Berg's Landscaping has been involved in the following organizations for many years. These organizations honor members for outstanding performance and workmanship. Berg's Landscaping has been recognized by their peers as follows:
Washington Association of Landscape Professionals
The Washington Association of Landscape Professionals (WALP) honors members for outstanding performance and workmanship, recognizing recipients with the Annual Environmental Landscape Awards. The work honored is comprised of landscape design/build entries, landscape maintenance work, season color displays, and various special project entries. Additional categories include commercial, residential, or multi- family sites, wetland mitigation projects and landscape renovation projects.
Professionals representing different disciplines in the Green Industry judge award entries on strict criteria that includes project cost, level of effort and difficulty, and overall quality, to name a few. Three levels of awards are given:
Grand - The workmanship on the project exceeds and elevates to a new level the standard of the judging criteria of the awards program.
Award of Distinction - The workmanship on the project meets or exceeds of the standard judging criteria of the awards program.
Award of Merit - The workmanship on the project meets the standard of the judging criteria of the awards program.
Specific professional standards and practices must be met to reflect the best of what our industry offers.
Recent WALP awards won by Berg's Landscaping:
2013 - Grand Award - Renovation
2013 - Judges Award - Renovation
2011 - Award of Merit - Renovation
2010 - Award of Distinction - Renovation
2009 - Grand Award - Renovation
2007 - Award of Distinction - Design/Build
2006 - Award of Distinction - Design/Build
2004 - Grand Award - Design/Build
2002 - Award of Distinction - Design/Build
Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties
The annual REX Awards event is sponsored by the Remodeler's Council™ of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties. It spotlights and recognizes the work of the area's top remodeling contractors in a variety of categories.
Judging is completed by a panel of non-association experts, consisting of local and national remodelers, media and architects. There are 21 award categories ranging from remodels of bathrooms for less than $40,000 to kitchens and major remodels up to $600,000. They also recognized remodeler specialties such as interior design and landscaping.
Recent MBA awards won by Berg's Landscaping:
2012 - Rex Award - Landscaping
2009 - Rex Award - Landscaping
2008 - Rex Award - Landscaping
Northwest Flower and Garden Show
Every garden is rigorously judged by experts drawn from the fields of horticulture and design around the world. Judging takes place on Tuesday afternoon the day before the Show opens to the public.
Garden creators are required to submit a Statement of Intent for their display garden. Gardens are not judged against each other, rather they are judged on how well the garden achieved its Statement of Intent. Four levels of medals are given - Gold, Silver, Bronze or Crystal. In addition to these medals the following awards are distributed.
Founder's Cup - the most overall meritorious exhibit. This is the "best in show" award.
Ethel Moss People's Choice Award - favorite garden as voted by the show's attendees. Votes are counted on Saturday morning and the winner is announced Saturday afternoon.
Fred Palmer Award - garden voted the most accomplished by fellow Garden Creators. Votes are counted on Thursday evening and the winner announced Friday morning.
Pacific Horticulture Magazine Award - garden that best demonstrates the regional nature of garden design. Judged by Pacific Horticulture representatives.
Sunset's Western Living® Award - garden most filled with fresh, useful, achievable ideas that enhance outdoor living in the West. Judged by Sunset editors.
Recent Northwest Flower and Garden Show awards won by Berg's Landscaping:
2005 - Gold and Silver medal
2003 - Gold medal
2000 - Bronze medal
1998 - Gold and Silver medal
1997 - Gold and Silver medal
