Celebrating Sustainable Beauty in Alexandria: 2025 Beautification Winners Unveiled for Residential, Residential Street, and Community Awards!

The Alexandria Beautification Commission is thrilled to announce the 2025 Beautification Awards for residential, residential street, and community properties. The 19 winners across the city were selected from over 50 commendable nominations. The Commission thanks these property owners for their dedication to enhancing Alexandria's beauty.

Congratulations to this year's winners, listed below:

Residential Beautification Award Winners

• 18 South Hudson Street
• 34 South Ingram Street
• 1310 North Chambliss Street
• 523 North Paxton Street
• 217 East Custis Avenue
• 2621 East Randolph Avenue
• 921 Duke Street
• 634 North Payne Street

Residential Street Awards

To recognize and encourage community-wide participation, we introduced a new award category that honors entire residential streets where multiple homes adopt sustainable landscaping. These blocks exemplify how collective action can create beautiful, eco-friendly corridors - inspired by neighbors learning from each other.

• East Alexandria Avenue - 409/411
• East Nelson Avenue - 519/521/545/547/551/555
• Park Road - 205/212/301/303/311

Community Beautification Award Winners

This year's community winners showcase a wide variety of sustainability initiatives - from LEED Silver-certified buildings and rain gardens to native trees that cool heat islands in parking lots. The eight sites below reflect thoughtful planning, stewardship, and creativity.

Public art also continues to enhance Alexandria's beauty and character. Among this year's winning murals are portraits with quotes from social justice leaders that inspire passersby and a loading dock door now adorned with vibrant dogwood blossoms.

• AlexRenew
• Auburn Village Condominium
• Chinquapin Community Garden
• The Patrick Henry Elementary School & Recreation Center
• Linder Academy Murals
• The Garden Del Ray
• Torpedo Factory Art Center Loading Door Mural
• Virginia Tech Institute for Advanced Computing

Honorable Mentions: Going Beyond the Categories

Some outstanding efforts don't quite fit our award criteria but deserve special recognition:

• Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail
• Northern Alexandria Native Plant Sale

About Us

The Alexandria Beautification Commission, inspiring and celebrating beautification through its annual awards program, plays a pivotal role in the community. The Commission promotes and educates about environmentally sustainable best practices and projects.

Whether you're planting flowers in your backyard, helping at a community garden or designing the next architectural marvel, remember that you too can play a part in keeping Alexandria beautiful for generations to come! Learn more by visiting us at alexandriava.gov/beautification.

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