THE SGD AWARDS 2025 CATEGORIES

Main Awards

NEW - 'Open Choice' entry form

If you can’t decide what category to enter, simply use the 'Open Choice' from the entry form page and leave it to us to allocate the category.

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, and Pre-registered

International Residential Landscapes & Gardens

Projects of any size outside the UK

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, and Pre-registered*

International, Public Realm Landscapes & Gardens

A communally used public, semi-public, or commercial project of any size outside the UK. Examples may include but not limited to hotels, offices, parks, communal gardens..

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, and Pre-registered*

Public Realm Landscapes & Gardens

A UK communally used public, semi-public, or commercial project of any size with an emphasis on sustainability. Examples may include but not limited to hotels, offices, parks, communal gardens, including for public/private housing.

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered*

UK/International Roof, Podium & Raised Gardens

Residential or Commercial gardens ‘in the air’ of any size with specific emphasis on contribution to the environment and sustainability.

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice.

Large Residential Landscapes & Gardens

A UK project of over 2000m2

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered*

Medium Residential Landscapes & Gardens

A UK project of 500-2000m2

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered*

Small Residential Landscapes & Gardens

A UK project of 150-500m2

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered*

Garden Jewel

A UK residential project of less than 150m2 including courtyards, roof gardens, front gardens or may include a ‘jewel’ within a bigger garden.

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered*

Healing or Learning Landscapes & Gardens

A UK project of any size. Examples may include schools, hospitals, care homes, hospices. Nb. Community gardens must be not for profit, may or may not have included the community in the project and may not necessarily be permanent.

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered*

Designer & Landscaper Joint Submission

A UK residential, commercial or community project of any size, which demonstrates excellence in design and implementation.

Open to An Affiliated Business Partner Landscaper AND one of the following: FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered*

Big ideas, Small Budget

A UK residential project where the total budget does not exceed £40,000, i.e. the value of the landscape contract (note this is excluding design fee and vat)

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered

Design for the Environment

A UK residential, commercial, or public project of any size focused on environmental contribution, sustainability, and biodiversity enhancement. (May also be submitted to other categories.)

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered

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New Designer Landscapes & Gardens

A UK project of any size showing a flair for design, interpretation of client brief, dynamic design solutions, detailed design elements, that ‘something special’

Open to Pre-registered Members who have been practising for less than 5 years

Planting Design

A UK project showing excellence and ingenuity in a residential or public planting scheme. Consideration may include but are not limited to: suitability, resilience, to the site, conditions & stated brief, plant growth & functionality, creative use of plants, aesthetics, environmental solutions. Planting design only schemes can be submitted.

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered

Built Landscape Design

A UK project showing innovative and meticulous design and implementation of a domestic, commercial, or public hard landscaping scheme. Consideration may include but are not limited to: environmental impact, sustainability, innovation in design, construction detail.

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered.

Virtual Landscape Design

A UK or international residential, commercial, or public project of any size NOT constructed e.g. a design yet to find a home, waiting to be implemented, a show garden idea, innovation/experimentation in design, ‘the one that got away’. An explanation of why the garden has not been constructed should be included in the submission.

Open to FSGD, MSGD, Registered Practice, Pre-registered

Student Awards

Student Design - Public Realm

For a constructed or not constructed design completed by a SGD Student Member while a student

Open to Student Members, & qualifying Pre-Registered Members & qualifying Friends of SGD

Student Design - Domestic

For a constructed or not constructed design completed by a SGD Student Member while a student.

Open to Student Members, & qualifying Pre-Registered Members & qualifying Friends of SGD

Student Design - Sustainability

For a constructed or not constructed domestic or public realm design with special focus on sustainability completed by a SGD Student Member while a student.

Open to Student Members, & qualifying Pre-Registered Members & qualifying Friends of SGD