L. A./San Gabriel Unit : Landscape Contractors Honor Top Achievers

A San Bernardino firm has won the sweepstakes award of the Los Angeles/San Gabriel Valley chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Assn.

The top honor of 64 projects entered went to Michael Cripe Landscape for the Embassy Suites Hotel project in Phoenix.

According to Harold Britton, awards chairman, the presentations are the result of professional competition among contractors for excellence in landscape installation, design and maintenance of residential and commercial properties.

The judges merit award was won by Elite Landscape for the McAlearney residence, Redlands; colorscape award, Zen Landscape, for Kaplan residence, Westwood; special effects, Howard Folkman, for Levyn residence, Los Angeles; judges award, Toddco Landscape Co. Inc., for Flicker residence, Los Angeles.

Humanitarian awards were presented to Glenn Koyama, Koyama Landscaping, Temple City, for the Los Angeles County Arboretum; Richard L. Segal of Richard L. Segal and Associates, Santa Monica, for the Greater Los Angeles Press Club; Howard Folkman, Environmental Creations, Van Nuys, for Ronald McDonald House, Los Angeles.

Other humanitarian awards and the beneficiaries: Bob Cornell, Zen Landscape, Los Angeles, for The Children’s Institute International; Henry Soto, Four Seasons, Compton, the Exceptional Children’s Foundation, and Carl Kono, Kono Landscape Service, Los Angeles, for Estrella Park, all in Los Angeles.

Other awards:

SMALL RESIDENTIAL

First: Koyoma Landscaping; Chavez residence, City of Commerce.

Achievement: L. Barrios & Associates Inc.; Ruiz residence, Glendora.

MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL

First: Ko Endo Landscaping; Hankawa residence, Los Angeles.

Achievement: Mark Meahl, Garden View; Gower residence, Flintridge.

Achievement: Sunrise Landscapes; Rasmussen residence, Arcadia.

LARGE RESIDENTIAL

First: Toddco Landscape Co. Inc.; Brookes residence, Los Angeles.

Achievement: Mark Meahl, Garden View; Lillicrop residence, Arcadia.

SMALL RENOVATION

First: Koyama Landscaping; Tagawa residence, Hacienda Heights.

Achievement: Tom Matsuoka; Loppas residence, San Marino.

LARGE RENOVATION

First: Pardee & Fleming Landscape; Kozmetsky residence, Santa Monica.

Achievement: Glenn Martin; Booth residence, San Marino.

MODEL HOMES

Achievement: Professional Landscape Corp.; Brock Homes, Diamond Bar.

CONDOMINIUMS

First: Pardee & Fleming Landscape; Spencer Court Condos.

Achievement: Lukes Gardening; Bellpark Townhomes.

SMALL COMMERCIAL

First: Georges Landscape Contracting; Universal Coach, City of Commerce.

Achievement: Georges Landscape Contracting; Remlinger/Cole Building., Upland.

MEDIUM COMMERCIAL

First: Artistic Landscape Inc.; Euclid Business Plaza, Upland.

Achievement: Haruo Yamashiro; Pulsan Pipe America, Gardena.

LARGE COMMERCIAL

First: Artistic Landscape Inc.; Montclair Village Plaza.

UNLIMITED COMMERCIAL

First: Artistic Landscape Inc.; Lincoln Plaza, Riverside.

PUBLIC WORKS

First: Mark Meahl, Garden View; The Chandler School, Pasadena.

Achievement: Four Seasons Gardens; Community Center, Carson.

SMALL RESIDENTIAL MAINTENANCE

First: Britton Landscapes; Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson residence

LARGE RESIDENTIAL MAINTENANCE

First: Mark Meahl, Garden View; Kroop residence, Pasadena.

SMALL COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE

First: L. Barrios & Assoc. Inc.; city of Duarte Towncenter.

Achievement: Stephen Covey; San Bernardino County Credit Union.

MEDIUM COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE

First: Elite Landscape; Sunset Property Management, San Bernardino.

Achievement: San Marino Landscaping; Drake Terrace Condominiums, Los Angeles.

LARGE COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE

First: Whites Landscape Service; Northrop Aircraft.

Achievement: Whites Landscape Service; Union Bank, Los Angeles.