LeeDavid Landscapes News and Notes...: February 2009

We had a great evening at the LANTA awards banquet. We were presented the award of merit for our Bel-Aire project, alongside many other terrific projects by some great landscape companies. The entire team attended and enjoyed a great buffet meal and a very entertaining and informational event.

We learned a number of things during the presentation, including the fact that we are pretty good at what we do. This event gives us an opportunity to 'measure up' in our industry. We keep our head down the rest of the year and have never wondered or worried about what other companies are doing, we just mind our own business and try to grow and improve every day. We had no idea what to expect from the evening, but were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the projects we are grouped with along with the quality of the presentation. Great job by the LANTA group to make all of us feel great and proud of our projects.

One great item that deserves mention is that LANTA took the time to make sure our name on the plaque was capitalized properly. You see, LeeDavid is one word, however the L and the D are capitalized. This is how is it engraved on the plaque. We strive to achieve a level of consideration unmatched in our industry on all our projects, and it is incredibly nice to see the voice of our industry seems to have the same mandate. Thank you Marnie, Nigel and the staff at LANTA for your incredible consideration on this seemingly little detail, it means a great deal to us!

Hedi and Elton enjoyed the event which is meant to recognize the accomplishments of our company, but truly our success couldn't be achieved without them. Thank you. Management felt it necessary to reward their efforts on this night as well and presented them each with a Tomtom GPS for their vehicles. (no more getting lost excuses either).

Notes for future award submissions

Provide more staging of furniture and props to achieve a more lived in look in the photos
Submit mature projects. Plants that have grown up to their designed potential allow for a higher judged score (obvious to us now)
Submit more details in the written essay portion. The judges take a great deal of care to understand the project, and all details are important.
Keep shooting pictures, in this digital age one can never have enough pictures.
Start all projects with the thought that this is going to be an award submission project, this keeps the end result in mind at all times and keeps us focused on doing the best possible job even in tough goings.