2025 Winners

photo of a house with a well kemp front yard filled with large, mulched garden bed full of native shrubs and flowers.
photo of a lush front yard with brown lawn chairs pink flowers and a brick walkway lined with native shrubs.

Brookland

Sustainable Practices:

  • Native Plants
  • Leaving the Leaves
  • Pollinator Garden
  • Rain Barrel
  • Reduction/Elimination of Pesticides and Fertilizers
aerial photo of a brick house with a well kemp front yard containing many shrubs and young trees.
photo of a thriving garden bed full of purple and yellow native flowers.

Fairfield

Sustainable Practices:

  • Native Plants
  • Soil Testing
  • Pollinator Garden
  • Rain Barrel
  • Reduction/Elimination of Pesticides and Fertilizers
photo of a house with a lush, green yard and several shrubs and trees.
aerial photo of a backyard with much of the space taken up by garden beds and paths made up of pine needles. There is also a greenhouse and compost bin in the yard.

Three Chopt

Sustainable Practices:

  • Native Plants
  • Removal of Invasive Plants
  • Permeable Pavement
  • Composting
  • Pollinator Garden
  • Lawn Reduction
  • Reduction/Elimination of Pesticides and Fertilizers
photo of a large front yard with a lush, blooming flower pollinator garden in the foreground.
photo of purple coneflowers blooming throughout a lush, green garden bed.

Tuckahoe

Sustainable Practices:

  • Native Plants
  • Leaving the Leaves
  • Pollinator Garden
  • Reduction/Elimination of Pesticides and Fertilizers
photo of a house with many tall, yellow and orange flowers in front that surround a dead tree that has been cut down to size.
photo of many lush plants blooming with yellow and orange flowers that surround a dead tree that has been cut down to 10 feet in height.

Varina

Sustainable Practices:

  • Pollinator Garden
  • Composting
  • Rain Barrel
  • Reduction/Elimination of Pesticides and Fertilizers
photo a large pollinator garden on a farm with a sign that says celeste.
aerial photo of a farm with several large pollinator gardens, rows of crops, and green houses.

Clean Business

Sustainable Practices:

  • Native Plants
  • Composting
  • Pollinator Garden
  • Reduction/Elimination of Pesticides and Fertilizers