House builders, garden designers and landscape architects are shaping our future environment. The New Homes Garden Awards recognise and reward those achievements and together with our media partners Express Newspapers will share them with the world.

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award categories – Garden Designers & Landscape Architects

15. Most Sustainable Garden/Landscape
The winner will have created a sustainable garden or landscape using the very latest best practice and ecologically sound technologies and practices such as living roofs and walls, wildlife attraction, water harvesting and management, permeable hard landscaping and SUDS.

16. Best Garden - New Home over £500,000
This award is for the best garden for a new home valued in excess of £500,000. This garden will mean inspirational design with exceptional creativity, innovation and build quality.

17. Best Renovation Project or Restored Garden/Landscape

Renovation -This will be a garden or landscape created around a completely renovated individual home, listed or converted building, historic or derelict property.

Restoration - This must be a significantly restored derelict, neglected, listed or historic garden / landscape around a newly built individual home or larger new development. Before and after images of both the property and the garden will be required.

18. Roof/Terrace/Penthouse Garden
A significant number of new homes built today are apartments, so innovative options for this type of outdoor space can be a particularly demanding creative challenge.

19. Best Communal Garden/Landscape
This award is for the designer or architect creating the most exceptional, inspiring and functional communal outdoor living environment in an urban or rural setting.

20. Best Landscaped Urban Development
This will be attractive and functional outdoor space and a stunning example of stimulating, vibrant, functional and creative design in a modern urban apartment setting. Before and after images are required.

21. Landscape Architect of the Year
This prestigious award will be go to the individual architect or practice submitting the most inspiring, innovative, well constructed and ecologically sound examples of quality residential landscaping for new property across a complete range of clients, budgets, projects and briefs.

22. Garden Designer of the Year
This award will go to the designer who has demonstrated a consistently high level of creative build and design quality over a range of projects and briefs. Only a collection of the most impressive, environmentally sound and inspiring examples of outdoor living space will win this prestigious award.

GARDEN DESIGNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS MUST SUBMIT EVIDENCE FROM AT LEAST THREE NEW HOME OR RENOVATION PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THEIR ENTRY IN CATEGORIES 21 OR 22. NO ENTRY FEE IS REQUIRED FOR THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT OR GARDEN DESIGNER OF THE YEAR CATEGORIES BUT ALL ENTRIES IN THIS CATEGORY MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AT LEAST ONE ENTRY IN ANOTHER CATEGORY.