Shortlist for SGD Awards 2025

Shortlist for SGD Awards 2025: The Society of Garden Designers (SGD) has announced the shortlisted finalists for the highly anticipated SGD Awards 2025.

Highlighting the finest in garden and landscape design excellence, this year’s shortlist features 30 exceptional projects across 14 categories, each demonstrating outstanding creativity, innovation, and sustainable design.

From intimate urban retreats to large-scale landscapes, the finalists represent a wide range of styles and scales, showcasing the extraordinary talent within the industry. The winners will be revealed at the prestigious SGD Awards ceremony in February 2025.

Familiar names including Andy Sturgeon FSGD, Sarah Eberle SGD and Stefano Marinaz MSGD will be competing against some of the industry’s most exciting emerging talents, including rising star Tabitha Rigden, returning after her 2020 Student Award win, and Award newcomers Colm Joseph and Claire Greener.  The shortlist also features international designers including Peter Berg from Germany, Haruko Seki from Japan and Tawatchai Sakdikul from Thailand.

The gardens and designers in the running to be crowned SGD Award winners in 2025 are:

A Contemporary Cottage Garden 
A Private Patio in Marylebone
A Tapestry of Urban Greenery
After the Transhumance
Blue Garden
Cleaver Street
Echoes of the Past, Present & Future
Edgy Woodland Wonderland
Florence Street
Folly Garden
Garden in Oxfordshire
Hampshire Temple
Hestia Garden at The Plough, Shiplake
Isle of Wight Garden
Naturalistic New Build Garden
Oxygen House Garden – SolarFlora
Parsonage Farm
Primrose Hill Courtyard
River Dart View
Set in Stone
South London Garden
St Mary’s Peace Garden
St Paul’s Road
Suffolk Walled Garden
The Dairy House
The Embrace of Nature
Walled Garden, Norfolk
Under the Copper Beech
Wildlife Rain Garden
Zero Landfill Garden  

Adam Vetere MSGD
Haruko Seki
Stefano Marinaz Landscape Architecture
Barbara Samitier MSGD
Tabi Jackson Gee
Adolf Harrison MSGD
Eliza Gray MSGD
Stefano Marinaz Landscape Architecture
Adolfo Harrison MSGD
Claire Greener
Sarah Eberle FSGD
McWilliam Studio
Tabitha Rigden
Andy Sturgeon FSGD
Emily Crowley-Wroe
Holly Birtles
Paul Kimberley
Lucy Conochie
Tom Johnson
Peter Berg
George Cullis MSGD
McWilliam Studio
Adolfo Harrison MSGD
Colm Joseph
Robert Hughes MSGD
Tawatchai Sakdikul
Charlotte Sanderson
Barbara Samitier MSGD
Sally Bower
Miria Harris MSGD

Chosen by a panel of independent, respected experts—including designers, academics, journalists, and horticultural professionals—and chaired by garden designer, author, and lecturer Richard Sneesby, the shortlisted projects reflect the incredible variety and creativity in the field,  ranging from a 7-acre Anglo-Japanese strolling garden in Oxfordshire to a compact basement garden crafted in a car parking space in Marylebone,

Lynne Marcus FSGD, Chair of the SGD Awards, said: “I’m continually inspired by the extraordinary talent and creativity within our profession. This year’s shortlist showcases an exceptional range of projects that push the boundaries of garden and landscape design.

“It’s truly exciting to see both established designers and fresh voices shaping the future of our industry, all with a shared commitment to innovation, sustainability, and the creation of meaningful outdoor spaces.”

17 of the gardens will now be entered into the People’s Choice Award which is open for votes via the SGD website on 1st October 2024 for one month. The same finalists will also be competing for the highly coveted Grand Award, which will be decided by the judging panel. To see images of all the shortlisted gardens visit the SGD website.

The winners of all 21 awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Grand Award, the Judges’ Award, the People’s Choice Award and three Student Awards, will be revealed at The SGD Awards ceremony on Friday 7th February 2025.

The Society of Garden Designers has also announced that Thrive, the gardening for health charity that helps to improve people’s physical and mental health through gardening and horticulture, will be its Charity Partner at the event.

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