Award-Winning California Members
The APLD International Landscape Design Awards Program honors excellence in landscape design. Projects in eight different categories are judged on the basis of difficulty, craftsmanship, attention to detail and execution. This year seven California designers took home awards.
Nina Mullen
Mullen Designs, Albany, CA
APLD DESIGNER OF THE YEAR—GOLD
Project title: PANORAMIC HAVEN
Category: RESIDENTIAL #2 $25,000 - $100,000
Project location: OAKLAND, CA
Photos courtesy of Jude Parkinson Morgan.
Ryan Prange
Falling Waters Landscape Inc., Solana Beach, CA
Award #1: GOLD
Project title: ESTELLE RESIDENCE
Category: RESIDENTIAL #3 over $100,000
Project location: NEWPORT BEACH, CA
Photos: Richard Bloom / Brett Hilton.
Award #2: SILVER
Project title: BASIL STREET
Category: SPECIALTY PROJECTS
Project location: ENCINITAS, CA
Photos: Falling Waters Landscape.
Award #3: BRONZE
Project title: LEUCADIA RAINGARDEN
Category: RESIDENTIAL #3 over $100,000
Project location: ENCINITAS, CA
Photos: Falling Waters Landscape.
Joel Berlin, APLD
Anandascapes LLC, San Diego, CA
Award: GOLD
Project title: KOCH PROJECT
Category: RESIDENTIAL #2 $25,000 - $100,000
Project location: SAN DIEGO, CA
Colin Miller
Envision Landscape Studio, Pleasant Hill, CA
Award #1: GOLD
Project title: PIERCE ROAD
Category: #2 $25,000 - $100,000
Project location: SARATOGA, CA
Award #2: GOLD
Project title: OAK GROVE AVENUE
Category: RESIDENTIAL #3 over $100,000
Project location: ATHERTON, CA
Award #3: SILVER
Project title: BROOKSIDE DRIVE
Category: RESIDENTIAL #2 $25,000-$100.00
Project location: DANVILLE, CA
Debbie Gliksman, APLD
Urban Oasis Landscape Design, Los Angeles, CA
Award: SILVER
Project title: BEACH CITY
Category: RESIDENTIAL #3 over $100,000
Project location: MANHATTAN BEACH, CA
Mario Herrada
Zacate Landscape Design, San Francisco, CA
Award: SILVER
Project title: CAMINO LENANDA RESIDENCE
Category: PLANTING DESIGN
Project location: ORINDA, CA
Linda Middleton, FAPLD
Terralinda Design, Walnut Creek
Award: BRONZE
Project title: MODERN 50’S RANCH
Category: RESIDENTIAL #3 over $100,000
Project location: Pleasanton, CA
Photos: ©ilumus photography & marketing.