MALTA Members Rake in Awards

The Metro Atlanta Landscape and Turf Association (MALTA) celebrated its annual awards banquet earlier this week, honoring top-notch work of landscape professionals in the Atlanta area.

Below are the Distinction and Grand winners for each category. Congrats to everyone who took home an award Tuesday night!

Design/Build/Installation – Small Space
Distinction: Gibson Landscape
Grand: Planters, Inc.

Residential, under $50,000
Distinction: Planters, Inc.

Residential, $50,000-$150,000
Grand: Planters, Inc.

Residential, over $150,000
Distinction: Artistic Landscapes
Grand: Ed Castro Landscape and Planters, Inc.

Commercial, $75,000-$200,000
Distinction: HighGrove Partners and Planters, Inc.

Landscape Management – Residential
Distinction: Ed Castro Landscape and Gibbs Landscape Company
Grand: Planters, Inc.

Landscape Management – Commercial
Distinction: Ed Castro Landscape, Gibson Landscape, HighGrove Partners, Nature Scapes Inc. and Russell Landscape Group Inc.
Grand: Russell Landscape Group, Inc.

Design/Build Installation, Seasonal Color – Residential
Distinction: Gibson Landscape
Grand: Planters Inc., Simply Flowers Inc

Design/Build Installation, Seasonal Color – Commercial
Distinction: Gibbs Landscape Company, New Leaf Landscape Services and Park Landscape Services LLC
Grand: Park Landscape Services LLC and Simply Flowers Inc.

Landscape Lighting – Residential
Distinction: The Outdoor Lights

Landscape Lighting – Commercial
Distinction: The Outdoor Lights

Green Innovations
Distinction: Emory University Grounds Dept.
Grand: Arborguard Tree Specialists

Community Service
Distinction: Nature Scapes Inc., Planters Inc. and Russell Landscape Group Inc.
Grand: HighGrove Partners

Judge’s Choice Awards
Planters Inc., Simply Flowers Inc. and Ed Castro Landscape

Beth Todd accepted the Distinction award for Community Service on behalf of Russell Landscape Group Inc. for Little Nancy Creek Park

The team at Simply Flowers Inc. won numerous awards, including a Grand award for Design/Build/Installation, Seasonal Color – Residential; a Grand award for Seasonal Color-Commercial; and a Judge's Choice award

Jeremy Smearman and the team at Planters Inc. took home a whopping eight awards!

Brian Sonnenfeldt and Judith Robertson accepted a Distinction award in the Green Innovations category on behalf of the Emory University Grounds Department for their Educational Food Garden.