2000 Show Garden Awards

American Horticultural Society Award - an exhibit of horticultural excellence that best demonstrates the bond between horticulture and the environment and inspires the viewer to beautify home and community through skillful design and appropriate plant material
     Gold: D.M. Ohashi Landscape Services (Redmond)

Aquatic Award - best water feature
     Gold: Washington Park Arboretum (Seattle)
     Silver: Randles Landscape and Design (Tahuya)
     Bronze: Oasis Water Gardens (Seattle)

The Arboretum Foundation Award - best use of woody plants
     Gold: Star Nursery (Seattle)

Avant Garden Award - most innovative exhibit
     Gold: Oasis Water Gardens (Seattle)
     Silver: Seattle Public Utilities (Seattle) / Olympic Nursery (Woodinville)
     Bronze: Washington Park Arboretum (Seattle)

Chelsea Award - exhibit that best illustrates a British influence
     Gold: Heritage Perennials (Abbotsford, BC) / Amdega Pacific (St. Helena, CA)
     Silver: Lucca Statuary (Seattle) / V.S. Campbell Construction (Seattle)
     Bronze: not awarded

Chicago Horticultural Society Flower Show Award - and exhibit showing outstanding horticultural skill and knowledge
     Gold: D.M. Ohashi Landscape Services (Redmond)

Country Living Gardener Magazine Award - the creation of the most inviting outdoor living space
     Gold: Flower Growers of Puget Sound (Sumner)

Edifice Award - an exhibit containing a structure of expert craftsmanship
     Gold: The Bamboo Man (Brush Prairie)
     Silver: Rodgers Landscaping (Bremerton) / Design Northwest (Hansville)
     Bronze: LBL Landscape Group (Woodinville)

Ethel Moss People's Choice Award - favorite garden or major exhibit as voted by the public
     Gold: Flower Growers of Puget Sound (Sumner)
     Silver: Classic Nursery & Landscape Company (Redmond)
     Bronze: Skagit Landscaping (Mount Vernon)

Fine Gardening Magazine Award - best design incorporating captivating combinations of plants
     Gold: Heritage Perennials (Abbotsford, BC) / Amdega Pacific (St. Helena, CA)

Foliage Award - garden which best features plants for their foliage
     Gold: D.M. Ohashi Landscape Services (Redmond)
     Silver: Heritage Perennials (Abbotsford, BC) / Amdega Pacific (St. Helena, CA)
     Bronze: In & Out of the Garden (Vashon Island)

Founder's Cup - most overall meritorious exhibit
     Gold: Association of Professional Landscape Designers (Washington Chapter)

Fred Palmer Exhibitor Award - exhibit that show garden creators consider the most accomplished
     Gold: Heritage Perennials (Abbotsford, BC) / Amdega Pacific (St. Helena, CA)

Garden Design Magazine Award - an exhibit of excellence in landscape design for a modern urban residential site
     Gold: Richard Hestekind & Associates (Renton)

Greenhouse Award - most accomplished display of forced plants
     Gold: Minter Gardens (Chilliwack, BC)
     Silver: Flower Growers of Puget Sound (Sumner)
     Bronze: Heritage Perennials (Abbotsford, BC) / Amdega Pacific (St. Helena, CA)

Horticulture Magazine Award - most creative use of plants in a garden design
     Gold: Association of Professional Landscape Designers (Washington Chapter)

Massachusetts Horticultural Society Flower Show Award - garden exhibit containing the highest quality plant material of great distinction
     Gold: The Stone Crow (Bellingham)

North American Heather Society Award - best use of heathers
     Gold: Heaths & Heathers (Shelton) / Made Marian (Shelton)

North American Rock Garden Society Award - best use of alpine plants
     Gold: Classic Nursery & Landscape Company (Redmond)

Northwest Perennial Alliance Award - best use of perennials
     Gold: Heritage Perennials (Abbotsford, BC) / Amdega Pacific (St. Helena, CA)

Pacific Horticulture Magazine Award - garden that best demonstrates the regional nature of garden design
     Gold: Washington Park Arboretum (Seattle)

Pacific Rim Award - exhibit that best illustrates and Asian influence
     Gold: The Bamboo Man (Brush Prairie)
     Silver: Elandan Gardens (Bremerton)
     Bronze: not awarded

Palette Award - exhibit best demonstrating skillful use of color
     Gold: Pam Richards / Faded Glory / Shire Stone (Seattle)
     Silver: Star Nursery (Seattle)
     Bronze: Heaths & Heathers (Shelton) / Made Marian (Shelton)

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Garden Award - most successful use of plants in a well designed landscape
     Gold: Flower Growers of Puget Sound (Sumner)

Rhododenron Species Botanical Garden Award - best use of a species rhododendron in a landscape
     Gold: Rodgers Landscaping (Bremerton) / Design Northwest (Hansville)

Seattle Garden Club Au Naturel Award - garden best displaying a naturalistic design
     Gold: D.M. Ohashi Landscape Services (Redmond)

Sunset's Western Living Award - the garden most filled with fresh, useful, achievable ideas that enhance outdoor living in the West
     Gold: Lucca Statuary (Seattle) / V.S. Campbell Construction (Seattle)

Urban Horticulture Award - an exhibit demonstrating responsible design and horticultural practices in an urban environment
     Gold: King County Commission for Marketing Recyclable Materials (Seattle)
     Silver: Lucca Statuary (Seattle) / V.S. Campbell Construction (Seattle)
     Bronze: Berg's Landscaping (Woodinville)

Washington Native Plant Society Award - garden that most successfully uses native Northwest plants in an appropriate setting, and in a manner that could be acheived and sustained by the average gardener
     Gold: Seattle Public Utilities (Seattle) / Olympic Nursery (Seattle)

Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association Award - the garden which best demonstrates the environmental benefits of properly used plants
     Gold: Star Nursery (Seattle)

Whimsy Award - an exhibit containing and unusual element while displaying horticultural skill and beauty
     Gold: Briggs Nursery (Olympia)

William J. Thompson Award - an exhibit demonstrating overall excellence in landscape design
     Gold: D.M. Ohashi Landscape Services (Redmond)
     Silver: Richard Hestekind & Associates (Renton)
     Bronze: Classic Nursery & Landscape Company (Redmond)