Landscape of the Quarter

The Best Landscaping of the Quarter program awards either a neighborhood or business that continually maintains an excellent landscape. The award is presented quarterly by the City Arborist and typically alternates between a business and a neighborhood. The businesses that receive this award are those that not only keep their landscapes excellently maintained, but also go above and beyond by planting trees, shrubs, and seasonal annuals to provide year-round interest.

The award is given to those neighborhoods that have taken the initiative to install decorative signs and lighting, as well as trees, shrubs, and seasonal annuals, at their entrances. The award is intended not only to commend those businesses and neighborhoods that continually maintain an excellent landscape, but to also encourage others to enhance theirs.

The winner of the Fall 2002 award is Carrington subdivision on Dogwood Road. This subdivision consistently has a beautiful landscape throughout the year with flowering annuals, a tree-lined entrance, and well-maintained grounds. A brick entrance wall and sign also frames the entrance to the subdivision. Past recipients include:

• Hair Shack/Gwinnett Dermatology, Pate Street (Summer 2002)
• Nob Hill subdivision, on Knollwood Drive (Spring 2002)
• Up the Creek restaurant, on Ronald Reagan Pkwy. (Winter 2002)
• Springdale Trace subdivision, on Springdale Drive (Fall 2001)
• Presidential Market Center, located at the intersection of Highway 124 and Ronald Reagan Parkway (Summer 2001)
• Brookwood Plantation subdivision, located on Mountain View Road (Spring 2001)
• Primerica, located at the intersection of Highway 124 and Highway 78 (Winter 2001)

We would like to give a special thank you to Dr. Joel Shavin of Gwinnett Dermatology. His recent donation allowed us to purchase an additional sign for increased visibility of the program and recipients.

Please contact City Arborist Jessica Roth via e-mail or at (770) 985-3509 for questions or to suggest a future recipient. Congratulations to all of these winners and stay tuned for next quarter's winner - it could be your neighborhood or business!