Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet News and Press

850, The Business Magazine of Northwest Florida
November, 2008

Local design firm wins 2008 Oasis Award

Local Honors

The 2008 Oasis Award for Outdoor Kitchen Design goes to Richard De Angelis and Mifflin Holliday, landscape designers with Dragonfly Design & Detail in Santa Rosa Beach, for their "Living Green at Blue Mountain Beach" design. The team created a distinctive beachfront weekend home on the Gulf of Mexico in Blue Mountain Beach.

Presented by Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet and Garden Design magazine, the competition recognizes outstanding design for site-specific residential outdoor rooms with an outdoor kitchen as a primary feature.

The panel of six judges considered not only the quality and originality of the outdoor design, but the overall design excellence of the total outdoor living space and the cohesiveness of the entire plan. Every design aspect was considered for each entry, including landscape design, furniture and materials selection, the usability of the kitchen and the design value to the potential client.

The Oasis Award is the only national competition of its kind.