Calling all entries for the APL Awards 2011
The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) are inviting entries for the APL Awards 2011 – which are celebrating their 15th year. Sponsored by Bradstone, the awards provide an opportunity to celebrate the best in British landscaping and enable winning landscapers to gain national recognition for their achievements.
The award categories for 2011 are:
Category 1 Project value under £15,000 - landscape/garden scheme
Category 2 Project value between £15,000 & £30,000 – landscape/garden scheme
Category 3 Project value between £30,000 & £60,000 - landscape/garden scheme
Category 4 Project value between £60,000 & £100,000- landscape/garden scheme
Category 5 Project value over £100,000 - landscape/garden scheme
Category 6 Soft Landscaping – any entrant
Category 7 Overall Design & Build – designed by the landscaper
Category 8 Commercial Garden – any entrant
Category 9 Maintenance - landscape or garden, interior or exterior
Category 10 Special Feature – any entrant
Category 11 Young Achiever – entrant must be under 25
APL vice-chair and chair of the judging panel Mark Gregory said, “I would encourage all APL members to enter the Awards – now in their 15th year. They provide a wonderful platform to celebrate the high quality landscaping schemes within our industry and provide winning businesses with a great opportunity to shout about their success.”
Winner of last year’s supreme award, Antony Henn from Gardens for Life said, “Winning the APL Supreme Award has been really important to us and good for our business. As well as being a feel good factor we have used the award to the max by promoting it on our website, vehicles and invoices. It has proved really useful to us in setting up our new business ‘Gardens on a Roll’ aimed at first time gardeners and really helps us set ourselves above the competition.
APL members are invited to enter projects which have been completed between 1 April 2005 and 1 August 2010.
Full entry details have been sent to all APL members. Entry forms need to be sent back to the APL events team by Friday 1 October and full entries submitted by Monday 1 November. If you are an APL member and have not received the entry details, please email events@the-hta.org.uk or call 0118 930 3132.
The APL Awards lunch will take place on Thursday 10 February 2011.
Stop Press - the APL/SGD Workshop takes place on Thursday 23rd September at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Planting ideas and making them last is the title of workshop which provides a great opportunity for APL and SGD members to get together to listen and share experiences. For further details and to book your place contact the APL events team by visiting emailing events@the-hta.org.uk or calling 0118 9303132.
Contacts
Gill Ormrod or Jade Jennings
APL Press Office
Tel: 0118 930 3132
Email: press.office@the-hta.org.uk
Images of last year’s winners are available from the APL press office.
The Association of Professional Landscapers represents landscapers who meet a required standard of professionalism. Members of the Association are registered with the government endorsed TrustMark Scheme. They are regularly inspected and agree to follow a customer charter with clients. The APL is part of the Horticultural Trades Association which is the trade Association for the UK gardening industry. It is dedicated to helping develop the industry and its member businesses, including most garden centres and other garden retailers, growers, landscapers, manufacturers and service providers.
