LDI 2025 National Landscape Design Award Winners 2025
The Landscape Design Institute is proud to announce the Winners of the 2025 LDI National Landscape Design Awards, held at our special presentation lunch on Thursday 11 September in Sydney.
The event was a great success, it was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate each others work, be entertained, inspired and mix with the biggest names in the industry.
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With an incredible 84 projects, spread over 11 categories and designed by 26 LDI companies/designers each with a diverse mix of project types that reflect the amazing skill, creativity and expertise of our members as well as the diversity and requirements of their clients.
The five major awards presented were:
Allan Correy Award
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Prue Batchelor - Good Batch Co - Rhodes Farm Project
Landscape Designer of the Year - Residential Design
- Steve Taylor - COS Design - Peninsula Project
Landscape Designer of the Year - Plantscape
- Adam Robinson - Adam Robinson Design - Pyrmont Skygarden
Landscape Designer of the Year - Commercial Design
- Ruth Czermak - Botanical Traditions - Regional Special Education Hub
Emerging Landscape Designer of the Year
- Mitchell Kushturian - Exotic Living - Grounds of Glossodia
Winners for the 2025 LDI National Landscape Design Awards
(Sorted by category with designer names listed in alphabetical order)
Category Finalists were awarded a Gold, Silver or Bronze Award, see the results below: 🏅 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Residential Design - Courtyard, Rooftop or Balcony
🥈Adam Robinson - Adam Robinson Design - Pyrmont Skygarden
🥉Alice Nichols - Alice Nichols Landscape Design - The Enchanted Como Courtyard
🏅Deb Meyer - Vogue & Vine Landscape Design - Inner City Courtyard
🥈Fran Thevessen - Naturesque Landscape Architecture - Freo Roof Garden
🥈Steve Warner & Callum Rhodes - Outhouse Design - View St, Woollahra
Residential Design - Small Landscape
🏅Adam Robinson - Adam Robinson Design - Federation Garden
🥈Adam Robinson - Adam Robinson Design - Moroccan Escape
🥉Adam Robinson - Adam Robinson Design - Small Space, Big Personality
🥉Jason Martino - Etch Landscape Design - Mediterranean Living
🥉Jason Martino - Etch Landscape Design - Seaside Sanctuary
🥉Julia Meyer Pflug - Folium Studio - Everton Park Project
🥉Steve Warner - Outhouse Design - Richards Ave, Marrickville
🥈Steve Warner & Callum Rhodes - Outhouse Design - Arthur St, Balmain
Residential Design - Mid-size or Large Landscape
🥉Adrian Swain & Gavin Carl - Ecodesign - The Beecroft Project
🥉Adrian Swain & Gavin Carl - Ecodesign - The Hinkler Project
🥈Alice Nichols - Alice Nichols Landscape Design - Avalon NatureScape
🥉Clare James - Clare James Landscape Design - Craigerne Residence
🥉Gerrad Everson - Octopus Garden Design - The Ridge Project
🥈Jim Stewart & Ben Keane - Boss Gardenscapes - Glendalough Project
🥈Julia Meyer Pflug - Folium Studio - Sternlight Project
🥈Justin Dibble - Fluid Design - Oatlands Project
🥈Megan Cooper - Dream Design Scapes - Coastal Hamptons
🥉Mitchell Kushturian - Exotic Living - Mosman Hideaway
🥈Mitchell Kushturian - Exotic Living - Grounds of Glossodia
🥈Sally Yang - Ploterra Landscapes - The Artisan House Gardens
🥉Steve Taylor - COS Design - Camberwell Project
🥈Steve Taylor - COS Design - Mentone Project
🥈Steve Taylor - COS Design - Middle Park Project
🏅Steve Taylor - COS Design - Peninsula Project
🥉Tristan Peirce - Tristan Peirce Landscape Architecture - Floreat House
Residential Design - Rural or Regional Landscape
🥈Colin Marchant - Costata Landscape Design - Hidden Acres Project
🥈Justin Dibble - Fluid Design - Kenthurst Project
🥈Tristan Peirce - Tristan Peirce Landscape Architecture - Augusta Project
Plantscape - Courtyard, Rooftop or Balcony
🥈Adrian Swain & Gavin Carl - Ecodesign - The Stanmore Project
🥈Steve Warner & Callum Rhodes - Outhouse Design - View St, Woollahra
Plantscape - Residential
🏅Adam Robinson - Adam Robinson Design - Pyrmont Skygarden
🥈Adrian Swain & Gavin Carl - Ecodesign - The Hinkler Project
🥈Adrian Swain & Gavin Carl - Ecodesign - The Tea House Project
🏅Alice Nichols - Alice Nichols Landscape Design - Avalon NatureScape
🥈Clare James - Clare James Landscape Design - Craigerne Residence
🏅Jim Stewart & Ben Keane - Boss Gardenscapes - Glendalough Project
🥈Sally Yang - Ploterra Landscapes - The Artisan House Gardens
🥈Steve Taylor - COS Design - Peninsula Project
🥈Steve Taylor - COS Design - Camberwell Project
🥉Steve Warner - Outhouse Design - Richards Ave, Marrickville
Plantscape - Commercial
🥉Steve Warner - Outhouse Design - Mt Wilga Rehab Garden
🥈Eva Porter - Porter Designs - The Elms and Music Garden
🏅Prue Batchelor - Good Batch Co - Rhodes Farm Project
Commercial
🥉Daniel Kavanagh & Fiona Temple - The Gardenmakers - Magnolia House Playspace
🥉George Adams - Urban Landscape Projects - Illawong Public School
🥉Steve Warner - Outhouse Design - RSPCA Sensory Garden
🥈George Adams - Urban Landscape Projects - Fit Kidz Learning Centre
🥈Steve Warner - Outhouse Design - Mt Wilga Rehab Garden
🏅Eva Porter - Porter Designs - The Elms and Music Garden
🏅George Adams - Urban Landscape Projects - Bluebird Early Education
🏅Ruth Czermak - Botanical Traditions - Regional Special Education Hub
Emerging Designer
🥉Tristan Smith - Tristan Smith Landscape Design - Birkdale Pool-house Project
🥈Brenda Mancuso - Sundays Landscape Design - Project Osborne
🥈Michelle De winter - Green Ink Garden Design - Kedron Residence
🏅Mitchell Kushturian - Exotic Living - Grounds of Glossodia
Community Contribution / Pro-Bono
🏅Steve Warner - Outhouse Design - RSPCA Sensory Garden
Many Thanks
We would like to thank our special guests Tim Ross, Brendan Moar and Adam Robinson for entertaining the room with their inspiring industry insights and wonderful stories.
Congratulations and appreciation also goes out to the LDI team who worked tirelessly to make the event a big success, including Event Director Vanessa Walsh, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Kate Ashton, the entire LDI National Council, the 2025 LDI Awards Committee and our esteemed panel of judges from right across the country.
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend, all our fantastic sponsors and congratulations again to all our winners. Well done!
Thank you to the following Sponsors of the 2025 LDI National Landscape Design Awards:
