BOSTON
- The Landscape Design Council of Massachusetts presented
three awards at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s
2008 New England Spring Flower Show, including one to a
Lakeville firm.
The award-winning exhibits at the “Rhapsody in Green”
show at the Bayside Expo Center were by Peter R. Sadeck
Inc. of Lakeville, CMC Design: Trowel & Spade of Lincoln;
and Miskovsky Landscaping Inc. of Falmouth.
“The Landscape Design Council awards single out only
three exhibitors, but there are many worthwhile exhibits
in this year's show,” said LDC chairman Adriana O’Sullivan.
“I was especially impressed with the educational aspect.
Throughout the show there is a strong emphasis on sustainable
gardening, presented within the framework of solid design
principles. Home gardeners will discover excellent ideas
that they can implement in their own gardens.”
Peter R. Sadeck Inc. won LDC Landscape Design Award II,
which is given to an NESFS exhibitor for the effective use
of garden ornaments, water features, specimen trees, or
topiary in creating good design. The exhibit, entitled “Vernus
of Spring,” consisted of a formal seating area and
pond (complete with ducks), both surrounded by a bamboo
grove underplanted with moss, jack in the pulpit, ferns,
and sweet flag. The judges described it as “Rhapsody
in green personified. Contemporary geometric forms integrate
with subtle naturalistic planting to create an interesting
and tranquil haven.”
Miskovsky Landscaping Inc. (www.miskovskylandscaping.com)
received LDC Landscape Design Award I, which is given for
excellence in landscape design of a professional NESFS garden
exhibit of less than 1,000 square feet. Named “Rhapsody
in White,” the exhibit featured a shed and fountain
surrounded by lush mixed plantings. The LDC judging panel
that honored the exhibit wrote that it “invites visual
movement through a small, angular space; from path to green
roof, with dramatic evergreens in between. Shades of blue
and white repeated in blue-stone fountain and foliage create
a sense of welcoming personal refuge. The selection, combination,
and layering of unique, yet sustainable, plant material
are outstanding.”
The LDC’s Emily Seaber Parcher Award, given for excellence
in landscape design of a naturalistic garden of less than
1000 square feet, went to an exhibit by CMC Design: Trowel
& Spade (www.cmclandscapes.com) titled “Sustainable
Grace.” The LDC judging panel wrote, “Modern
approach to a naturalistic garden integrates environmental
solutions into the design. Effective use of low-maintenance
plants emphasizes naturalist setting. Repetition of plant
material and design elements creates wonderful rhythm.”
Organized in 1963, the Landscape Design Council of Massachusetts
operates under the auspices of National Garden Clubs Inc.
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 several
judging panels for the New England Spring Flower Show and
presents three awards.
LDC members have completed the Landscape Design Study Program,
a series of four 10-hour courses, and passed the required
examinations, entitling them to become NGC-accredited Landscape
Design Consultants. Members act in an advisory capacity
to encourage awareness of the need for good landscape architectural
practice, serving as guardians of environmental beauty by
applying what they have learned to individual and community
projects. LDC members promote environmental interests through
work on town committees and boards. Members have been responsible
for many landscaping projects at municipal buildings and
other public areas in their cities and towns. A number have
gone on to earn certificates in landscape design, or master’s
degrees in landscape architecture, and to establish their
own businesses.
For more information about the Landscape Design Study Program,
contact program chairman Terese D’Urso at (781) 383-1143
or tdurso98@aol.com. For more information about LDC, contact
chairman Adriana O’Sullivan at (781) 784-6359 or adrianaosullivan@yahoo.com. |
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