Middlebrook Gardens and its founder Alrie Middlebrook were given a Silicon Valley Water Conservation Award for Greenscape Management in a March 24 ceremony.
The award was one of eight given this year by the 13-member Silicon Valley Water Conservation Coalition, which has been recognizing water conservation efforts with awards since 2009.
Middlebrook Gardens, now located at 76 Race St. in the Rose Garden area, was established by Middlebrook in 1976 with a specialization in interior garden design, installation and maintenance.
In 1995, Middlebrook expanded her focus to include outdoor design with an emphasis on native plants, water conservation and the elimination of pesticides.
Since then the company has designed and built more than 500 gardens for residential and commercial clients as well as schools.
Additionally, Middlebrook has used her site to host the California Native Garden Foundation and the Environmental Laboratory for Sustainability and Ecological Education.
Each year CNGF works with some 75 interns and awards garden grants to California schools.
ELSEE oversees a college internship program and continues to work on developing model garden programs at public and private schools throughout the state.
Other award winners and their categories were: City of Palo Alto Utilities for Water Utility; NASA-Ames Research Center for Government Agency; Google for Business; Canopy for Organization; EarthCapades for Education; Laura Allen for Water Champion and Kathy Machado for Lifetime Achievement.
Coalition members are: Acterra, Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, City of Foster City, City of Palo Alto Utilities, Green Town Los Altos, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County Creeks Coalition, Santa Clara Valley Water District, Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Sustainable San Mateo County, Sustainable Silicon Valley and Tuolumne River Trust.
For additional information visit waterawards.org.
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