With just over a month to go before the Awards ceremony the judges have made their decisions and the shortlist for the Association of Professional Landscaper (APL) Awards 2012 has been announced.
The Awards, sponsored by Bradstone for the sixth year running, recognise and reward the high standards of landscape contracting carried out by APL registered members. The companies in the running are:
Amenity Trees & Landscapes
Arbour Design & Build
Frogheath Landscapes
Garden Art Designs
Garden Builders
Gardenlink
GardensforLife
Hambrook Landscapes
Hillier Landscapes
Keyscape Garden Design & Construction
Millhouse Landscapes
Muddy Wellies
Nascentia Landscapes
New Ground Landscapes
Outdoor Creations
RG Landscape Design & Construction
Silvas Gardens
The Millbrook Garden Company
Topiarus Horticulture
Twigs Gardens
Vandenberg-Hider Landscape Design & Construction
Wildroof Landscapes
Woodbridge Landscapes
This year’s judges are Mark Gregory (APL Chairman and Chair of Judges), James Steele-Sargent (Arun Landscapes), Adam Frost (Adam Frost Designs), Jo Thompson, (Jo Thompson Designs), Juliet Roberts (Gardens Illustrated magazine), and Jason Lock, (DeakinLock Garden Design).
APL Chairman Mark Gregory who headed up the judging panel comments, “The quality of projects entered never ceases to amaze me as does the variety of work carried out by APL members.”
He adds, “There was plenty of energetic debate between the judges to arrive at the shortlist. We have some really exciting winners to announce at the awards ceremony next month.”
The APL Awards presentation lunch, which was a sell-out event in 2011, will take place on Wednesday 14 March 2012 at the Roof Gardens, Kensington, London.
events@the-hta.org.uk.