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The 2008 Award Winners

This page contains the details of the winners of the 2008 Garden Media Guild Awards.

View and download the GMG Awards Newsletter (1.3MB pdf)

View and download details of the winning entries (1.8MB pdf)

  • Photographs

Photographs of the Awards event can be viewed online and downloaded.

1. Go to www.photoshot.com/assignment

2. Log in using the following details:

User Name: GMG2008
Password: awards

3. Click on the title of the photography: Awards Event 2008. You will then see the preview images (click on any picture to enlarge it) - click on the 'download' icon (downward arrow) underneath any image you wish to download as a hi-res file and follow the instructions.

  • Broadcast Awards

 

TV Broadcast of the Year

The Fate of the Cottage Garden - a Gardeners' World Special for BBC2, presented by Rachel de Thame and directed by Rupert Miles at BBC Birmingham

 

National Radio Broadcast of the Year

Slug Hell: a feature for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, edited by Jill Burridge

 

Local Radio Broadcast of the Year

Gardening with Mini People: a feature by Daphne Ledward for the Sue Taylor on Sunday programme, BBC Radio Lincolnshire

 

  • Multimedia Awards

 

Digital Media Award

Gardeners Click - www.gardenersclick.com - co-founders: Graham Drake & Chris Beardshaw

 

Digital Media Blog Award

Blogging From Blackpitts – http://web.me.com/blackpittsgarden - written and produced by James Alexander-Sinclair

 

New Writer Award

Joe Reardon-Smith for his article The cutting garden at Parham House in The English Garden

 

Environmental Award

Oliver Whaley for his article Messages from the past in Kew Magazine

 

Young Gardener Initiative

Won jointly by The Guardian's Dominic Murphy and the Edible Playground garden at Thornford School in Dorset. The project is chronicled in Dominic Murphy's book, The Playground Potting Shed: A Foolproof Guide to Gardening with Children (Guardian Books) and in his blog - www.edibleplaygrounds.co.uk/blog/

 

  • Photography Awards

 

Photographer of the Year

Andrea Jones

 

Features Photographer of the Year

Paul Little for images in the article Rising to the challenges by Tony Kirkham in Kew Magazine

 

Single Image of the Year

Jason Ingram for his image entitled Gardening at first light

 

  • Book Awards

 

Inspirational Book of the Year

Seeds of Adventure by Peter Cox & Peter Hutchison, published by Garden Art Press

 

Practical Book of the Year

How to Create a Wildlife Garden by Christine & Michael Lavelle, published by Lorenz Books

 

Reference Book of the Year

Clematis for Small Spaces by Raymond J Evison, published by Timber Press

 

  • Press Awards

 

Newspaper of the Year

Garden News, edited by Neil Pope

 

Magazine of the Year

Gardeners' World Magazine, edited by Adam Pasco

 

Journalist of the Year

Roy Lancaster for various articles in Gardens Illustrated

 

Practical Journalist of the Year

Helen Riches for her article Baskets by design in Gardeners’ World Magazine

 

Trade Journalist of the Year

Matthew Appleby for his article Garden Retail Power 50 in Garden Retail

 

News Story of the Year

Jean Stowe for her article Greece wants her plants back in The Plantsman

 

  • Special Award

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael Warren, garden photographer

 

  • Runners-up

View details of the runners-up

  • Judging

View details of the judging panel and the judges' comments

Important Copyright Notice

  • Photographs posted on this website remain the copyright of The Garden Media Guild or their creator. Permission is hereby granted for them to be published only in bona fide editorial reports of The Garden Media Guild Annual Awards. Any other use is expressly forbidden.

The presentations

  • Presenter, Rachel de Thame, receives the TV Broadcast of the Year Award from the HTA's President, Andrew Richardson

  • Penny Snell (left), Chairman of the sponsor, the NGS, presents the National Radio Broadcast of the Year Award to Lindsay Leonard (centre) and Helen Lee

  • Penny Snell presents the Local Radio Broadcast of the Year to Daphne Ledward (left) and Sue Taylor

  • Marshalls' Jeremy Swallow (second from right) presents the Digital Media Award to Drew Wilkins, Graham Drake and Chris Beardshaw of the Gardeners Click team

  • Jeremy Swallow presents the Digital Media Blog Award to James Alexander-Sinclair

  • Joe Reardon-Smith receives the New Writer Award from Miranda Harris of Johnsons Lawn Seed

  • Sue Seddon receives the Environmental Award on behalf of Oliver Whaley from Martin Moll of sponsor Honda UK

  • Inga Grimsey (second from right), from sponsor the RHS, presents the Young Gardener Initiative Award to Ian Bartle (left) and Susan Clegg from Thornford School and Dominic Murphy

  • Andrea Jones receives the Photographer of the Year Award from Inga Grimsey

  • Tyrone McGlinchey (right), of sponsor Garden World Images, presents the Features Photographer Award to Paul Little

  • Jason Ingram (left) receives the Single Image Award from Ian Small of sponsor Briggs & Stratton

  • Keith Nicholson of Westland Horticulture presents the Inspirational Book Award to Lady Virginia Hutchison, who accepted on behalf of the authors

  • Michael (right) and Christine Lavelle receive the Practical Book Award from Johnny Mobasher of Hartley Botanic/Gabriel Ash

  • Steve Brandwood, of Laurent-Perrier, presents the Reference Book Award to Anna Mumford of Timber Press, who accepted on behalf of Raymond Evison

  • Neil Pope, Editor of Garden News, receives the Newspaper of the Year Award from Mary Robbins of Johnsons

  • Jane Hartley, of sponsor Scotts Miracle-Gro, presents the Magazine of the Year Award to Editor Adam Pasco

  • Roy Lancaster (right) receives the Journalist of the Year Award from Robin Lennie, of sponsor Stihl

  • Helen Riches receives the Practical Journalist Award from Paul Hansord, of sponsor Thompson & Morgan

  • Kate Lowe, Editor of Horticulture Week, receives the Trade Journalist Award from Mike Kelly, of sponsor Brother, on behalf of Matthew Appleby

  • Mary Robbins (right), of sponsor Johnsons, presents the News Story Award to Jean Stowe

  • Mike Warren (centre) receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from Colin Golding, of sponsor Bayer Garden (left), while Award citation presenter, Steve Dowbiggin, looks on proudly

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Commemorative Awards

At the 2008 Awards ceremony, the Guild presented two Commemorative Awards to recognise special achievements in the world of garden communication. These were presented to: Garden News' Editor Neil Pope, to celebrate 50 years of this weekly publication; and Gwyneth Hardy, Producer of The Beechgrove Garden, to celebrate the TV programme's 30th birthday.

Three other birthdays, outside the media arena, were also noted: the 30th anniversary of NCCPG Plant Heritage; the National Gardens Scheme who celebrated 80 years last year; and another of our sponsors, Briggs & Stratton, which marked its centenary.

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