Calling all entries for the APL Awards 2012

01/09/2011 - The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) is inviting entries for the APL Awards 2012 – which are celebrating their 16th year.

Landscape Awards

Landscape Awards

 

The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) is inviting entries for the APL Awards 2012 – which are celebrating their 16th 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 2012 APL Awards include an additional two categories with the projects under £100,000 split down into five bands – recognising the variation between schemes of different values and providing additional opportunities for smaller businesses to enter.
 
The award categories are:
 

• Category 1      Project value under £10,000 - landscape/garden scheme
• Category 2      Project value between £10,000 & £20,000 – landscape/garden scheme
• Category 3      Project value between £20,000 & £30,000 - landscape/garden scheme
• Category 4      Project value between £30,000 & £60,000- landscape/garden scheme
• Category 5      Project value between £60,000 & £100,000 - landscape/garden scheme
• Category 6      Project value over £100,000 - landscape/garden scheme
• Category 7      Soft Landscaping – any entrant
• Category 8      Hard Landscaping – any entrant
• Category 9      Overall Design & Build – designed by the landscaper
• Category 10    Commercial Garden – any entrant
• Category 11    Maintenance - landscape or garden, interior or exterior
• Category 12    Special Feature – any entrant
• Category 13    Young Achiever – entrant must be under 25

APL chair and chair of the judging panel Mark Gregory said, “The reputation of these Awards is growing year on year due to the ever increasing quality of workmanship. The 2011 Awards attracted some fantastic entries despite being a challenging year for many in the trade and we hope to build on this with the 2012 Awards.”

He adds ”The Awards provide a great opportunity for businesses to showcase their work and shout about their success.”
 
This view is echoed by Holland Landscapes, winners of the 2011 APL Supreme Award. Chris Baker comments, “Winning the Supreme Award in 2011 has been absolutely fantastic for our profile and we are really proud of our achievement. We were amazed to win the category and the overall APL Supreme Award. It’s been worth every penny to take the time and effort to enter the Awards and I would definitely encourage everybody to enter. You won’t know until you try!”
APL members are invited to enter projects which have been completed between 1 April 2006 and 1 August 2011.

Full entry details have been sent to all APL members. Entry forms need to be sent back to the APL events team by Friday 28 October 2011 and full entries submitted by Monday 1 November 2011. If you are an APL member and have not received the entry details, send them an email or call 0118 930 3132.

The APL Awards lunch will take place at Kensington Roof Gardens, London on Wednesday 14 March 2012.