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GMG Awards Shortlist 2026

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The Peter Seabrook 
Practical Book
of the Year

Sponsored by

 

  • RHS Waterwise Garden by Tom Massey
  • A Year of Cut Flowers: A life of growing and
    arranging for all seasons by Sarah Raven
  • Royal Horticultural Society The Garden Almanac
    2027 by Zia Allaway and Guy Barter
  • The Productive Garden by Stephanie Hafferty
  • A Year of Colour by Ann-Marie Powell

 

    

Gardening Book
of the Year

Sponsored by

 

 

  • A Garden Odyssey by Adrian Bloom
  • Diary of a Keen Gardener by Mary Keen
  • Garden Voices by Claire Masset
  • Beauty & Abundance by Clare Foggett
  • The Atlas of Deadly Plants: Botanical Tales of the
    World's Most Intoxicating, Poisonous and

    Dangerous Specimens by Jane Perrone

 

    

Gardening Publication
of the Year

Sponsored by

 

 

  • Amateur Gardening magazine
  • Scotland Grows
  • The Garden
  • The Plant Review
  • Which? Gardening

 

 Industry & Association
Publication
of the Year

Sponsored by

 

  • Garden Trade News
  • The Dirt | Horticulture News Daily
  • The Organic Way
  • HortWeek
  • Pro Landscaper

 

The Roy Lancaster
Features Writer
of the Year

 

 

  • Rosie Irving
  • Charles Quest-Ritson
  • Matt Collins
  • Philip Clayton
  • Ann-Marie Powell

 

Practical Journalist
of the Year

Sponsored by

 

  • Tom Brown
  • Stephanie Hafferty
  • Lucy Chamberlain
  • Debi Holland
  • Jane Moore

 

Gardening Columnist
of the Year

Sponsored by

 

 

  • Matt Collins for RHS The Garden
  • Mark Diacono for Country Life
  • Humaira Ikram for ProLandscaper
  • Andrew Jackson for Amateur Gardening
  • Veronica Lorraine for The Sun
  • Jack Wallington for Gardens Illustrated

 

 

 

Digital Gardening Writer
of the Year

 

 

  • Jo Megaw for The English Gardening School
  • Petra Hoyer Millar for The Dirt | Horticulture News Daily
  • Alex Valk
  • Jane Perrone for The Garden Collective
  • Grace Alexander  for The Garden Collective

 

The Beth Chatto
Environmental Award 

Sponsored by

 

  • Our Hedgehogs Need You! by Olivia Drake
  • Is the English Garden a Goner? by Ann-Marie Powell
  • Driving urban climate resilience by Joy Macknight
  • The Gardener and the Moth: Planting for Moths
     and Butterflies by Susie White
  • What if it's more than drainage, More than Planting,
    More than you think? by Marko Yau

 

The Gordon Rae
Photographer
of the Year

 

 

  • Richard Bloom
  • Claudia Gaupp
  • Marianne Majerus

 

 

Features Photographer
of the Year

 

 

  • Richard Bloom
  • Jason Ingram
  • Joanna Kossak
  • Manuela Göhner
  • Clive Nichols

 

 

Portfolio Photographer
of the Year

 

 

  • Claudia Gaupp
  • Stephen Studd
  • Bennet Smith
  • Fiona Walsh
  • Mark Spencer

 

The Alan Titchmarsh
New Talent
of the Year

Sponsored by

 

  • Lauren Indvik
  • Susan Urpeth
  • Alice Tuffery
  • Danica Walpole
  • Mattie O'Callaghan
  • Kate Turner

 

Gardening TV or Video
Documentary Feature
of the Year

Sponsored by

 

  • Gardens Illustrated Online Masterclass - Growing
    with Nature with Josh Sparkes
  • BBC Gardeners' World 2026 - Episode 21
  • Monty Don's Rhineland Gardens - Episode One
  • Garddio a Mwy - Episode 13
  • Simplify Gardening 450lbs of Potatoes
    In Containers? Here's How I Do It!

 

Gardening TV or Video
Short Film
of the Year

 

 

 

  • Behind the Scenes at National Trust Gardens
    Explore Chartwell with Jane Moore
  • Carol Klein - Botany Strand - Seeds
  • The Middlesized Garden - How to Make a
    Narrow Border Look Full & Beautiful
  • RHS How to deal with bindweed
  •  Down the Garden Path - Ade Sellars with Tom Coward

 

Radio Broadcast or Podcast
of the Year

 

 

 

  • Scotland Grows Show- Cambo Gardens'
    Composting Masterclass with Callum Halstead
  • Talking Gardens: Talking Chelsea mini series
    - Medals, magic and take home ideas
  • BBC Essex Sunday Show with Sadie Nine - Gardening 
    Hour with Lucy Chamberlain
  • BBC Gardeners' Corner - Jane Austen's
    gardens: A Gardeners' Corner special
  • Our Plant Stories - Jess's Buddleja

 

Individual Social
Media Influencer
of the Year

Sponsored by

 

  • Izwe Nkosi @for.plantssake
  • Rekha Mistry @rekha.garden.kitchen
  • Simon Akeroyd @simonakeroydgardenwriter
  • Ish Kamran @gardening.with.ish
  • Charles Dowding @charles_dowding
  • Helen Hutchings-Cox @helenlikesplants

 

Brand Social
Media Influencer
 of the Year

Sponsored by

  • Corum Property x Helen Cross  @corum_property
  • BBC Gardeners' World magazine @gardenersworldmag
  • Beth Chatto's Plants & Gardens @bethchattogardens
  • Garddio a Mwy @garddioamwy
  • Hayloft Plants Limited @hayloftplants

 

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