The annual APL awards ceremony, sponsored by Bradstone, took place virtually for the first time in the awards history on Friday 12 March. The platform was specially created by Events Engineering to capture the APL Awards spirit of celebration and recognise the outstanding landscaping carried out by members of the APL.

Landform Consultants Ltd took the Supreme Winner award for their project: Cottonmill Spa Garden, Sopwell House Hotel. This entry was also the winner of the Commercial Garden category.

Sopwell House is a privately owned hotel, which in recent years has invested in making elements of the hotel very high end. The spa was the latest project. A member’s only luxury spa complex complete with its own gated spa garden, designed by the very talented and vivacious garden designer Ann-Marie Powell. The works consisted of a full hard and soft landscape package. Structural retaining walls, pools, showers and complex services were all included along with full irrigation design and install, full lighting and feature lighting.

The judges commented: “The quality and energy of both the design and build were incredible and cannot be faulted. The project was executed beautifully, and the finished results are nearly identical to the plans.”

This year’s judges were Richard Barnard from Hillier Landscapes (Chief judge), Steve Smith from Shore Landscapes, Bob Sweet – ex RHS Head of Garden Judging, Robin Templar Williams from Robin Williams and Associates, Rupert Keys from Keyscape Design & Construction and Phil Tremayne – APL General Manager.

James Alexander Sinclair hosted the event, live from the Events Engineering studio, and was joined by APL Manager Phil Tremayne.

Other category winners and finalists included:

The APL Awards would like to thank Bradstone for its continued headline sponsorship and thank the category sponsors for their support, as without them, the APL Awards would not be what they are today.

The APL Judges would like to thank everyone that participated in the awards and give their congratulations to the winners. The APL encourages the winners and finalists to use their entry to promote their businesses, the industry and APL membership.

The APL looks forward to seeing everyone involved as well as new entrants and partners again, in person, for the 2022 APL Awards, of which entry is now open via the APL Awards website.