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