Parmenter takes home prize

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 00:00



VOORHEESVILLE — Elemental Landscapes, Inc., a Voorheesville business owned by Jerry Parmenter, won an award for Garden Structures and Pavements, costing between $10,000 and $25,000, from the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association.

The association’s Environmental Beautification Award program is meant to educate members as well as the public on new trends in landscaping.

The winning designs, including Parmenter’s irregular natural stone patio, built in Delmar, are featured in the association’s publications and on its website. A formal presentation was made on Arbor Day in Albany and the winners will be recognized again next week at the state fair in Syracuse.

The president of the association praised Parmenter’s creativity and attention to detail.

Parmenter is president of the Northeastern New York Nursery and Landscape Association and is in his seventh year of business. He received the same award last year for a landscape he constructed in Slingerlands.

Parmenter received a bachelor of science degree in horticulture, with honors, from Cornell University before apprenticing as a stone mason in Great Britain for two years.

He specializes in landscape design, primarily hardscape construction.

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