In addition to the Show medals, the following awards were presented.
Golden Gate Cup – Most overall meritorious exhibit. Best of Show. Recipient additionally receives a rotating trophy. The main judges award the Golden Gate Cup.
- Winner: Academy of Art University
People’s Choice Award– Favorite garden as voted by the public. Recipient additionally receives a rotating trophy.
- Winner: Clearwater Design, Inc
Garden Creator Award – Garden voted the most accomplished by previous Garden Creators.
- Winner: Academy of Art University
Pacific Horticulture Magazine Award – Garden that best demonstrates the regional nature of garden design.
- Winner: Clearwater Design, Inc
Sunset’s Western Living® Award – Garden most filled with fresh, useful, achievable ideas that enhance outdoor living in the West.
- Winner: SUN Sustainable, Valle Landscaping, sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation
California Landscape Contractors Association Award – Exhibit that best demonstrates the integration of horticulture with structures and other hardscape elements of fine craftsmanship.
- Winner: The Garden Route
Association of Professional Landscape Designers Award – Garden that best demonstrates plant knowledge, design skill, creativity, and suitability to the hypothetical client.
- Winner: Academy of Art University
San Francisco Botanical Garden Award – Garden that best demonstrates best practices in sustainable materials, water use, and design.
- Winner: Academy of Art University
American Society of Landscape Architects Award – This award is given to the garden that excels in artful and sustainable design while demonstrating the stewardship of our cultural and natural environments.
- Winner: Mariposa Landscape and Garden Design
The Garden Conservancy – A Garden that Ages Well honors a garden that exhibits a strong design idea that will mature gracefully, demonstrating the ability of a garden, as a living work of art and horticulture, to absorb, orchestrate, and take advantage of ongoing change and growth as it moves into the future.
- Winner: Academy of Art University
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers Award – connecting people and plants in a place of exceptional beauty – a garden that welcomes people in and surrounds them with beauty.
- Winner: Foothill Design
American Horticultural Society
- Winner: Mariposa Landscape and Garden Design
Judges Award – The consensus pick of the best garden by the Show Judges.
- Winner: Academy of Art University