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Orange County Brings Home Top Wins for Local Landscape Projects
Local landscape professionals receive prestigious state-wide honors for commercial and residential properties

The California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA), a non-profit trade organization of licensed and landscape-related contractors, recently presented various Trophy Awards to Orange County landscape contractors during its annual convention. Below are the winners.
- Visionscape, Inc. received four awards total.
- Visionscape received an Outstanding Achievement award for their Small Residential Installation for their work on the Sauls Residence project.
- Visionscape received an Outstanding Achievement award for their Large Residential Installation work on the Meberg Carta Taza project.
- Visionscape received an Outstanding Achievement award for their Small Residential Maintenance work on the Rolfes Residence project.
- Visionscape received an Outstanding Achievement award for Large Residential Maintenance for their work on the Berte Chateau project.
- Richard Cohen Landscape & Construction, Inc. won First Place for Medium Residential Installation for their work on the Donofrio Residence and won an Outstanding Achievement award for Water Features for their work on the Yuan Residence.
- Pacific Breeze Landscape won a First Place award for Xeriscape for their work on Steele’s Ranch.
- Ideal Landscaping, LLC won an Outstanding Achievement award for Lighting work on The City project.
- Wm Vandergeest Landscape Care, Inc. won an Outstanding Achievement award for Large Commercial Maintenance for their work on the 20-40 Pacifica project.
“The CLCA is thrilled to recognize all the landscapers and award-wining projects. Our association’s core goal is to support and encourage our very talented members to create beautiful landscapes that positively impact the communities around them,” said Sandra Giarde, CLCA executive director. “It is a great honor to present these Trophy Awards because of how recognizable the talent is and how the hard work shines through each project. We are proud to be a part of such community and look to inspire future entries for years to come and to continue to grow.”
The Trophy Awards were established to encourage interest in landscaping, recognize crafts people who produce outstanding landscapes, create pride in superior workmanship and bestow public recognition on companies, institutions, municipalities and residents for their interest in a beautiful California. A total of 48 awards were presented. Two highly regarded landscape contractors traveled state-wide to personally inspect each and every one of the Trophy Award entrants. The judges rated projects on their artistic and technical merits.
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About California Landscape Contractors’ Association
The California Landscape Contractors Association is a non-profit trade organization of licensed landscape and landscape-related contractors. Also included among its approximately 1,800 members are landscape suppliers, landscape architects, public officials, educators and students. Although formally incorporated in 1952, CLCA has been meeting as an association since 1937. For more information, visit www.clca.org or socialize with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Hi-res photos are available upon request, both in email and in a personalized Dropbox link. For a complete list of categories and recipients, please contact Conrad PR via email at amy@conradpr.com. The recipients are divided into town, city and region, along with category.