2022 National Awards of Landscape Excellence

Winners of the 19th annual National Awards of Landscape Excellence (NALE) were announced on Aug. 10, 2022, in the ballroom at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ont.

Each year, the NALE celebrates outstanding work across the country, honouring top projects in landscape construction, design, and maintenance. In order to qualify for the NALE, applicants first enter their projects in their respective provincial association awards of excellence competitions. Then the provincial associations submit up to three entries per category to the national competition.

The judges, a volunteer panel of industry experts, did not have an easy job evaluating several dozens of projects ranging from exceptional to extraordinary. The national judges evaluated each entry based on standardized criteria first developed by the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) in 2004 to narrow the submissions down to this year’s best in each category.

Following two summers as a virtual event, the CNLA was excited and eager for the national awards to return to being an in-person event. The ballroom was packed with more than 140 members of the industry from across the country, representing a cross section of the horticultural trades.

Congratulations to all winners this year! The recognition is well deserved for all of your outstanding work that significantly raises the level of professionalism in the landscape industry.

The ceremony also included the CNLA awards for Grower and Garden Centre of the Year, as well as the Green for Life Industry Awards, which recognize individuals, companies and communities which benefit the public through the development and maintenance of green spaces.

Seferian Design Group
Commercial Construction
For: Paradigm Condominiums
Burlington, Ont.

DaRocha Webster Landscapes
Residential Landscape Construction
For: “Perched on the Rocky Cape”
Montreal, Que.

Clintar Landscape Management Services
Landscape Design
For: Urban Sanctuary
Halifax, N.S.

Strathmore Landscape Contractors
Commercial Landscape Maintenance
For: Centropolis
Laval, Que.

The Cultivated Garden
Residential Maintenance
For: Contemporary Beauty
Toronto, Ont.

Brookdale Treeland Nurseries
CNLA Grower of the Year Award
Schomberg, Ont.

Sheridan Nurseries
CNLA Garden Centre of the Year Award
Etobicoke, Ont.

Humboldt Urban Garden Sanctuary (HUGS)
Green for Life Community Award

Landscape Ontario COVID-19 Taskforce Garden Makeover Project: Participation House
Green for Life Community Award

General Motors Canada
Green for Life Industry Award for a Corporation

Alex Raab
Green for Life Distinction Award

Raymond Carrière
Green for Life Distinction Award Industry Award for an Individual

Tony DiGiovanni
Green for Life Distinction Award Industry Award for an Individual
 

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