Awards & Press

2022

Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Construction $100,000 – $250,000 (Design for Silverfern Landscaping (2019) Inc.)
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Construction $250,000 – $500,000 (Design for Silverfern Landscaping (2019) Inc.)
Landscape Nova Scotia Award for Excellence for Residential Design – Maxwell Residence

Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Design 5,000 s.f. or more – Back to Nature
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Design 2,500 to 5,000 s.f. – Kandinsky Revisited
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Construction $100,000-$250,000 – Holmes Residence (Design for Creo Concepts Inc.)
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Construction $100,000-$250,000 (Design for Silverfern Landscaping (2019) Inc.)
Article in Guelph Today (May 2020) – The Story Behind the Guelph Cenotaph Tulips
Featured Article in Living Spaces Magazine (Spring 2020) – Urban Retreats: Next Trend in Health & Wellness
Featured Article in Living Spaces Magazine (Summer 2020) – A Landscape Design for Both Night & Day
Featured Article in Living Spaces Magazine (Winter 2020) – Planting Through the Pandemic

Featured Article in Living Spaces Magazine (Spring 2019) – Integrated Gardening
Featured Article in Living Spaces Magazine (Summer 2019) – Pet Centric Gardens
Featured Article in Living Spaces Magazine (Fall 2019) – Phased Landscape Construction

Our Homes
Keynote Speaker – HortEast Conference, Dartmouth NS
Feature Article in Living Spaces Magazine Spring 2017 – “Landscape Architecture – The Mill”
Cover – Living Spaces Magazine Spring 2017 – Living Spaces Spring 2017

Featured Article in Living Spaces Magazine – Choosing a Landscape Architect
Featured Article in Our Homes Magazine – Winter Wonders
Landscape Ontario Award for design for Landscape Ontario’s Canada Blooms Garden
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf-FWQxlYds
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K73tW7kIPo

Paul Brydges included in Top 50 Notable Landscape Architects from University of Guelph
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Construction $50,000-$100,000 – Currie Residence (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Construction $10,000-$25,000 – Sammut Residence (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)

Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence in Special Interest Construction – The Stone Stable (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence in Place of Business – Ground Effects Landscapes (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Construction $100,000-$250,000 (Design for Hutten & Co.)
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Landscape Lighting Design & Installation (Design for Hutten & Co.)
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence for Residential Construction $50,000-$100,000 (Design for Hutten & Co.)

Featured article in The Toronto Star – Ancient Secrets Of Pyramids Come To Life In Ontario
Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence for Private Residential Design 5000 Sq. Ft. or more – Private Residence
Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence for Residential Construction $100,000-$250,000 – the Owen Sound Residence
(Design for Hutten & Co.)
Canada Blooms Award for Outstanding Use of Structure – Landscape Ontario Feature Garden
Canada Blooms Honourable Mention for Universal Access for Handicap

Canada Blooms Award for Best Use of Natural Stone – Landscape Ontario Feature Garden
Canada Blooms Award for Best Use of Colour – Landscape Ontario Feature Garden
Pool and Hot Tub Council of Canada Gold Medal Residential Water Feature – Dickson Residence (Design Constructed by Precision Pools)
Guelph Tribune Reader’s Choice Gold Medal

Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence in Residential Construction – Woodside Residence (Design for Forestell Designed Landscapes)
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence in Residential Construction – Myer Residence (Design for Hutten & Co.)
Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence in Commercial Construction – Ancaster Mill (Design for Forestell Designed Landscapes)
Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence for Special Interest Construction – Ancaster Mill (Design for Forestell Designed Landscapes)
Communities In Bloom Green For Life Certificate – Hanover Hospital Garden of Fond Memories
Unilock Award of Excellence for Residential Construction (Design for Hutten & Co.)
Unilock Award of Excellence for Residential Construction (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
Cover Story and Feature Article in At Home Guelph Magazine

Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence in Private Residential Design 2,500 to 5000 Sq. Ft. – Craig Residence
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence in Private Residential Design 5000 Sq. Ft. or more- Ott Residence
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence in Construction – The Mill (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence in Private Residential Design over 5,000 Sq. Ft. – Dickson Residence
Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence in Commercial Design – Creative Marketing Yard
Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence in Commercial Construction – Hanover Hospital Garden of Fond Memories
(Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
Ontario Construction Report Gold Medal for Best Landscape Architect (3rd Consecutive Year)
Pool and Hot Tub Council of Canada Gold Medal Best Pool Renovation – Dickson Residence (Renovation Completed by Pristine Pools)
Guelph Tribune Gold Medal for Best Backyard Designer

Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence in Private Residential Design – Williams Residence
Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence for Special Interest Construction – The Rain Chain (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence in Construction – Wightman Residence (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
Unilock Award for Best Residential Installation of Pre-Built Outdoor Design Solutions (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
National Pool and Spa Council Bronze Medal for Best Family Recreation Centre – The Mill (Design for Ground Effects Landscapes)
Ontario Construction Report Gold Medal for Best Landscape Architect (2nd Consecutive Year)
Landscape Architect for the Guelph Rotary Dream Home (Canada’s First Leed Platinum “Green Dream Home) constructed by Forestell Designed Landscapes

Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence in Private Residential Design – Pearson Residence
Canada Blooms Honourable Mention for Universal Access for Handicap
Canada Blooms People’s Choice Award for Best Garden Presented by The National Post, Global Television and Newstalk 1010 CFRB (with Forestell Designed Landscapes)
Canada Blooms Award for Outstanding Outdoor Entertainment Area
Ontario Construction Report Best Landscape Architect
Recognition with Feature Spotlight in Gardening Life Magazine for Canada Blooms Design for 2008 (one of Editor’s Top Three Picks)

Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA) Award for Excellence in Landscape Architecture at Canada Blooms (discretionary award)
Canada Blooms/ Landscape Ontario Award for Outstanding Use of Trees (With Forestell Designed Landscapes)
Unilock Judge for Awards of Excellence
Guelph Mercury Newspaper Article in Living Spaces Magazine

Canada Blooms/ Landscape Ontario Award for Excellence in Design and Construction (with Forestell Designed Landscapes)
Unilock Judge for Awards of Excellence
Recognition with Feature Article in Our Homes Magazine