Sam Whitney of Samscaping Inc., Mountain View, received five awards, including first place for large residential landscaping, from

the San Francisco Bay Area

chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association at its banquet June 18. Girvin Peters of Girvin Peters Landscape

in Los Altos took home two awards.

John Gachina of Gachina Landscape Management, Menlo Park, and Ed Ott of Colony

Landscape and Maintenance Inc. took six and three plaques, respectively, for commercial landscaping.

Samscaping Inc. is a full service residential landscape company with in-house designers, installation specialists, and a maintenance division.

For more information on the local contractors, visit www.samscaping.com and www.girvinpeterslandscape.com.