GMG AWARDS SHORTLIST 2019

Social Media Influencer of the Year – sponsored by STIHL

Jane Perrone – janeperrone.com
Charles Dowding – YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
Candide – Social Media Platform for plants and gardening
Sally Chandler – Beth Chatto’s Plants and Gardens, Instagram and Facebook
Great British Gardens – Instagram and Facebook

Blog or Vlog of the Year

Life on Pig Row – Andrew Oldham
Bramble Garden – Karen Gimson
Living on One Acre or Less – Sally Morgan
Grow Like Grandad – Matt Peskett
Blackberry Garden – Alison Levey

Website of the Year – sponsored by Honda

National Garden Scheme
Horticulture Week
BBC GardenersWorld.com
Richard Jackson’s Garden
Thrive

Alan Titchmarsh New Talent Award – sponsored by Hayloft

Lauren Hall
Tom Brown
Joff Elphick
Miranda Janatka
Julianne Robertson

The Garden Book of the Year 

The Galanthophiles by Jane Kilpatrick and Jennifer Harmer
Kiftsgate Court Gardens by Vanessa Berridge
The Secrets of Great Botanists by Matthew Biggs
At West Dean by Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain
Wisteria by James Compton and Chris Lane

Features Photographer of the Year 

Richard Bloom
Marianne Majerus
Carole Drake
Jason Ingram
Clive Nichols

The Gordon Rae Photographer of the Year – sponsored by Candide

Clive Nichols
Tim Sandall
Jason Ingram
Andrea Jones
Marianne Majerus

Radio Broadcast/Podcast of the Year – sponsored by Evergreen

The Garden Organic Podcast
Sarah Wilson – Roots and All Podcast
BBC Radio Newcastle – Gardenmania celebrates 2018
The Plant Based Podcast
BBC Radio Ulster – Gardeners’ Corner in France;
Gardens of Remembrance

The Roy Lancaster TV Broadcast of the Year – sponsored by the Horticultural Trades Association

Wildflower Special - BBC Gardeners’ World
Houseplant Fashions - ITV This Morning
Great British Gardens - Channel 5
The STIHL Spring Guide - YouTube
Alan’s Secret Garden - GardenersWorld.com

News Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Briggs & Stratton

Marc Rosenberg
Sally Nex
Ruth Hayes
Sarah Johnson
Miranda Janatka

Practical Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Thompson & Morgan

Val Bourne
Paul Hervey-Brookes
Sally Nex
Alan Titchmarsh
Lucy Chamberlain

The Peter Seabrook Practical Book of the Year – sponsored by The Garden Press Event

RHS Colour Companion by Dr Ross Bayton and Richard Sneesby
Shrubs by Andy McIndoe
RHS Design Outdoors by Matt Keightley
New Vegetable Garden Techniques by Joyce Russell
Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean – Rolf Kuhn, Henrik Pedersen and Phillip Cribb

The Beth Chatto Environmental Award - sponsored by Beth Chatto Education Trust

Jean Vernon – The Garden: Bees in your Summer Garden
Charlotte Petts – Growing Wild
Matthew Appleby – The Super Organic Gardener
Sally Nex – The Garden: series on plastic
Nic Wilson – Dogwood Days blog

Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Viking

Monty Don
Caroline Donald
Alex Mitchell
James Alexander-Sinclair
Jane Perrone

The Dr David Hessayon Columnist of the Year – sponsored by Vitax

Dawn Isaac
Lia Leendertz
Marc Diacono
Marian Boswall
Alex Mitchell

Garden Publication or Garden Section of the Year – sponsored by Westland

Gardens Illustrated – edited by Lucy Bellamy
Which? Gardening – edited by Ceri Thomas
Garden Design Journal – edited by Stephanie Mahon
The English Garden – edited by Clare Foggett
BBC Gardeners’ World – edited by Lucy Hall

Cover of the Year- sponsored by Cobra

Kew Magazine – designer, Alfonso Iacurci, photographer, Jeff Eden
The Galanthophiles – designer, Chris Knight
Country Life – designer, Sarah Readman, photographer, Andrea Jones
The Garden – Mark Timothy, designer, Richard Bloom, photographer
Which? Gardening – Lucie Williams, designer, Jonathan Buckley, photographer