Past Laurel Media Award Winners
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GardenComm 2025 Gold Laurel Media Awards Winners
Digital Media
Podcast Episode:
- Morning in the Garden, Season 2 Episode 8: Winter Quiet – "Morning in the Garden" by Filoli Historic House & Garden, hosted Willa Brock
Podcast Series (Overall):
- Morning in the Garden – "Morning in the Garden" by Filoli Historic House & Garden, hosted Willa Brock
Social Media
- Endless Summer® Hydrangeas Instagram – Endless Summer® Hydrangeas
Special Projects (Course, App, etc):
- Reduce Your Lawn Day – Kathy Jentz
Video (YouTube, Vimeo):
- Spring Flowers - Everywhere in the Garden! – Lynn Purse
Website (Personal/Trade):
- Gardenworks Inc. Website – Briana Hart
Photography
Book (General Readership):
- Private Gardens of Philadelphia – Rob Cardillo
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Weeds of the Pacific Northwest – Mark Turner
Calendar:
- Garden Sprinkle 2025 Calendar – A collaboration with Tracy Walsh and Jamie Miller of Lime Street Creative
Magazine (Consumer/Trade):
- Transforming Gardens with Corten Steel: A Modern Touch with Rustic Charm – Grace Hensley
Marketing, Catalog, or Brochure
- The Whole Seed Catalog 2025 – Michelle Johnson
Publishing
Book (General Readership):
- A Life in the Garden – Barbara Damrosch
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Plants for the Winter Garden – Timber Press
Catalog, Newsletter, or Brochure
- Flowering Shrubs Starter Plants Catalog and Shrub Reference 2024-2025 – Shannon Downey
Magazine for Consumer or Trade
- Trellis Magazine – Jenny Rhodenizer
Speaking and Broadcast
Live Presentation
- Picture Perfect Phone Photography – Grace Hensely
Television Series (Overall):
- Gardening with Steil – Aaron Steil
Writing
Blog
- "Blooming" – Diana Pierce
Book (General Readership):
- Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture 's New Vanguard – Teresa J. Speight
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Fruit Tree Grafting for Everyone: A DIY Guide to Creating Your Own Fruit Trees – Susan Poizner
Book (Fiction):
- The Newfoundland Lunch Party: A Sisters of the Soil Novel with Recipes – Sonia Day
Calendar:
- 2025 Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Garden Calendar - Perennial Beauty – Aaron Steil
Magazine Article (Consumer/Trade):
- The Allure of Black – Janet Davis
Magazine Column (Consumer/Trade):
- "Garden Views" Interviews for Horticulture Magazine – Scott Beuerlein
Marketing/Catalog/Brochure:
- Bailey Nurseries 2025 Plant Catalog – Bailey Nurseries
Marketing/Club Newsletter
- "Speaking of Landscapes" Newsletters – Kathleen G Connolly
Newspaper Article:
- Sowing Hope: The Secret World of Seed Catalogs – Erica Browne Grivas
Newspaper Column:
- Jeff Lowenfels – Jeff Lowenfels
GardenComm 2025 Silver Laurel Media Awards Winners
Digital Media
Podcast Episode:
- Morning in the Garden, Season 2 Episode 8: Winter Quiet – "Morning in the Garden" by Filoli Historic House & Garden, hosted Willa Brock
- The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast Basil Camu, 175 – Eva Monheim
- Understanding Trees – Edward Morrow -192 – Craig McManus
Podcast Series (Overall):
- Morning in the Garden – "Morning in the Garden" by Filoli Historic House & Garden, hosted Willa Brock
- The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast – Eva Monheim
Social Media:
- Endless Summer® Hydrangeas Instagram – Endless Summer® Hydrangeas
- Monrovia's Met Gala Red Carpet – Jasmine Bonilla and Kathleen Shawl Parkes
- Five Facebook Posts – Kathy Purdy
Special Projects (Course, App, etc):
- Reduce Your Lawn Day – Kathy Jentz
Video (YouTube, Vimeo):
- Spring Flowers - Everywhere in the Garden! – Lynn Purse
- Garden Dreams Episode 1 - Creating a Beautiful Habitat – Lynn Purse
- Monrovia's Modern Meadow Makeover Video Series – Katie Tamony
- Down the garden path: A Tuscan-inspired Garden in West Kelowna – Karina Sinclair
- Plant Panel: Plants for Privacy and Attracting Hummingbirds – Adriana Robinson, Kristina Howley, Stacey Hirvela, Natalie Carmolli
- This Buddleia is for You – Natalie Carmolli and Adriana Robinson
- Maintaining an Excellent Playing Surface with Celebration Bermuda at George M. Steinbrenner Field – Sod Solutions
- Onion Rust and How to Deal with It - Christy Wilhelmi
Website (Personal/Trade):
- Gardenworks Inc. Website – Briana Hart
- Sod Solutions Professionals Website – Sod Solutions
- Grow This, Not That! – Michael Perry
- LorraineBallato.com – Lorraine B Ballato
Photography
Book (General Readership):
- Private Gardens of Philadelphia – Rob Cardillo
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Weeds of the Pacific Northwest – Mark Turner
Calendar:
- Garden Sprinkle 2025 Calendar –A collaboration with Tracy Walsh and Jamie Miller of Lime Street Creative
Magazine (Consumer/Trade):
- Transforming Gardens with Corten Steel: A Modern Touch with Rustic Charm – Grace Hensley
Marketing, Catalog, or Brochure:
- The Whole Seed Catalog 2025 – Michelle Johnson
Publishing
Article in Newspaper or Magazine for Consumer or Trade:
- A New World of Biological Treatments – Lorraine B. Ballato
Book (General Readership):
- A Life in the Garden – Barbara Damrosch
- The Cut Flower Handbook – Lisa Ziegler by Cool Springs Press
- California Eden: Heritage Landscapes of the Golden State – Christine O'Hara and Susan Chamberlin
- The Beekeeper's Guide: Building Skills and Knowledge – Meredith May, Claire Jones, Anne Rowberry, and Margaret Murdin
- Private Gardens of Philadelphia – Rob Cardillo and Nicole Juday
- Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark – Leigh Ann Henion
- Simplify Vegetable Gardening – Tony O'Neill
- Bird-Friendly Gardening – Jen McGuinness
- Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture 's New Vanguard – Teresa J. Speight
- The Gardener's Guide to Native Plants of the Southern Great Lakes Region – Rick Gray and Shaun Booth
- ¡Verdura! – Living a Garden Life – Perla Sofía Curbelo-Santiago by Cool Springs Press
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Plants for the Winter Garden – Timber Press
- Weeds of the Pacific Northwest – Timber Press
Catalog, Newsletter, or Brochure:
- Flowering Shrubs Starter Plants Catalog and Shrub Reference 2024-2025 – Shannon Downey
- Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. 2025 Catalog – Dan Heims
Magazine for Consumer or Trade:
- Trellis Magazine – Jenny Rhodenizer
- Food Gardening Magazine July 2024 – Christy Page
Speaking and Broadcast
Live Presentation:
- Picture Perfect Phone Photography – Grace Hensely
Television Series (Overall):
- Gardening with Steil – Aaron Steil
Writing
Blog:
- "Blooming" – Diana Pierce
- Garden in Delight Devotions Blog – Shelley S. Cramm
Book (Fiction):
- The Newfoundland Lunch Party: A Sisters of the Soil Novel with Recipes – Sonia Day
Book (General Readership):
- Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture 's New Vanguard – Teresa J. Speight
- Private Gardens of Philadelphia – Nicole Juday
- California Eden: Heritage Landscapes of the Golden State – Christine O'Hara and Susan Chamberlin
- Growing Herbs for Health, Wellness, Cooking, and Crafts – Kim Roman
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Fruit Tree Grafting for Everyone: A DIY Guide to Creating Your Own Fruit Trees – Susan Poizner:
- Weeds of the Pacific Northwest – Mark Turner and Sami Gray
Calendar
- 2025 Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Garden Calendar - Perennial Beauty – Aaron Steil
Magazine Article (Consumer/Trade):
- Looking Beyond Peat – Gail H Hudson
- The Allure of Black – Janet Davis
- The Doyenne of Ornamental Grasses – Gail Hudson
- Bringing Back the Alberta Bouquet – Adrienne Mason
- People and Nurseries Can Benefit from the Healing Powers of Plants – Erica Browne Grivas
- What is Firescaping? How to Use it to Defend Your Home – Erica Browne Grivas
- Transforming Gardens with Corten Steel: A Modern Touch with Rustic Charm – Grace Hensley
- Proving herself a winner: Pushing back against imposter syndrome – Karina Sinclair
- The Garden Goes Dark – Phyllis Gricus
- Rambling Roses – Kathy Purdy
- Floral Funding: Juneau's Adopt-A-Flower program brings looms to Alaska's capital city – Lucy Mercer
- Connecting Through Plants – Wendy Komancheck
- Engaging Via Education – Wendy Komancheck
- Garden and Outdoor Living Trends 2025 – Melanie Taylor
- Snakes, Asclepius, and Asclepias – Homer Trecartin
Magazine Column (Consumer/Trade):
- "Garden Views" Interviews for Horticulture Magazine – Scott Beuerlein
- "Deep Roots" Essays for Horticulture Magazine – Scott Beuerlein
- How to Plant Grass Seed to Achieve Green Glory – Sod Solutions
- New Plants Radar (HortWeek) – Michael Perry
- Nursery Forum column in The Landscculptor magazine – Homer Trecartin
- Melanie Taylor - Gardening Columnist for Velvet Magazine – Melanie Taylor
Marketing/Catalog/Brochure:
- Bailey Nurseries 2025 Plant Catalog – Bailey Nurseries
- The Whole Seed Catalog 2025 – Michelle Johnson
- Monrovia 2024 Shades of Beautiful – Katie Tamony
Marketing/Club Newsletter:
- Gardenworks Inc. Newsletter – Briana Hart
- "Speaking of Landscapes" Newsletters – Kathleen G Connolly
Newspaper Article
- Sowing Hope: The Secret World of Seed Catalogs – Erica Browne Grivas
Newspaper Column
- Jeff Lowenfels – Jeff Lowenfels
GardenComm 2024 Gold Laurel Media Awards Winners
Digital
Podcast, episode:
- The Plant a Trillion Trees by Eva Monheim
Podcast, series, overall:
- This Old Tree Podcast by Douglas Still
Social Media:
- Forks in the Dirt Instagram by Michelle Bruhn
Special projects (includes course, app, etc.):
- Complete Fruit Tree Grafting and Budding: Spring to Summer Mastery by Susan Poizner with Steph Muma
Video (YouTube, Vimeo):
- Creating a Garden-Scale Grassland by Preston Montague
Photography
Marketing, Catalog, Brochure:
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Hydrangeas Demystified by Shannon Downey and Adriana Robinson
Publishing
Book, general readership:
- The Milkweed Lands by Eric Lee-Mäder, publisher Storey Publisher with Hatchett Book Group
Catalog, Newsletter or Brochure:
- First Editions® Shrubs & Trees Cool Climate Landscape Brochure by Gretchen McNaughton
Magazine for Consumer or Trade:
- Slow Flowers Journal: Winter 2023 Edition by Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni
Speaking and Broadcast Media
Television feature:
- Gorgeous Gardens with Margaret McSweeney: Winter in London by Lisa-Renee Ramirez
Writing
Article, magazine consumer/trade:
- At 10, Seattle's Pioneering Food Forest Pivots to Increase Food Security by Erica Browne Grivas
Article, newspaper:
- How to Make Gardening Easier as We Age by Rhonda Fleming Hayes
Blog:
- Create a Beautiful and Sustainable Rain Garden by Phyllis Gricus
Marketing Catalog Brochure:
- Monrovia Weekend Project Guide by Emily Reeves
Column, magazine, consumer/trade:
- In Defense of Gardening, The American Gardener by Marianne Willburn
Column, newspaper:
- AP Gardening Column by Jessica Damiano
GardenComm 2024 Silver Laurel Media Awards Winners
Digital
Podcast, Episode:
- The Garden Question Podcast by Craig McManus
- The Plant a Trillion Trees by Eva Monheim
Podcast, Series - Overall:
- Plant a Trillion Trees by Eva Monheim
- This Old Tree Podcast by Douglas Still
Social Media:
- #plantingdesign in the New Perennialist by Tony Spencer
- Growing in the Garden Instagram by Angela Judd
- Forks in the Dirt Instagram by Michelle Bruhn
Special Projects (includes course, app, etc.):
- Complete Fruit Tree Grafting and Budding: Spring to Summer Mastery by Susan Poizner with Steph Muma
Video (YouTube, Vimeo):
- Everything You Need to Know About Spirea by Natalie Carmolli and Adriana Robinson
- 5 Things You Need to Know About USDA Zone Map by Stacey Hirvela and Adriana Robinson
- Creating a Garden-Scale Grassland by Preston Montague
Website (personal/trade):
- ButterflyCandy.com by Corrina S. Murray
Photography
Marketing, Catalog, Brochure:
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Hydrangeas Demystified by Shannon Downey and Adriana Robinson
Publishing
Article in Newspaper or Magazine for consumer or trade:
- A Brave New World by Kali Pearson
Book, General Readership:
- The Milkweed Lands by Eric Lee-Mäder, Storey Publisher with Hatchett Book Group
Catalog, Newsletter or Brochure:
- Spring Meadow Nursery Flowering Shrubs Starter Plants Catalog & Shrub Reference 2023-2024 by Shannon Downey, Stacey Hirvela and Kristina Howley
- First Editions® Shrubs & Trees Eclipse® Bigleaf Hydrangea Consumer Brochure by Gretchen McNaughton
- First Editions® Shrubs & Trees Cool Climate Landscape Brochure by Gretchen McNaughton
Magazine for Consumer or Trade:
- Food Gardening Magazine: The Dirt Issue by Christy Page, Mequoda Systems LLC
- Landscape Trades: New Plant Issue by Kali Pearson
- Slow Flowers Journal: Winter 2023 Edition by Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni
Speaking and Broadcast Media
Live Presentation:
- Winterizing the Tropical Garden by Marianne Willburn
- The Garden of Regrets Presentation with Helen Battersby by Helen Battersby
Radio Series - Overall:
- Horticulture Friday on Iowa Public Radio by Aaron Steil
- This Old Tree Radio Show by Douglas Still
Television - Feature:
- Gorgeous Gardens with Margaret McSweeney: Winter in London by Lisa-Renee Ramirez
Writing
Article, magazine consumer/trade:
- Kicking the Plastic Pot Habit by Gail Hudson
- At 10, Seattle's Pioneering Food Forest Pivots to Increase Food Security by Erica Browne Grivas
- Fire - How Thoughtful Landscaping Can Protect Homes by Karina Sinclair
Article, Newspaper:
- Cultivating Gardeners by Jessica Damiano
- How to Make Gardening Easier as We Age by Rhonda Fleming Hayes
Blog:
- Create a Beautiful and Sustainable Rain Garden by Phyllis Gricus
- Botanic Monthly Blog by Roger Marshall
- The Weekly Dirt by Jessica Damiano
Marketing Catalog Brochure:
- Monrovia Simply Beautiful Fall Planting Guide by Emily Reeves
- Monrovia Weekend Project Guide by Emily Reeves
Column, Newspaper:
- Green and Growing Column by Kathleen Groll Connolly
- Spring Fervor by Arlene Marturano
- Impatient Gardener by Erin L. Schanen
- AP Gardening Column by Jessica Damiano
Newsletter, Marketing/Club:
- Garden Variety Newsletter by Aaron Steil
Column, Magazine - consumer / trade:
- New Plants Radar, HortWeek by Michael Perry
- In Defense of Gardening, The American Gardener by Marianne Willburn
- Garden Views Column, Horticulture Magazine by Scott Beuerlein
Book, includes general and technical/reference:
- Tiny and Wild by Graham Laird Gardner
- Vegetable Gardening Made Easy by Resh Gala
GardenComm 2023 Laurel Media Awards - Gold Award Winners
Digital Media
Podcast Series (Overall)
- Kathy Jentz, GardenDC Podcast
Social Media
- Summer-Dry Gardens Instagram
Video (YouTube, Vimeo)
- Sod Solutions, How to Lay Sod
Website (Personal/Trade)
- Julie Joyce, GreenID Marketing, Re-Brand & Website Launch of Family Owned Landscape
Photography
Book (General Readership)
- Nicholas McCullough, American Roots
Publisher/Producer
Book (General Readership)
- Containers in the Garden by Claus Dalby / Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Book (Technical/Reference)
- The Complete Book of Ground Covers by Gary Lewis / Publisher: Timber Press
Catalog, Newsletter or Brochure
- Emily Reeves, Monrovia Backyard Habitat Guide
Magazine (Consumer/Trade)
- Toronto Botanical Garden, Trellis Magazine—Winter 2022/23
Speaking and Broadcast Media
Speaking - Live Presentation
- Kathy Jentz, Deer & Garden Mammals Talk
Television Series (Overall)
- Chad Crawford-Crawford Entertainment - “Flip My Florida Yard” Television Show
Writing
Blog
- Hyannis Country Garden Blog by C.L. Fornari
Book (General Readership)
- American Roots by Teresa Woodard
Book (Technical Reference)
- The Home-Scale Forest Garden by Dani Baker
Magazine Article (Consumer/Trade)
- Erica Browne Grivas, “The Future Is Wild: Exploring the World of Matrix-Based Garden Design”
Marketing/Club Newsletter
- Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, News from the Hoosier Gardener
Newspaper Article
- Rhonda Fleming Hayes, “Rare Heirloom Peony Has Been with Bloomington Family for Four Generations (Sisterhood of the Traveling Plant)”
Newspaper Column
- Erin L. Schanen, “The Impatient Gardener”
2023 Laurel Media Awards - Silver Award Winners
Digital Media
Podcast Series (Overall)
- Kathy Jentz, GardenDC Podcast
- Pacific Horticulture, Garden Futurist Podcast
Social Media
- Summer-Dry Gardens Instagram
- Endless Summer® Hydrangeas Instagram
- Kristina Howley, TikTok @pwcolorchoice
- Kathy Jentz, @WDCGardener Twitter
Special Projects (Course, App, etc.)
- Great Grow Along Virtual Garden Festival 2022
- Penn State Extension Green Industry Team - Plant Identification and Usage: Ornamental Grasses Online
Video (YouTube, Vimeo)
- Jeff Rugg, Greener View Thanksgiving Cactus Video
- Adriana Robinson and Natalie Carmolli, Hardy Hibiscus and Its Handsome Famil
- Sod Solutions, How to Lay Sod
Website (Personal/Trade)
- GreenMark Media Website
- Michael Perry, mrplantgeek.com
- Julie Joyce, GreenID Marketing, Re-Brand & Website Launch of Family Owned Landscape
2022 Media Award Winners - Gold Award Winners
Broadcast Media
Podcast Series (Overall)
- The Plant Based Podcast
Television Feature (Talent)
- Indoor Plants - Michael Perry
Television Program (Overall)
- A Growing Passion - Nan Sterman
Television Program (Talent)
- A Growing Passion - Nan Sterman
Digital Media
Social Media
- The Impatient Gardener - Erin L. Schanen
Video: Single Video
- The Story of Petitti’s: 50 Years & Growing - Petitti Garden Centers
Website (Overall/Commercial)
- Home Garden and Homestead - Randy Schultz
Website (Overall/Individual)
- Mr. Plant Geek - Michael Perry
Digital Special Project
- Farm to Florist - Slow Flowers Society and Alayna Erhart Studio
Photography
Consumer Magazine - Circulation <20K
- “Worshipping Nature” - Rob Cardillo
Cover
- Spring Meadow Nursery Flowering Shrubs - Adrianna Robinson and Shannon Downey
Publisher/Producer
Book General Readership
- Fearless Gardening: Be Bold, Break the Rules, and Grow What You Love by Loree Bohl - Timber Press
Consumer Magazine - Circulation <20K
- Grow Summer 2021 Issue - Pennsylvania Horticultural Society/Blue Root Media
Trade
Catalog
- Crescent Dealer Catalog - Crescent Garden LLC
Newsletter or Brochure
- Endless Summer® Hydrangeas Brochure - Bailey Nurseries
Special Project
- Slow Flowers Journal: Botanical Couture - Slow Flowers Society
Writing
Blog
- Laidback Gardener Blog - Larry Hodgson
Book (General Readership)
- Tropical Plants and How to Love Them - Marianne Wilburn
Book (Technical Reference)
- The Woodchip Handbook: A Complete Guide for Farmers, Gardeners and Landscapers - Ben Raskin
Calendar
- 2022 Toronto & Golden Horseshoe Gardener’s Journal - 30th Edition - Helen Battersby, Sarah Battersby, and Margaret Bennet-Alder
Marketing
- “Garden Smart” - Debbie Arrington
Newsletter/Brochure
- “Adapting to Meet the Needs of Our Changing Climate” - Toni Gattone, Speaker and Author
Newspaper Column - Circulations >20K
- Jeff Lowenfels’ Weekly Column: Anchorage Daily News - Jeff Lowenfels
2022 Media Award Winners - Silver Award Winners
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