Judges commentary
Commentary by Dave Chow, please click on the button below to view.
| Ranking | Name | Surname | Layout | Comments |
| 1 | Hamdan | Mussa | Garden of Eden | A gorgeous layout, very good condition of plants and the selection of plant are just perfect! If add more gravel along the sand path then the layout will look more natural. Congratulation! |
| 2 | Kevin | Chuang | Farewell | This Layout are perfect, good plant arrangement, the condition are just perfect! If the foreground can have more space then it will become a very very good layout! Congratulation! |
| 3 | Francois | Smit | Untamed Serenity | Perfert and mature layout! If the Monte carlo can trim more smooth like the moss on wood then would be more fit the layout. Congratulation! |
| 4 | Keegan | Naidu | Where Dragons Slumber | Love the colour of this layout, but I think if have more trimming and some arrangemnt to make the layout interesting. |
| 5 | Naadir | Esmail | Ethereal refuge | Good and mature layout, but if can reserve more space at the forground then will be better. |
| 6 | Jean | Thirion | Valley of Arkadia | Good layout, I think if can add more small stones in between the foregound that should be great. |
| 7 | Ashen | Ramnath | Tree of Zen | Interesting arrangement layout, but the wood at left hand front are quite strange and seems not have the relationship with the other hardscape. |
| 8 | Chris | Schoonraad | The Tigers way | The driftwood arrangement are very good, but if can replace a smaller wood at the back then will be better because that is a focal point of this layout. Another point is the Microsorum are not so mature. |
| 9 | Stefan | Smit | Songen | The draftwood placement of this layout is very good, especially the plants on the wood are very sucessful. If the plants can grow much more on the background then should be perfect. |
| 10 | Fareed | Bayat | Pathway to Serenity | This is typical conave layout, the plant condition are quite good, but I think need more trimming before the photo shooting. |
| Rank: | Name: | Surname: | Layout name: | Score: | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamdan | Mussa | Garden of Eden | 92 |  |
| 2 | Kevin | Chuang | Farewell | 91 |  |
| 3 | Francois | Smit | Untamed Serenity | 84 |  |
| 4 | Keegan | Naidu | Where Dragons Slumber | 82 |  |
| 5 | Naadir | Esmail | Ethereal refuge | 81 |  |
| 6 | Jean | Thirion | Valley of Arkadia | 80 |  |
| 7 | Ashen | Ramnath | Tree of Zen | 78,5 |  |
| 8 | Chris | Schoonraad | The Tigers way | 78 |  |
| 9 | Stefan | Smit | Songen | 77 |  |
| 10 | Fareed | Bayat | Pathway to Serenity | 76,5 |  |
| 11 | Kyle | Tyson | Reddish | 76 |  |
| 12 | Trevor | Van Niekerk | Nature's Creek | 75,5 |  |
| 13 | Nikita James | Rademeyer | Lost in the rain | 75 |  |
| 14 | Neil | Norval | Sunset Cave | 74 |  |
| 15 | Kevin | Baker | Pathway through Mopani Dreams | 73 |  |
| 16 | Jaco | Hall | Nestled | 72,5 |  |
| 17 | Hashim | Khan | Underwater nature | 72 |  |
| 18 | Zubair | Ebrahim | A moment of tranquility | 71 |  |
| 19 | Saeed | Jeewa | Perseverance | 70,5 |  |
| 20 | Sean | Smith | Unshaken | 70 |  |
| 21 | Andre | Scheffer | Asia | 69,5 |  |
| 22 | Ethyn | Koen | Xai Bau's Grove | 69 |  |
| 23 | Danny | Nijs | Natures Mystic Cave | 68 |  |
| 24 | Tyler | Goncalves | Brazilian dawn | 67,5 |  |
| 25 | Luis | Embalo | Nagoe pass | 67 |  |
| 26 | Mike | Terry | Nzira yekudzikama | 66,5 |  |
| 27 | Darryn | Posen | Ancient Valley | 66 |  |
| 28 | Doné | Dick | The observations of a Rock Pool | 65,5 |  |
| 29 | Tamarin | Filen | Diadem of Peace | 65,3 |  |
| 30 | Emile | Matthee | Tropical Forest | 65 |  |
| 31 | Mukhtar | Khan | Verdant Vista | 64,5 |  |
| 32 | Dylan | Matthews | White Elder Cloud | 64 |  |
| 33 | Hendrik | Potgieter | Withering Woods | 63,5 |  |
| 34 | Luke | Birdsey | Vibrancy | 63 |  |
| 35 | Ulrich | van Heerden | rotala paradise | 62,8 |  |
| 36 | Sarah | Jameson | Rainbow Connection | 62,5 |  |
| 37 | Morne | Knoesen | Autumn Garden | 62,3 |  |
| 38 | Ross | Milne | Shangri-la | 62 |  |
| 39 | Sasha-Lee | Strydom | Reflect | 61,5 |  |
| 40 | Artwell | Chindele | The Midfielder | 61,2 |  |
| 41 | Francois | Decker | Jungle Style | 61 |  |
| 42 | Christian | Botha | Jungle of the Crypts | 60 |  |
| 43 | Nathanael | De Swardt | Sunrise Serenity | 59,5 |  |
| 44 | Daniel | West | Beyond the Branch | 59,2 |  |
| 45 | Etienne | Wiid | Rusty Dreams | 59 |  |
| 46 | Darryn | Pictor | Ancient Waters | 58,5 |  |
| 47 | Byron | Forsberg | Leadwood Serenity | 58 |  |
| 48 | Suresh | Dwarika | Peteification of the riverbed | 57,8 |  |
| 49 | Armand | Otto | Shuhari | 57 |  |
| 50 | Jan-Gerrijt | Agema | Pride Rock | 56,6 |  |
| 51 | Monique | Dunhin | A River Runs Through It | 56,5 |  |
| 52 | Etienne | Lotriet | The Forbidden Forest | 56,2 |  |
| 53 | Aiden | Steyl | Escaping the Entanglement | 56 |  |
| 54 | Quinten | Wilken | LEDGES | 52 |  |
| 55 | Jean-Pierre | De Beer | Peaceful Mountain range | 51 |  |
| 56 | Ruan | Breytenbach | Palm | 50,5 |  |
| 57 | Darshni | Naicker | Rose amongst the thorns | 50 |  |
| 58 | Shakira | Sattar | Rebirth | 46,5 |  |
| 59 | Muba | Moruledi | Beginnings | 46 |  |
| 60 | Anton | Slabbert | Amazon river cut | 41 |  |
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