Landscape Design Awards

Landscape Design Awards

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.

Entries for 2027 will open in the fall. To sign up to receive updates about APLD’s awards program, click here. Please contact awards@apld.org with any questions.

2026 Awards

2026 Landscape Designer of the Year

Allen Denomy, Denomy Designs
Residential Design Project (over $100,000), Pueblo Paradise

2026 Best of Show

Alexis Davis Millar Landscape Architecture
Small Gardens Project, Paramount Enchanted 

2025 Awards

2025 Best of Show

Residential Design Project (over $100,000), Valley Brook

2024 Awards

2024 Landscape Designer of the Year

Katherine Field and Associates, Landscape Architects
Residential Design Project (over $100,000), Fen’s Edge

2024 Best of Show

David Thorne Landscape Architect, Inc.
Design Team: David Thorne, Elise Marie Heikkinen, Kristina Kessel & Kenieffer Vargas
Residential Design Project (over $100,000), Westside Diablo

2023 Awards

2023 Landscape Designer of the Year

Prideaux Design
Residential Design Project (over $100,000), Perfect Skew

2023 Best of Show

Jim Douthit/a Blade of Grass
Residential Design Project (over $100,000), Form to Table

2022 Awards

2022 Landscape Designer of the Year

Bobbie Burdick, Burdick & Associates
Specialty Project, Granny Cottage/Infinity Roof

2022 Best of Show

McWilliam Studio
Show Garden, Between Heaven and Earth