Announcing 2019 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Medal Winners
2019 GardenComm Media Awards
Silver Medal Winners
GardenComm congratulates the winners of the 2019 Media Awards Silver Medals, a special designation recognizing the top talent in more than 50 competition categories. These winners will now be entered for judging in the Gold Medal Round, where awards will be given for the best of each award class. Gold Medal winners will be announced during the 2019 Awards & Honors Dinner at the GardenComm Annual Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City, UT.
GardenComm Media Awards is the only national online media awards program for the gardening communications industry. Held annually for more than 20 years, the GardenComm Media Awards recognizes the top professional horticultural communicators in the areas of writing, photography, digital media, broadcast media, publishing and trade.
A very special thank you to this year's judges, Dee Nash (co-chair), Carol Michel (co-chair), Helen Battersby, Kylee Baumle, Marianne Binetti, Rob Cardillo, Jim Charlier, Katie Dubow, Jennifer Ebeling, Kevin Gragg, Susan Harris, Jennifer Jewel, Bill Johnson, Linda Lehmusvirta, Elizabeth Licata, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Mary Ann Newcomer, Doug Oster, Kathy Purdy, Mary Schier, Jessica Walliser, Diana Weiner and Ellen Zachos.
Learn more about the GardenComm Media Awards here.
WRITING
Magazine Column (Circulation < 20K)
Retail Revival, C.L. Fornari
Foraged: Edible New Mexico, Ellen Zachos
Vive New Landscape Ideas, Scott Beuerlein
Magazine Article (Circulation < 20K)
"The End of an Era? The state of citrus in the citrus state", Lynette Walther
"Horticulture is Weird - Plantology is Cool", Susan E. Yoder
"Floral Industry Gets the GMO Blues", Brenda Silva
Magazine Article (Circulation > 20K)
"Harvesting Hope", Teresa Woodard
"Best in Show", Marty Ross
Newspaper Column (Circulation < 20K)
It's just a matter of time, A new garden can raise more questions than plants at first, Of oil lamps and seaweed, Lynette Walther
Gardening in the Poconos, Pamela Hubbard
Newspaper Column (Circulation > 20K)
Bountiful harvests come from small city lot, Susan Mulvihill
When Gardeners Get Growing in Shared Gardens, Mark & Ben Cullen
Star Tribune Home and Garden - gardening, Rhonda Fleming Hayes
JEFF LOWENFELS GARDEN COLUMNS, Jeff Lowenfels
Century-old landscape emerges at Marian University, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Newspaper Article (Circulation < 20K)
"Discover the magic of the winter garden", Theresa Forte
Newspaper Article (Circulation > 20K)
"These 5 trees take you on a biblical journey of grace and growth". Shelley Cramm
Book: General Readership
"The Garden in Every Sense and Season", Tovah Martin
"Vegetables Love Flowers", Lisa Mason Ziegler
"The Less is More Garden: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard", Susan Morrison
Book: Technical/Reference
"Marin Municipal Water District: Watershed Approach to Landscaping", Pamela Berstler
E-Book
"Gardening with Native Grasses in Cold Climates", Diane Narem and Mary H. Meyer
Newsletter, Bulletin or Brochure
A New Vision for Hardy Hydrangeas, Shannon Downey
Everybody Gardens Seed of the Month Newsletter, Doug Oster
Blog
Gardening for Health!, Scott Beuerlein
The New Perennialist, Tony Spencer
The Impatient Gardener, Erin Schanen
Encores to the Rescue, Mary-Kate Mackey
PHOTOGRAPHY
Magazine (Circulation < 20K)
A Not-So-Secret Garden, Joseph De Sciose
Book (General Readership)
"Gardens of Corfu", Rachel Weaving and Marianne Majerus
"The Gardens of Bunny Mellon", Roger Foley
Cover
"The Gardens of Bunny Mellon", Roger Foley
"Summer Crush on Grower Talks Magazine", Bailey Nursery, Grower Talks, Tracy Walsh Photography
Portfolio
Photographs from "The Gardens of Bunny Mellon", Roger Foley
"Vertical Vegetables", Tracy Walsh
DIGITAL MEDIA
Blog (Overall Site)
savvygardening.com, Jessica Walliser, Tara Nolan & Niki Jabbour
homegardenandhomestead.com, Randy Schultz
hereshegrows.com, Heather Blackmore
Video (Single Video)
Summer Lawn Maintenance, Mark and Ben Cullen
How to Buy Plants at the Garden Centre, Mark and Ben Cullen
Little Jobs in the Garden: Deer-Proofing Watermelons & Pulling Garlic, Donna Balzer and Ian Robert Jones
Website: Individual (Overall Site)
mrplantgeek.com, Michael Perry
Website: Commercial (Overall Site)
springmeadownursery.com, Spring Meadow Nursery - Stacey Hirvela, Cull Group
seedyourfuture.org, Susan E. Yoder
Special Project
Designing Abundant Containers, Karen Chapman
Have you Checked your Trees Lately? A Routine Check-up of Trees Saves Lives & Property, Bob Polomski
BROADCAST MEDIA
Television Program (Overall)
"Southern Gardening Television", Gary R. Bachman, Tim Allison & Jonathan Parrish
Radio Program (Talent)
The Organic Gardeners, Doug Oster and Jessica Walliser
Bob Tanem in The Garden radio show, Bob Tanem
Podcast Series (Talent)
On the Ledge, Jane Perrone
Plantrama, C.L. Fornari & Ellen Zachos
Hothouse Podcast, Leah Churner
Podcast Series (Overall)
Plantrama, C.L. Fornari & Ellen Zachos
The Native Plant Podcast, John Magee
PUBLISHING
Magazine (Circulation < 20K)
Pacific Horticulture - Spring 2018: Volume 79, Number 02, Lorene Edwards Forkner
Magazine (Circulation > 20K)
GROW Summer 2018, Blue Root Media/Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
GROW Fall 2018, Blue Root Media/Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Book (General Readership)
Niki Jabbour's Veggie Garden Remix, Niki Jabbour
Design-Your-Garden Toolkit, Michelle Gervais
Book (Technical/Reference)
The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens, Timber Press
TRADE
Catalog
2019 Program Guide, Bailey Nurseries
Bailey Nurseries 2019 New Varieties, Bailey Nurseries
Endless Summer® Hydrangeas Trade Catalog, Bailey Nurseries
Magazine
Bloom, Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden