For its outstanding work at a Northern Trust Bank location on Chicago’s South Side, McAdam Landscaping has been awarded first place in the Commercial Landscape category in the 55th Annual Mayor’s Landscape Awards program.

The honor is McAdam’s third award for the facility at 7801 S. State St., in the Chatham community. In both 2009 and 2010, judges had selected the Forest Park-based firm for third place in the category.

McAdam and other winners will receive their awards at a ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Drive. Among those scheduled to be on hand is Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Rick Repenning, McAdam’s commercial account manager, oversees the firm’s work at the site.

“The landscape has matured quite a bit,” Repenning said. “We completely removed the existing landscape and created a new one in 2008. It’s come into its own.”

According to the award application, “The intent of the design was to harmonize with the building’s `prairie style’ and incorporate a rotating succession of colorful plants so that there is always something blooming.”

Cheryl Voltz, Property Supervisor for Alter Asset management, the site manager who submitted the application, said that Repenning has been “very responsive, a pleasure to work with.”

“It looks like a park—Rick’s design for the property is exceptional,” she added. “At all times of the year, the property has something interesting going on, some new color or a new `pop,’ always a pleasant surprise.”

“On behalf of Alter Asset Management and Northern Trust, we’re absolutely thrilled to come in first place,” Voltz added. “It’s a great honor for us. We’re very proud of the property and how it looks.”

Awards are conferred after a three-round process: in the first round, judges review the application and photos from each entry; in the second round, after narrowing the scope to a select number of finalists, judges visit gardens and evaluate planning, maintenance, creativity and environmental soundness; and finally, in the third round, judges vote after convening and reviewing the sites they have visited.

In addition to the Northern Trust site at 78th and State, McAdam provides landscaping services for two other Northern Trust locations in Chicago, at the corporate headquarters, 50 S. LaSalle St. and at the 2814 W. Fullerton Ave. bank site.

The Corporate Headquarters Plaza was awarded first place in the Mayor’s Landscape Awards program in 2008. You can see more background here about McAdam’s prior Mayor’s Landscape Award.

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About McAdam Landscaping

Since starting their business in 1979, brothers Scott and Rob McAdam have built a firm that thrives as one of the region’s most respected names in landscaping. McAdam has more than 20 year-round staff members, and a workforce that climbs to 90 in the summer, including the retail side of the 8,000-square-foot Nursery & Garden Center.

The company’s success derives from these five pillars:

Service: At the heart of our long-term success has been the ability to develop relationships of mutual trust and respect. Providing stellar service has been an indispensable part of that process.

Professionalism: We are on national and regional boards for industry groups dedicated to continuing education and awareness about innovations and best practices.

Environment: Within our industry and within the communities where we serve, we have been at the forefront of being responsible stewards of our natural resources.

Loyalty: We still have clients from our first year in business, and much of our business comes from recommendations of those whom we have served for years.

Community: We are committed to giving back, hosting village-wide business functions at our Forest Park headquarters and donating thousands of dollars every year to worthy causes close to home.

In addition to its Forest Park headquarters at 2001 Des Plaines Ave., McAdam has a location at 18039 Gougar Road in New Lenox. For more information, visit:

Web site: http://www.mcadamlandscaping.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/McAdamLandscaping
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/McAdamLandscape

Images in the photo gallery by Rick Repenning.