AWARDS, BOOKS & MAGAZINES

See our noteworthy projects from HGTV, Phoenix Home & Garden, and more.

  • Awards
  • Books
  • Magazines - 2016-Present
  • Magazines - 2013-2015
  • Magazines - 2010-2012
  • Magazines - 2007-2009
  • Magazines - 2006 and earlier
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    Design Icon for Landscape, 2019, Sources for Design Magazine. Featured in the magazine and the issue premiere party hosted by Sources for Design Magazine's Issue #17, and on Pinterest.
     

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    People’s Choice & Best in Show, 2009, Southwest Flower & Garden Show. Extensive coverage of the award-winning design was given in the blog Designing in the Desert by Bill Kisich.
     

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    Master of the Southwest, 2007 by Phoenix Home & Garden magazine


     

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    Environmental Award from the American Horticultural Society for the best demonstration of skillful design that incorporates environmental stewardship in the garden. The award has been covered in the May/June 2009 edition of the AHS magazine, The American Gardener.

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    The only Arizona landscape architect, and one of only 48 American architects, to be featured in the Atlas of World Landscape Architecture, page 464-467, 2014.
     

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    2016 'Best of Design' Winner, Houzz.com. Selected as the most popular in the Design category by the more than 1.2 million members of the Houzz community.
     

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    2015 'Best of Design' Winner, Houzz.com. Selected as the most popular in the Design category by the more than 1.2 million members of the Houzz community.
     

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    2015 'Best of Service' Winner, Houzz.com. Selected as the most popular in the Service category by the more than 1.2 million members of the Houzz community.
     

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    2014 'Best of Design' Winner, Houzz.com. Selected as the most popular in the Design category by the more than 1.2 million members of the Houzz community.
     

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    2012 'Best of Remodeling' Winner, Houzz.com. Selected as the most popular in the Design category by the more than 1.2 million members of the Houzz community.
     

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    Appeared on Home & Garden Television. Currently featured on HGTVs Designer Portfolio website.
     
     

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    Awarded 2017 Pulse of the City News Award for Service Excellence.
     
     

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    Numerous Arizona Landscape Contractors Association awards.


     

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    Two of our gardens were featured at the 2012 American Society of Landscape Architects National Convention held in Phoenix, Arizona, as shown in the handout "Desert Lifestyle - The Private Gardens of Paradise Valley."
     

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    Selected as #14 in HGTV's article, "The Great Outdoor Kitchen", May 2014.
     
     

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    Western Garden Book of Easy-Care Plantings, by Sunset, 2015.
     
     

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    Atlas of World Landscape Architecture, page 464-467, 2014.
     
     

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    Outdoor Style: The Essence of Southwest Living, by Suzanne Pickett Martinson, 2003.
     
     

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    Landscape Watering By the Numbers, by Donna DiFrancesco & Robyn Baker, 2005.
     
     

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    Gardening in the Southwest, by Kathleen Norris Brenzel, Philip Edinger and the editors of Sunset Books, 2005.
     
     

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    Western Landscaping, edited by Kathleen Norris Brenzel, 2006.
     
     

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    Xeriscape, by Robin Stinnett, 2007.
     
     

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    Tropical Gardens: Hidden Exotic Paradises, by Manuela Roth, 2013.