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scheme softens and enhances the
hard elements and, despite the
garden’s popularity and consequent
heavy use, seems to thrive in spite of
the attention of many small hands
and feet. This is landscaping at its
very best and a worthy winner of
this year’s BALI Grand Award.”
145 entries were judged by BALI
adjudicators over the summer with
91 National Landscape Awards
bestowed on 63 members of the
Association in September, with 23
Principal, 8 Special and the coveted
Grand Award announced live on
stage at the glittering ceremony.
Other notable wins came from
BALI Registered Designer Rosemary
Coldstream MBALI who won three
Principal Awards, two for her
Modern Garden Hampstead and one
for Copper Courtyard whilst BALI
Registered Contractor Blakedown
Landscapes (SE) won a Principal
Award for the Venetian Waterways,
Great Yarmouth and was also the
recipient of two Special Awards;
Best Community Involvement for
the aforementioned project and
Outstanding Memorial for Cannon
Hill Park, Birmingham - Sousse and
Bardo Memorial. BALI Registered
Contractor Bridgman & Bridgman
also received a Special Award
for Best First Time Entrant and
BALI Registered Contractor NAO
Landscapes took home a Special
Award for Best Newcomer to BALI.
This year’s BALI National Landscape
Awards’ Adjudicators, led by Chair
of the Adjudication Panel John
Melmoe, jointly commented, “The
quality of the finish on this hard
and soft landscaping scheme is
absolutely superb. The contractor
has embraced the design and
created an amazing play and
learning space for children, complete
with a beautifully constructed oak
tree circle walkway, meticulously
installed play equipment, carefully
sited rockery boulders, and a
skillfully laid plethora of different
surfacing including artificial grass,
composite boarding, gravel pathways
and safety surfacing. Every aspect,
without exception, has been tackled
with skill, precision and exemplary
attention to detail. The planting
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This year also saw several records
broken, including the most entries
received in the last 10 years, the
highest number of first-time entries
at 51 and 34 International entries
ever received.
This was the second year the Awards
were successfully delivered in-house
by the team at BALI’s Landscape
House. Events Project Manager
Leah Brookes, who attended the
2018 Awards and project managed
the 2019 event said, “It has been an
immense pleasure managing the
BALI Awards 2019. From attending
the event last year, to meeting
and working alongside the expert
adjudicators, to managing the
whole entry process and advising
members on their submissions. To
see the fruition of a year’s work
come together on this special day
and celebrate together with each
and every member is fabulous. I
send my heartfelt congratulations
to all our winners and thanks to
all our sponsors, adjudicators and
stakeholders for their continued
support of the prestigious National
Landscape Awards.”
Sport and lifestyle presenter
Mark Durden-Smith played host
for the afternoon’s proceedings
in front of over 1,000 BALI VIPs,
members and guests, including
Adam White MBALI, President and
Fellow of the 'Royal Chartered'
Landscape Institute and BALI
Registered Designer; Chair of the
Society of Garden Designers, Sarah
Morgan; Rod Winrow, Chairman
of the Association of Professional
Landscapers; Sue Biggs CBE, Director
General of the Royal Horticultural
Society and Gerald Bonner,
President of the Chartered Institute
of Horticulture (CIOH).
BALI’s Chief Executive Wayne Grills
said, “Once again I am delighted
that the level of quality and
professionalism demonstrated at
our 43rd Awards is set at the highest
possible level. Our well-deserved
Grand Award winner for 2019,
Ground Control, seriously impressed
adjudicators who recognised
their outstanding contribution
to landscaping with a flawlessly
executed standard of workmanship
and professionalism in The
Children’s Garden scheme. This
delivered in excess of the expected
levels of quality as a BALI Registered
member and also achieved the
highest level of client satisfaction.
Congratulations to them and all of
our winners this year, and thank you
to our sponsors, who without them,
the event would not be possible.”
A full list of award-winners
and a description of the winning
schemes is available on the
BALI Awards website:
www.baliawards.co.uk/results-2019
Benefitting from a collection at the
event, this year’s chosen charities
were Perennial and the BALI Chalk
Fund who will both split £4,905
between them.
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