Awards | Joanne Kostecky Garden Design

Landscape Awards

As Garden Design passes its 30th year in business, we celebrate with even more achievements, awards, acknowledgements. The wealth and range of these international, national, state-wide, and regional awards support Garden Design's claim to be one of the most award-winning Landscape Design and Construction companies in the country.

Our awards and recognition continue to present Garden Design's philosophy of design and continuous quality review to the green industry. With systems in place, the clients are better served by the attention paid to our history of quality landscape installations. Motivated employees strive to provide the service that our clients have come to expect.

ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2008	Pennsylvania Green Award for two designed spaces presented by the Philadelphia Horticultural Society and Pennsylvania Green Commission: Asbury United Methodist Church, Allentown St Francis Retreat House, Easton
From 1992 to Present	Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association: 35 Gold Excellence in Design Awards 24 Silver Excellence in Design Awards 11 Bronze Excellence in Design Awards 7 Honorable Mention Excellence in Design Awards
From 2002 to Present	Association of Professional Designers (International Award Program): 3 Gold Residential Design Project 6 Silver Residential and Commercial Design Projects 3 Bronze Residential Design Projects
From 1999 to Present	Perennial Plant Association (International Award Program): 5 Honor Awards for Design Excellence 23 Meritorious Awards for Design Excellence
From 1998 to Present	Lehigh Valley Builder's Association: 15 Excellence in Landscape Design Awards
From 1997 to Present	Concrete Stone and Tile Excellence in Design Awards: 4 First Place Awards for City and Streetscape Design 1 First Place Award for Retaining Wall and Patio Design
2005	American Nursery and Landscape Association Hall of Fame Award Joanne Kostecky
2005	Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association Hall of Fame Award Joanne Kostecky
2005	James Perna-Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist awarded by the Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association
2004	Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal Joanne Kostecky, President-Community Spotlight Award
2004	Robert Breunig - Certified Landscape Technician awarded by PLANET (formerly Associated Landscape Contractors of America-ALCA)
2002	Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association Kirk R. Brown, Business Manager-PLNA's Green Achiever Award for outstanding contribution to the Horticultural Industry in Pennsylvania
2000	Pennsylvania's Best 50 Women in Business Award Joanne Kostecky, President Garden Design, Inc
2000	Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence in Customer Service Joanne Kostecky, President Garden Design, Inc
1999	Lehigh Valley Builders Association New Member of the Year
1999	Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Award
1994	Great Valley Girl Scout Council Woman of Distinction Joanne Kostecky, President Garden Design, Inc

In recent years, there have been articles about the company's gardens in many regional, national and international publications:

Woman's Day Special Edition's Gardening and Deck Design
American Nurseryman
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The Wall Street Journal
The New York Times
Good Housekeeping Magazine
This Old House
Entrepreneur
Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery
Lehigh Valley Magazine
The Morning Call
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On the National Speaking Circuit, Garden Design's well-recognized office staff has appeared at the following podiums:

Garden Writer's Association International Symposia in Philadelphia, Seattle, Chicago, and Vancouver

American Nursery and Landscape Association's Management Clinic in Louisville KY

Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association/Penn State Winter Nursery Conference in State College, PA

Mid Atlantic Hardy Plant Society

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Philadelphia Flower Show

Iowa Landscape and Nursery Association

Florida Landscape and Nursery Association

Landscape Ontario

Eastern States Conference, Nova Scotia

Genesee Nursery Association

Delaware Landscape and Nursery Association

Waterloo Gardens Landscape Seminar

Pittsburgh Garden Center

Manorview Nursery Landscape Conference, Baltimore MD

Babikow Nursery Landscape Conference, Baltimore MD

Hartford CT Garden Club

Pottstown Garden Club

Parkland Garden Club

Allentown Garden Club

Federated Garden Club of Pennsylvania Eastern Region Conference

PLANET's Student Career Days, Lansing, Michigan

Garden Symposium, Master Gardener Program, Lancaster, PA

Bethlehem Garden Club

CENTS Educational Seminar/Ohio Short Course, Columbus OH

Perennial Plant Association, Toronto and Philadelphia

New Jersey Landscape and Nursery Association Winter Conference, Somerset NJ