JUDGES AWARD WINNER: BONICK LANDSCAPING, INC. NALP 2016 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
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residential landscape design firm, Bonick Landscaping has
been designing, building and main- taining outdoor environments for more than 30 years. Founder Glenn Bonick and his team’s design excel- lence attract clients with the highest standards looking for out-of-the- ordinary, luxury landscape designs offering the best in service, work- manship and plantings. Their clients know that if you want the job done right, you want to work with Bonick Landscaping. A case in point is one of this year’s
NALP Judges Award-winning proj- ects: Westover Hills, a mid-century modern estate of four acres in Ft. Worth, Texas. After a lengthy vacan- cy, the new owner decided to reno- vate the site and employed a leading ASLA award-winning landscape architect for its redesign. Bonick Landscaping was responsible for the installation of all the components of the exterior landscape. Major features include a motor court with a biolog-
ical water feature and koi pond, nu- merous large-scale sculptures and their respective gardens, a cobblestone dancing deck foun- tain, an exposed aggregate fire pit and a pool of black granite with dual negative edges. “We’re very
proud of this proj- ect,” Bonick said. “It was amazingly technical. Our team really worked hard to execute it to the highest level of detail.” The project was not without challenges. The site is located on a terraced hillside with an overall grade change of 60 feet and also included some underground water. Mature trees and an existing marble walkway at the front motor court and covered entry had to be pre- served. The existing rear terrace was
designed on a 3-foot grid, which was maintained in a large part with the new program scope by the land- scape architect. Bonick said the opportunity of working with the landscape archi- tect required precision accuracy and the highest level of expectation for executing the project. The team collaborated admirably and met all challenges. Due to the grade change, only key access points were allowed, and large items like sculpture and stone slabs had to be craned in from these points. An extensive system of French drains addressed the under- ground water on the site. The project took more than two
years to execute and involved Bon- ick’s entire team of craftsman and subcontractors to execute the high level of detail. And based on the photos on this page and the learned opinions of the NALP judges, the project was incredibly successful. Bonick said that hearing his name
called during the Awards Dinner in Louisville was “pretty exciting. It’s quite an honor because there were some amazing projects submitted this year. I’m humbled that our work was selected. The award has been a huge morale boost for our entire team.” 7
26 THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL > NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 Photo: David Hocker, Hocker Design Group
Photo: Gisela Borghi
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