So, like, apparently the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) spilled the tea on the 2025 Circle of Excellence, spillin’ the deets on 15 bomb landscape projects from all over Canada. These top projects, chosen from five main categories, are gonna get lit at the National Awards of Landscape Excellence (NALE) on August 12, 2025, in Regina, Saskatchewan. Get ready to turn up with the green thumbs, y’all!
NALE is, like, the hottest event in the Canadian green scene, bringing together over 150 landscape pros from coast to coast. This shindig celebrates the crews, designers, and companies behind some of the most fire landscape work in the Great White North. So, like, every year, peeps submit their projects to their provincial Awards of Excellence. The best of the best get sent up the chain to the national level, where a squad of volunteer judges picks the Circle of Excellence winners – the top three projects in each of the five categories. These winners will be flexing their skills at the Gala, showing off their work all night long. The top dog in each category will be revealed live, so get ready to cheer on your faves!
Check out the 2025 Circle of Excellence Projects:
– The Caterpillar Award for Residential Landscape Construction:
• Beachin – Hutton & Co., ON
• Connaught Manor – Shaughnessy Estate – Swick’s Landscaping, BC
• Stairway to Heaven – Pro-Land Landscape Construction, ON
– The Caterpillar Award for Commercial Landscape Construction:
• 100 King Street West – Urban Garden, ON
• Highland Gate – Griffith Property Services, ON
• Innisfil Town Square Development – Rutherford Contracting, ON
– The Intrigue Media Award for Landscape Design:
• Agora – Rugged Earth Landscaping, ON
• Inside Out – TLC Professional Landscaping, ON
• The Retreat Gardens Phase 1 – Lavish Gardens, ON
– The HortProtect Award for Residential Landscape Maintenance:
• Alpine Reflections – The Landmark Group, ON
• Mancini Manor – Alladins Landscape Design, MB
• Shaughnessy Shade Garden – Swick’s Landscaping, BC
– The Home Depot Award for Commercial Landscape Maintenance:
• Canada Life – Clintar, ON
• Joseph Brant Museum – Andy’s Home & Lawn Service, ON
• Uline Edmonton – Land Tec Landscape Contractors, AB
Be sure to follow CNLA on social media as they spill the tea on these 15 lit projects leading up to the Gala!
And guess what? CNLA will also be handing out two CNLA Awards of Merit, chosen from the Circle of Excellence finalists, to recognize some amazing stuff:
– Award of Merit for Exceptional Green Innovation
– Award of Merit for Outstanding Landscape Features
Plus, they’ll be throwing out some more awards, like the Green for Life Community Award, the Green My City Award, and the CiB Award of Distinction.
So, if you wanna get in on the action, make sure to hit up the Circle of Excellence Networking Event & Tour on August 13. Register by July 15 to score $50 off your ticket. Get ready to mingle with the industry elite and peep some sick projects!
Big shoutout to all the sponsors making this shindig happen. Y’all are the real MVPs! Can’t wait to see all the green goodness at the NALE Gala. Let’s get this landscape party started!
