian Landscape Awards. The Awards raise the standard of landscape practice throughout the industry.
Unfortunately we don’t have space to list all the other winners but some key ones were:
Residential Landscape, up to $50,000
Winner: Jenny Smith Gardens, for the South Yarra project
Highly Commended: Seasons Landscape, for the North Caulfield project
Residential Landscape, $50-$100,000
Winner: Creative Outdoor Solutions, for the Albert Park project
Highly commended: Julian McCarthy Landscapes, for the Toorak project
Residential Landscape over $100,000
Winner: Greenmark Landscapes, for the Olinda project
Highly commended:
Julian McCarthy, for the Brighton project
Envirostyle, for the Brighton project
Feature in the Landscape
Winner: Envirostyle, for the Templestowe project
Highly commended: Greenmark Landscapes, for the Kew project
Landscape Design – Hard
Winner: Creative Outdoor Solutions, for the Albert Park project
Highly Commended:
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Exquisite Gardens, for the Toorak project
Faulkner and Chapman, for the Wonga Park project
Landscape Design – Soft
Winner: Jenny Smith Gardens, for the Ormond project
Highly Commended: Greenmark Landscapes, for the Kew project
Commended: Domain Pools and Landscapes, for the Canterbury project
Lighting in the Landscape
Winner: Exquisite Gardens, for the Toorak project
Highly commended: Gardens at Night, for the Portsea project
Creative Outdoor Solutions, for the Albert Park
Commercial Landscape – Residential
Winner: Warrandale Industries, for Mernda Village Estate, Mernda
Highly commended:
Mike Jansz Landscape, for Cardinia Estate, Pakenham
Julian McCarthy Landscapes, for the Port Melbourne project
Domain Pools and Landscapes, for the Canterbury project
Commercial Landscape – Civil
Co-winners: Paul Trotter and Associates, for the Monash University (Peninsula Campus) project and Warrandale Industries, for the Craigieburn project
Judge’s comments:
Hard Surfaces in the Landscape
Winner: Julian McCarthy Landscapes, for the Brighton project
Highly Commended: Exquisite Gardens, for the Toorak project
The winning entry displays a combination of excellence in both design and construction.
The Waterwise Landscape
Winner: Greenmark Landscapes, for the Olinda project
Highly commended: Coolabah Landscapes, for the Moorabbin project
Landscape Management and Maintenance
Co-winners: Warrandale Industries, for the Showgrounds project; and Urban Horticultural Solutions, for the Armadale project
Highly commended: Mike Jansz Landscapes, for the Cardinia Estate project
Apprentice of the Year
Co-winners: Chris Weiss of Exquisite Gardens and Tim Cusak of Jay Vee Landscaping
Highly commended:
Ryan Kostiuk of Paul Trotter and Associates
Tyson Owen of Creative Outdoor Solutions
Daniel Seehusen of Winstanley Landscapes
Daniel Clarke of Coolabah Landscapes
Glenn Murray of Van Leeuwen Green Horticultural Services
Business of the Year
Category: Landscape Industry Business of the Year
Winner: Warner’s Nurseries
LIAV members this year judged Warner’s Nurseries to be the Business of the Year.
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