landscape Design Awards

Every year, the AILDM National Landscape Design Awards recognise and showcase the very best landscape designers and projects from around Australia.

Our members are known for their ability to create beautiful, sustainable gardens and landscapes, bringing innovation and professionalism to each project's unique site requirements. We're proud to celebrate the high calibre of their designs through these annual awards.

Members enter in a range of categories from balcony gardens to rural gardens, residential to commercial and institutional landscapes. The categories reflect the wide range of design work and expertise of our members and the diversity and requirements of their clients.

Entries are judged by a panel of experts in the field of landscape design. Gold and silver awards are given on the basis of points scored. The best entry in each category also receives a 'Best in Category' award.

• View some award winning gardens from previous years

• Read LANDSCAPE outlook stories about past awards

Allan Correy Award 

Allan Correy was one of a handful of landscape architects who trained overseas in England and America in the 1950s, and returned to be one of Australia's landscape architecture pioneers.

He applied systematic ecological planning for the first time in Australia, and was responsible for the Mt Lofty Botanic Garden Masterplan in SA and the Australian Section of Taronga Zoo, Sydney. In private practice, he designed domestic gardens using recycled building materials, ground modelling, local stone, native trees and mass shrubs and ground cover to create places that soothe the human psyche and celebrate nature. In both his public and private works he used local plant species and materials to create a strong Australian identity.

His later work in the public domain helped to build a framework for environmentally responsible site evaluation and impact assessment as an essential part of landscape architecture. He also applied his knowledge to teaching, writing and speaking, thereby contributing to landscape architecture in an all-embracing way.

AILDM was very proud to have Allan as its Patron until he resigned due to poor health in 2012. Allan Correy passed away in May 2016. 

The Allan Correy Award is given in his memory to the entrant whose work best represents the values he is espoused.