The 2008 Award Runners-up
This page contains the details of the runners-up of the 2008 Garden Media Guild Awards.
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Broadcast Awards
TV Broadcast of the Year
The Beechgrove Garden, produced by Gwyneth Hardy of Tern Television for BBC 1 Scotland
Around the World in 80 Gardens, Executive Producer Sarah Moors with Series Producer, Kerry Richardson at BBC Birmingham for BBC2
National Radio Broadcast of the Year
Beth Chatto, on Woman’s Hour, Producer Jo Sandford-Smith, Editor Jill Burridge, for BBC Radio 4
Cherries, on The Food Programme, presented by Sheila Dillon for BBC Radio 4
Local Radio Broadcast of the Year
Sunday Gardening, presented by Andy Garland for BBC Radio Kent
Down to Earth, presented & produced by David Andrews for BBC Radio Leicester
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Multimedia Awards
Digital Media Award
BBC Gardeners’ World website edited by Abbie Fereday for www.gardenersworld.com
RHS Online edited by Geoff Hodge for the Royal Horticultural Society
Digital Media Blog Award
Horticultural written by Jane Perrone
The BBC Chelsea Blog, produced by Tom Sumner, Camilla Phelps and Emma Maguire
New Writer Award
Miranda Kimberley for her article A natural storyteller in Horticulture Week
Greg Loades for his article Discovering true harmony in Garden News
Environmental Award
Matthew Wilson for his article Adaptation: the key to survival, published in The Garden
Christian Lexer for Making connections published in Kew Magazine
Young Gardener Initiative
Peter Seabrook with Steve & Val Bradley of The Sun for their children’s Sunflower & Potato competitions and Young Gardener Scholarships
Sarah Raven for her Molly’s Patch series in The Telegraph
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Photography Awards
Photographer of the Year
Marianne Majerus
Jonathan Buckley
Features Photographer of the Year
Guy Hervais for images published in Monsoon paradise by Bibi Gex & Jonathan Gibbons published in Gardens Illustrated
Rachel Warne for Frozen in time? by Camilla Phelps published in Gardens Illustrated
Single Image of the Year
Dianna Jazwinski for her image Polygonatum in spring
Carol Sharp for her image London plane tree
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Book Awards
Inspirational Book of the Year
Forgotten Fruits by Christopher Stocks, published by Random House Books
Treasures of Botanical Art by Shirley Sherwood & Martyn Rix, published by Kew Publishing.
Practical Book of the Year
Salad Leaves for All Seasons by Charles Dowding, published by Green Books
Gardening with Kids by Catherine Woram & Martyn Cox, published by Ryland Peters & Small
Reference Book of the Year
The Dry Gardening Handbook by Oliver Filippi, published by Thames & Hudson
Garden Plants for Scotland by Kenneth Cox & Raoul Curtis-Machin, published by Frances Lincoln
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Press Awards
Newspaper of the Year
The Observer, Gardening Columnist, Dan Pearson
The Daily Telegraph, Gardening Editor, Kylie O’Brien
Magazine of the Year
Kitchen Garden, edited by Steve Ott
The Garden, edited by Ian Hodgson
Journalist of the Year
Clare Foggett for her articles Freaky or fabulous, Companions for 50 years! and Spread colour with verbenas published in Garden News
Frank Ronan for The Writer’s Plot series in Gardens Illustrated
Practical Journalist of the Year
Ursula Buchan for her article Action plan in The English Garden
Charles Dowding for his article Big crops in small spaces, published in The Garden
Trade Journalist of the Year
Miranda Kimberley for her article Competition gives youth a cutting edge in Horticulture Week
Marc Rosenberg for his article Rethinking animal sales published in Garden Retail
News Story of the Year
Anisa Gress for her article entitled Fighting Phytophthora published in The Garden
Val Bourne for her article For beetles it’s brutal published in the Oxford Times
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Judging