Green Works Industry Awards Program
THE WINNERS OF THE 2011 INDUSTRY AWARDS PROGRAM
Grand Honor Award – Large Scale Residential Build
Charlie Proutt and Larry Ratta – Distinctive Landscaping – Charlotte, VT
Corlear Bay Project
Grand Honor Award – Commercial Design
Julie Moir Messervy – Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio – Saxton River, VT
Inspiration Garden Project
Exceeds Excellence Award – Large Scale Residential Design
Tricia King – Distinctive Landscaping – Charlotte, VT
Backyard Oasis Project
Exceeds Excellence Award – Commercial Management
Steve Burzon – Garden Arts Company – Danby, VT
Equinox on the Battenkill Project
Exceeds Excellence Award – Special Projects
Caroline Dudek – Landshapes – Richmond, VT
Business Park Indoor Oasis Project
Exceeds Excellence Award – Special Projects
William deVos – TreeWorks – Montpelier, VT
Hickory Head Project
Merit Award – Small Scale Residential Build
Nate Carr – Church Hill Landscapes, Inc. – Charlotte, VT
Conant Project
Merit Award – Small Scale Residential Design
Sarah Stradtner – Distinctive Landscaping, – Charlotte, VT
Schoolhouse Garden Project
Merit Award – Commercial Build
Landshapes - Richmond, VT
Dudley H. Davis Center Project
INDUSTRY AWARDS PROGRAM – 2011
The awards program is open to all Green Works members who are current in their dues. For those wishing to enter who are not members of Green Works or whose membership has lapsed, a membership application and/or dues should be submitted as soon as possible. Landscape architects, landscape designers, landscape contractors, and professional gardeners/horticulturists are encourage to apply. The following are the project categories:
Small Scale Residential: Design or Build
This category is for projects that focus on a section of a residential property. Submissions might include a front entry, a backyard entertainment area, a foundation planting, or any project that works with part of a property. While the main emphasis is on a landscaped section, the surrounding area should be included in photos and plan to show it’s context within the greater landscape.
Large Scale Residential: Design, Build, or Management
This category is for full property projects. Submissions will include master plans and details for a fully developed property. Projects developed in stages are eligible providing they have been fully completed.
Commercial: Design, Build, or Management
This category includes any landscape project that is not a single family residence or a business located in a single family residence. This category is for full or partial property projects. Submissions will include landscape plans and details. Projects developed in stages are eligible providing they have been fully completed.
Special Project
This category applies to projects that do not fit in the other categories. Submissions can include irrigation, pond building, strictly hardscaping projects, tree work, rainwater gardens, green roofs, environmental art, or other unique landscape challenges or features. Be sure to demonstrate how these unique projects sit within the context of their surroundings.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Green Works Industry Awards Program is to bring recognition to outstanding examples of landscape design, landscape installation, and landscape management. The objective of the program is to promote professional excellence and to encourage greater public awareness of the aesthetic and environmental benefits of landscaping.
ELIGIBILITY
The Industry Awards Program is open to current Green Works members actively offering professional landscape services. Members may submit one contracted project per designer or project manager per year. Eligible projects will have been completed within the last 5 years. Green Works Board members are excluded from entering.
ENTRY DEADLINE AND FEES
Return a completed entry form with a $85 processing fee for each submission postmarked by 5:00 p.m., Saturday, December 31, 2011. The mailing address is PO Box 92, N. Ferrisburgh, VT 05473. Contact Ed Burke, Industry Awards Program Coordinator at 802-453-2782 or the Green Works office with any questions. Projects that do not meet entry guidelines will be disqualified.
ENTRY GUIDELINES
Each entry must include a landscape plan, a written description including goals, objectives and budget, photos, and a client release signature in addition to the entry forms.
Landscape Plan
The landscape plan shall indicate plant material, hardscaping elements, buildings, roads, ponds and other pertinent features. Please Include north orientation and scale. Photos submitted with the entry must be located
numerically on the plan. Submit your landscape plan on 11” x 17” paper or
smaller and exclude any reference to the name of your client or your business. Include a .jpeg of your plan on the CD-ROM with the photos. No entries will be accepted without a copy of the landscape plan.
Project Goals/Description
Emphasize any notable attributes and challenges of the project. Include the budget for the project, what parts were completed by subcontractors, client involvement, and any special needs or concerns. Clearly state goals and objectives. This must be submitted on plain, non-letterhead paper not exceeding one page in 12 pt. font. This may be in outline or narrative form.
Photos
Only individual photos in .jpeg format will be accepted. Submit a minimum of 12 and up to 20 .jpeg photos on a single CD-ROM labeled with your company name and the project name. Provide .jpegs only; no other file formats, no photo-in-photo images and no power point presentations. Each photo must be at least 2,048 x 1,536 pixels. Make sure that each photo corresponds with the photo descriptions on the entry form and with the number on the landscape plan. The entrant assumes all responsibility for copyrights, photographic fees, and client permission for further use of photos by Green Works for public relations purposes. No limitations can be placed on photo use or the entry will be disqualified.
Client Permission/Signature Release
Obtain the property owner’s signed permission on the entry form included with this application. We cannot judge your project without this release. All entry materials become the property of Green Works and will not be returned.
GENERAL RULES
- Entries must be postmarked by 5pm December 31, 2011.
- Entrant must be a Green Works member in good standing.
- All design, installation and management work by Green Works members is eligible.
- Projects submitted must have been completed within the last five years.
- If submitting a project completed out-of-state, please provide applicable horticultural factors such as hardiness zone, climate and cultural conditions.
- All entries will be reviewed from the photos the entrant submits. There are no site visits.
- If applicable, all contractors who worked on the project should be listed on the entry form.
- Each project should be submitted with the project category form, entry form, a landscape plan, the project description, photos and descriptions, the entry fee and client release signature.
- Each project submitted must be free of identifying names or logos.
- The Industry Awards Judging Committee Chairperson will make decisions when eligibility criteria that are not covered in the rules become an issue.
JUDGING
A panel of industry professionals that includes landscape designers, nursery workers, and horticultural educators is assembled to judge the entries.
The judging process is blind: the identity of your business and the client is not revealed to the judges. All reference to your business name and client name will not appear on your entry during the review process.
Projects are judged on many factors including the degree of difficulty, aesthetic quality, proper horticultural practices, craftsmanship, environmental sustainability and the creative use of resources. Thus, judges consider the implementation of the design, choice of plants and hardscaping materials, the design’s integration into its surroundings and how it fits the client’s budget and goals.
Submissions are judged on their own merits: they are reviewed and judged by their landscape plan, description, photos and photo descriptions.
AWARDS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Judging Committee will review all submissions and notify the award winners by January 17, 2012. The winners will be announced to the national, state, and local media after winners are notified. A Grand Honor (First Place) and Exceeds Excellence (Second Place) Award will be given in each subcategory of each category. Some categories will not be awarded if the judges determine there is no winning entry for that category.
Award winners will be honored at the subsequent Green Works Winter Meetings & Trade Show and will be asked to give a 10 minute presentation of their project. Display boards of the their projects will be on view at the Green Works winter and summer meetings. Additionally, award winners will be featured in The Dirt, our quarterly newsletter, on the Green Works website, in media press releases, and at the Vermont Flower Show in 2013,.
One inscribed plaque will be provided for each winning entry.
FORMS TO SUBMIT:
2011 Industry Awards Application – Download here
Industry Awards Entry Forms 2011 – Download Here
THE WINNERS OF THE 2010 INDUSTRY AWARDS PROGRAM
GRAND HONOR AWARD – Landscape Design/Build Commercial
Raycroft/Meyer Landscape Architecture: Peter Morrow Meyer & Katie Raycroft-Meyer
Chicago Botanic Garden Bonsai Court Project
EXCEEDS EXCELLENCE AWARD – Landscape Design/Build – Residential
Distinctive Landscaping: Charlie Proutt, Tricia King, Sarah Stradtner,
“Gardens by the Bay” Project
EXCEEDS EXCELLENCE AWARD – Landscape Design/Build – Residential
Landshapes – Caroline Dudek
Hinesburg Residence Project
EXCEEDS EXCELLENCE AWARD – Special Projects
Tree Works – William deVos
Artemus Ward Sycamore” Project
EXCEEDS EXCELLENCE AWARD – Hardscaping Commerical
Landshapes – Caroline Dudek
White Caps Office Park – Landscape Design Build – Hardscaping