For 2024, the competition is being revamped to test competitors on a broader range of skills within each practical station and give our young landscapers from across the industry the chance to showcase their abilities through interpretation of scopes and application of knowledge.
As we eagerly anticipate celebrating the Young Landscaper of the Year (YLOY) weekend in 2024, we also look ahead to our future. A key part of this is our AGM;
The Registered Master Landscapers (RML) is introducing the Landscape Legacy Awards to honour exceptional contributions to the Association over the past 50 years. These new awards will include past Life Members and Distinguished Service Award recipients, as well as new honourees.
As May approaches, we're gearing up for our regional meetups nationwide. It's an opportunity to reconnect with fellow professionals in the landscaping industry.
For our Otago members we'll have a time and venue for you very shortly.
Feel free to invite any non-members you're acquainted with.
Otago, it's your turn! We'll be lunching this coming...
Thursday, the 21st of March, 12.30pm
Joe's Garage
Nth Dunedin
We'll share recent feedback from our survey and discuss its impact on the organisation moving forward. Additionally, it's a great opportunity to catch up with fellow landscapers.
Our regional meetings are a great format to network and catch up on the latest news in a relaxed environment with like-minded industry professionals.
They will provide an opportunity for RML to share how recent feedback will impact the organisation going forward and, of course, to catch up with fellow landscapers.
To help us ensure we understand and are taking our members’ opinions on board during this analysis, we have prepared a quick feedback survey for members. Ideally, the responses will provide insight that will help give us clarity regarding our strategy going forward.
This competition offers significant opportunities for young, motivated landscapers to showcase their skills and compete against the best emerging landscape professionals to become 2023 New Zealand Young Landscaper of the Year!
Open to young landscapers throughout New Zealand, entrants do not have to be working for a Registered Master Landscaper to enter the competition.
Now is the time to have your say! The Landscapes of Distinction People's Choice Awards celebrates the top landscape projects across the country, as voted by the New Zealand public.
The 2023 Landscapes of Distinction Awards culminate in a grand celebratory Gala Dinner to be held at the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday 2nd September 2023
These informative webinars will give you helpful insights for making sure your entries are primed and ready for the '23 Landscapes of Distinction Awards.
Join the webinar for an overview of this year’s award categories. Get tips directly from the judges on writing a great entry, plus what supporting information to provide.
Our regional meetings are a great format to network and catch up on the latest news in a relaxed environment with like-minded industry professionals. We invite all industry landscape professionals and suppliers to attend.
Prebble Seeds are a key sponsor for RML and a huge supporter of the Young Landscaper of the Year Awards. We recently spoke with Bruce Lowe, who is the New Zealand Turf Manager for Prebble Seeds.
Our regional meetings are a great format to network and catch up on the latest news in a relaxed environment with like-minded industry professionals. We invite all industry landscape professionals and suppliers to attend.
Our next meeting will be held in Wanaka on Friday 18th November.
The Registered Master Landscapers Board and management team have developed this strategic plan to provide a clear pathway for the organisation leading towards the achievement of our vision of RML being recognized as the voice for the New Zealand landscaping industry. We are energised by this vision of the future for the Association and look forward to sharing this with you
Immigration New Zealand will be presenting a series of talks in October at our regional meet ups. An important opportunity for any Business Owner, HR Manager or Office Manager involved in the landscape sector. Immigration NZ will cover the latest information on the employment of migrant workers.
PROFESSIONALISM is a word that Registered Master Landscapers talk about a lot and it’s one of the major reasons many of our members join our organisation. Being a member of RML says something about you and your business.
PROFESSIONALISM is an idea we are passionate about, and it is an ideology we uphold and our members exemplify.
The 2022 Landscapes of Distinction Awards culminate in a grand celebratory Gala Dinner to be held at the Hilton Hotel, Auckland on Saturday 27 August 2022
We're pleased to support recruitment experts Trade Jobs NZ who specialize in connecting job opportunities between employers and trades people. Check out the link to NZ Herald article on landscaping, here from
Notice is given that the 39th Annual General Meeting of the Landscape Industries Association of New Zealand (“Association”) is to be held.
All members are invited to attend the 39th Annual General Meeting of the Landscape Industries Association of New Zealand (“Association”).
This is a great opportunity for the landscape industry and to come together, in a relaxed setting, with like-minded people. Come along and catch up with your industry networks, share ideas, socialise, and find out the latest in landscaping news and upcoming events.
The format is informal, with light food and drinks provided.
To make it even easier to choose a wintergrade finish, Resene now offers Resene Wintergrade Additive, which you can add to a range of selected waterborne Resene paints to winterise them.
This will enable you to achieve a wintergrade finish in a wider range of products and colours.
The finalists will meet in Christchurch on the 12th of March for the Competition Day – Practical testing and interviews including a PlaceMakers sponsored BBQ lunch.
You are invited to drop by during the day to cheer on our amazing team of competitors.. Competition starts at 8:00am
This is a great opportunity for members, and anyone involved in the landscape industry to get together. The format is informal, with light food and drinks provided.
Registered Master Landscapers in association with Prebble Turf World are proud to announce the launch of the Young Landscaper of the Year Competition 2021.
If you are a landscape business or supplier, but not yet a member, this is the time to consider the benefits of membership in Registered Master Landscapers...
Give your Reputation and Visibility a Lift
Align with the Industry’s Premium Trusted Brand
We're here to support your future business aspirations
The rapid development of the COVID-19 virus situation is a growing concern for us all and we have undoubtedly challenging times ahead of us. The message from the board is to keep calm, stay connected as a group and support each other through the tough times to come.
Come along and hear Association update from the RML Board. Meet key staff from PlaceMakers Riccarton and hear a short talk on what you can expect to find at PlaceMakers Riccarton and meet some of our key suppliers.
Come along and hear Association update from the RML Board. Meet key staff from PlaceMakers Mt Wellington and mix and mingle with industry supporters and members.
Format for the evening will include a quickfire 10 minute Q&A from industry experts including Primary ITO on the latest course outline for landscape apprentices.
Entries for the Landscapes of Distinction Awards 2019 officially closed last Friday 31st May. We have had an amazing response to this years awards, with more entrants competing than ever before!
We will now collate and work our way through all the entries, creating a shortlist of the best examples of Landscaping in each section.
Entires close in a few days for our Prestigious 2019 Landscape of Distinction Awards.
The Landscape of Distinction Awards is the Premier New Zealand event that highlights and recognises landscape projects of excellence by landscape industry professionals.
For those of you that wish to enter our but have not yet
We hear the Easter holidays have caused delays to many of you, in submitting your entries to the 2019 Landscapes of Distinction Awards. For those of you, we have good news, you have extra time to enter!!
Go to the Awards page on the website to find out more.
The judges look for the highest standards within the landscape projects submitted, whether the focus is on construction, design, planting or maintenance. Innovative approaches, unusual solutions to overcoming a problem and exceptional level of craft skills are all highly valued.
Humphreys Landscaping talk about the positive impact, winning Landscapes of Distinction Awards has had on their business. "Winning the awards has been empowering for our staff as it is recognition of the hard work that they have all put into developing the gardens to the high standard that was required to win the awards.
Winning a Landscape of Distinction Award is a prestigious honour and, as we have seen over the years, this recognition brings positive benefits to the recipients. In our update today Scott Humphreys of Humphreys Landscaping, winner of the 2018 Landscapes of Distinction, Landscape of the Year Award, talks about the benefits the Awards have brought to his business.
In each project category, entries are judged for Gold, Silver Bronze medals. The categories are split into Residential, Commercial and Revegetation & Planting sections.
We recommend reviewing what Category best fits your Project/s and planning your entry as soon as possible.
Registered Master Landscapers welcome expressions of interest from Landscapers and Designers throughout New Zealand.
The landscape of Distinction Awards is the premier New Zealand event that highlights and recognises landscape projects of excellence by landscape industry professionals. Each award is independently judged by a panel of leading New Zealand landscape industry practitioners.
The Awards offer an unparalleled opportunity to showcase your workmanship, gain recognition and national exposure for your business.
This coming 28th November – 2nd December 2018 from 10am to 6pm daily, The Trust Arena, Auckland will play host to the second North Island based international flower and garden show.
The New Zealand Flower and Garden Show will be a celebration of modern horticulture and design.
Since 1689, Husqvarna has manufactured high performing products and delivered industry-changing innovations such as anti-vibration and automatic chain-break on chainsaws, as well as the world’s first commercial robotic mower.
Congratulations to all the Urban Paving 2018 Landscape of Distinction Award winners.
The entries were of a very high standard and the judges had to assess long and hard before coming up with the various Category and Premier Award winners.
Ten candidates will contest this Year’s Young Landscaper of the Year Competition in Hamilton on Friday 29 June, the winner going on to represent us at the Young Horticulturist of the Year Competition in November.
Landscaping New Zealand is pleased to advise that our long standing supporter and industry partner Prebble Seeds has also taken up our Young Landscaper of the Year naming rights.
