September 10, 2001
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SCHROEDER, NIEVES WIN CLCA AWARDS
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – Some landscape construction projects are work, and some are fun. The First Place winner of the 2001 San Diego chapter California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) award for Residential Estate Construction over $300,000 was both. Mark Schroeder and Company took home the award last month, which was sponsored by Miramar Wholesale Nurseries.
“There was a lot of oohing and ahing on the job site,” said Mark Schroeder, president of the landscape construction and maintenance company. And rightly so. The project reads like a wish list for the outdoor enthusiast: trellised sitting areas, a custom fire pit and barbecue, a sunken handball court, a skateboard ramp, a succulent garden, a swimming pool surrounded by artificial rock, plus a waterfall and slide, and even a 1,500 square-foot artificial putting green – not to mention a veritable forest of palms and olive trees and phormium. The two-acre home site is located in the Knight’s Bridge development in Olivenheim.
Nieves Landscape Inc. took home two awards in the category of Landscape Maintenance of Apartment Buildings and Complexes exceeding $3,000 per month in the Orange County chapter. These awards were also sponsored by Miramar Wholesale Nurseries.
Nieves, along with Lyon Management Group in Newport, also received an Outstanding Achievement Award for maintaining the Las Palmas Apartments in Fullerton, and a First Place award for Sonoma at Oak Creek, a project the company has maintained since its opening three years ago.
The CLCA hosts the awards every year. First Place and Outstanding Achievement awards are available in 20 categories. The awards are judged by landscape architects who view the properties without knowing who has performed the work. The CLCA is the nation’s oldest and largest organization of licensed landscape and irrigation contractors. Mark Schroeder and Company has earned seven awards in seven categories in recent years. This is the first year Nieves submitted entries.
Miramar Wholesale Nurseries is Southern California’s leading supplier of landscape plant material and supplies. The nursery grows a wide variety of perennials, shrubs, and trees at three locations for projects in and around the region. The fully stocked will-call facilities in San Diego, Irvine/Lake Forest, and San Juan Capistrano serve the needs of commercial properties, institutions, property managers, and commercial landscapers. In an acquisition in early 1999, MWN became a member of the San Diego region of TruGreen LandCare, a ServiceMaster company. The region recently expanded to include Las Vegas and Phoenix – becoming the Southwest region.
