Landscape Design Council Recognizes Three Killer Landscapes

A naturalistic garden, packing beauty into a small space, effective use of water features and garden ornaments.

'An Enchanted New England Woodland Walk'
"An Enchanted New England Woodland Walk"

The Landscape Design Council (LDC) of Massachusetts presented three awards at the 2015 Boston Flower & Garden Show.

Enchanting Woodland Walk. The LDC's Emily Seaber Parcher Award is given for excellence in landscape design of a naturalistic garden of less than 1,000 square feet. "An Enchanted New England Woodland Walk," the winning exhibit by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, transitioned from a rustic backyard seating area into a woodland filled with interesting plants, a vernal pool, stone walls, and the occasional whimsical woodland dweller.

Much Beauty in Little Space. Landscape Design Award I, bestowed by the LDC for excellence in landscape design of a professional garden exhibit, was presented to an exhibit presented jointly by Miskovsky Landscaping and Haskell Nursery. Designed to show that one doesn’t need a large space to create a beautiful garden, the exhibit included 100 plant varieties exhibiting varying forms, textures, and colors; stone pathways with a 6’-wide granite waterwheel fountain; and a resting area festooned—and roofed—with plants.

Water from Stone. Landscape Design Award II, given to a Boston Flower & Garden Show exhibitor for the effective use of garden ornaments, water features, specimen trees, or topiary in creating good design, was awarded to Magma Design Group Inc., for the exhibit “Feathers and Wedges.” The exhibit’s intent was to “celebrate working with stone in unique and artful ways.” Designed to demonstrate wall building, stone shaping, and granite splitting, the exhibit also included finished stone pieces, including a stunning arch that dripped water from the top, creating a curtain of droplets in front of a vertical backdrop of ferns.

Organized in 1963, the Landscape Design Council (LDC) of Massachusetts operates under the auspices of National Garden Clubs, Inc. (NGC) and is a special-subjects group of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Inc. The purpose of LDC is to provide ongoing landscape-design education through speakers, workshops, and tours of outstanding public and private areas. The Massachusetts chapter is the largest Council in the U.S. It provides judges for the Boston Flower & Garden Show and presents three landscape-design awards of its own.

 

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