Moss Landscaping Captures Coveted TNLA Grand Platinum Award
– Texas Nursery & Landscaping Association award salutes the ‘best of the best’ –

Houston, TX – March 6, 2008 – Moss Landscaping was in the spotlight during the recent Texas Nursery & Landscape Association (TNLA) Texas Excellence in Landscaping Awards ceremony and dinner when they walked away with the highly sought after Grand Platinum Award. The Grand Platinum Award is a special judge’s award given only to a project that is deemed best in all categories. The company also was honored with 1 Gold and 3 Silver Awards.

The Texas Excellence in Landscaping Awards program recognizes excellence in installation, design, deign/build, maintenance, and special projects. The entries were judged on the basis of difficulty, craftsmanship and relative contribution to the quality of the environment, in addition to specific criteria in each category.

“We are thrilled to have won the Grand Platinum Award,” noted Gary Moss, president and founder. “It means that there were none better! We have an exceptionally dedicated and talented team who are masters at their craft, and it’s because of them that we were able to win this award. Our goal is to be innovative, yet always provide our customers with excellence and quality customer service, and I think we do it.”

The project, deemed best in all categories, was the Holthouse Estate in the Residential Maintenance category, which Moss Landscaping has maintained since 2000. This heavily wooded 6-acre private estate with nearly total shade coverage presents a challenge for seasonal color. Falling leaves must be managed, and a proximity to a ravine and lake requires maintaining a delicate balance with nature and use of organic methods. Pathways in the area are set on sand to avoid damaging roots of the trees and all trees are protected by hand digging when installing any new plant material. Among the unusual challenges of the site are dealing with the wildlife including snakes that inhabit the area.

Moss Landscaping was also presented with the Gold Award for the Holthouse Estate, as well as the Silver Award for the categories of Commercial Maintenance/Stablewood Homeowners Assoc.; Special Projects/St. Philip Presbyterian Church; and Residential Installation/Tutcher Residence.