A 2025 Bronze medallist: Top Garden delivered a Meadowbank development's podium courtyard and driveway in Corten steel, timber seating and riparian planting.

A 2025 Gold medallist: Natural Habitats planted over 90,000 plants and 204 large trees at the Auckland Temple, a dignified two-year softscape project.

A 2025 Silver medallist: Top Garden built a Japanese-inspired Auckland garden designed around lighting, with schist, composite decking and a bamboo water feature.

A 2025 Gold medallist: Luijten Landscaping turned a Manurewa Intermediate courtyard into a walk-through solar system of Corten planets, sculpture and planting.

A 2025 Bronze medallist: Winfield Landscapes built a subtropical Auckland oasis around a circular lawn, quarter-circle deck and Corten steel garden rings.

A 2025 Gold medallist: Kate Campbell Gardens and Residences keeps a 50 hectare Queenstown estate at its peak through four alpine seasons, protecting Lake Hayes as it goes.

A 2025 Gold medallist: Diva Landscapes shaped a seven-acre Arrowtown property over seven years, adding a Japanese courtyard, native planting and irrigation.

A 2025 Bronze medallist: By Design Concrete and Paving built a cliff-edge permeable tennis court in Herne Bay, engineered to store and slowly release its own stormwater.

A 2025 Bronze medallist: By Design Concrete and Paving revived a tired Glendowie poolside into a low-maintenance, family-friendly outdoor living space.

A 2025 Bronze medallist: Weka Landscaping restored Central Otago's first vineyard with schist, Corten steel, hardy perennials and transplanted mature olives.