THE GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARDS 2013: AWARDS WINNERS
Practical Book of the Year
Kay Maguire
RHS Grow your own Crops in Pots
Finalists
Simon Akeroyd The Allotment Handbook
Kate Bradbury The Wildlife Gardener
Christine Walkden Christine Walkden's No-nonsense Container Gardening
Jo Whittingham Garden Rescue
Reference Book of the Year
Christopher Brickell
RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening
Finalists
Loraine Harrison RHS Latin for Gardeners
Brian Mathew Genus Cyclamen
John Nicholass A Gardener's Guide to 500 Fuchsias
Piet Oudolf & Noel Kingsbury Planting: A New Perspective
Inspirational Book of the Year
Tim Richardson
The New English Garden
Finalists
Barbara Baker Contemporary Designers' Own Gardens
Peter Crane Ginkgo
Neil Patrick The Healing Hut
Alan Titchmarsh My Secret Garden
Garden Publication of the Year
Lucy Hall
Gardeners' World Magazine
Finalists
Clare Foggett Garden News
Lucy Halsall Grow Your Own
Steve Ott Kitchen Garden
Tim Rumball Amateur Gardening
Chris Young The Garden
The Dr David Hessayon Garden Columnist of the Year Award
Alys Fowler
Guardian Weekend Magazine
Finalists
Val Bourne Spring Cottage – The Daily Telegraph
Phil Clayton Great Garden Visits – The Garden
Lia Leendertz Guardian Weekend Magazine
Lia Leendertz Comments Slot – The Garden
Tamsin Westhorpe Le Manoir – The English Garden
News Story of the Year
Ian Hodgson
Disease Threat to Snowdrops – Garden News
Finalists
Matthew Appleby RHS Judge Suspended After Complaint – Horticulture Week
Val Bourne Shopping For Compost – The Telegraph
Anisa Gress Making it Know that Horticulture Matters; Halting a Horticultural Crisis – The Garden
Veronica Peerless Objects found in Council Green Waste – Which? Gardening
Journalist of the Year
Matthew Wilson
Japans Rite of Spring; Turkish Delight; A Tree Worth Puzzling Over – Financial Times
Finalists
Val Bourne Tiny Dancers & Fresh Veg at the Right Price – The Daily Telegraph; Scented Pelargoniums – Gardens Illustrated
Monty Don Sweet Smell of Success; Laying the Ground Rules; Tough Love – Gardeners’ World Magazine
John Hoyland Japanese Anemones, Aquilegias, Lupins – Gardens Illustrated
John Walker Underground Resistance – The Telegraph; www.hartleybotanic.co.uk Gardening's Last Stand; Question time
Practical Journalist of the Year
Guy Barter
Root Cuttings, Growing Media for Containers, Identifying Fungal Diseases – The Garden
Finalists
Bob Brown More Than One Season of Interest, Top 10 Self-Seeders, How to Collect and Sow Your Own Seeds – Which? Gardening
Toby Buckland Autumn Planting, Potting on Plants, Autumn Lawncare – The Garden
David Hurrion What's the Best Way to Feed My Plants?, How Do I Get Better Results from Peat-Free? – Gardeners' World Magazine
Sue Stickland Seed Saving Strategies, Hidden Harvest, Gathering the Seeds Harvests – Kitchen Garden
Trade Journalist of the Year
Sarah Cosgrove
Higher Course Fees Deter Career Changers; Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Contract will Redefine Parks Work, Says Landscape Group; Landform Appointed to Create Gibraltar's First Public Park – Horticulture Week
Finalists
Matthew Appleby Garden Retail Top 100 Garden Centres, Garden Centre Group Tipped to be Frontrunner to Buy Garden & Leisure, Use of Neonicotinoids Hangs in the Balance – Horticulture Week
Janine Pattison What Does it Mean for Landscaping Professionals, Improving Sustainability During Construction; Retrofitting a Garden for Sustainability – Sustainable Landscaping
Mike Wyatt Aiming for the A-list, Different Ways of Learning the Ropes; To the Manor Born – Garden Trade News
Photographer of the Year
Jason Ingram
Finalists
Andrea Jones
Clive Nichols
Alan Pollok-Morris
Derek St Romaine
Features Photographer of the Year
Marianne Majerus
Garden Illustrated – The Genius of the Place
Finalists
Jürgen Becker Mediterrane Klasse – Garden Design Exklusiv
Andrea Jones Model Solutions – Garden Design Journal
Alan Pollock-Morris Marble Mountains: www.into-gardens.com/feature/marble-mountains
Derek St Romaine A Tale of two gardens – Garden Life Love Digital Magazine
Book Photographer of the Year
Mark Diacono
My Cool Allotment
Finalists
Jürgen Becker Die Geheimen Garten von Mallorca
Gary Rogers Garten-Welten
Miquel Tres Lopez 100 Traumgarten
Julie Watson The Wildlife Gardener
TV Broadcast of the Year
Monty Don
Monty Don's French Gardens: The Gourmet Garden
Finalists
Julia Bradbury & Rowan Crawford Countryfile: Pennyworth
Gwyneth Hardy Beechgrove Garden: Programme 17
Tom Heap & Rowan Crawford Countryfile: Horticulture
Liz Rumbold Gardeners' World: TX18 Wildlife Special
Radio Broadcast of the Year
Cherrie Mcllwaine
Gardeners' Corner
Finalists
Lara Burns, Lucy Dichmont, Alex Feldman & Jim Ward RHS Gardening Podcast: Edible Britain
Thordis Fridriksson & Alan Gray BBC Radio Norfolk
Pennie Latin, Dan Holland & Gillian Russell The Kitchen Garden Series
Carol Klein Great Lives: Carol Klein nominates William Robinson
Graham Ross Garden Clinic Show: Daniel Lutz Interview
Howard Shannon Gardeners' Question Time
Joe Talbot, Pauline Cox, Mark Carter & Sara David Dig it! With Joe Talbot - BBC Sussex/BBC Surrey
Brett Westwood, Sarah Blunt, Phil Gates & Chris Watson A Guide To Garden Wildlife
Georgina Windsor The Good Life 'Gardening Festival'
Environmental Award
Kate Bradbury
The Wildlife Gardener
Finalists
Aaron Davis Trouble Brewing, feature article about threats facing wild coffee & the implications for the coffee industry – Kew Magazine
Lucy Hall The July issue, a special issue themed around how to garden garden to benefit bees – Gardeners' World Magazine
Gail Vines Where the Wild Chocolate Grows, feature article about the conservation of wild cacao & the tropical forests – Kew Magazine
John Walker Toxins without borders: column exploring the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides in gardens and how they leave insects with no safe place to go.
Guy Watson Food for Thought, feature article on whether there is such a thing as environmentally friendly farming – Kew Magazine
The Alan Titchmarsh New Talent Award
Nick Turrell
Tree's a Crowd, Falling in Love Again – The Guardian; Pay Cash and Carry your Plants Home – The Daily Telegraph
Finalists
Sarah Cosgrove Higher Course Fees Deter Career Changers; Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Contract Will Redefine Parks Work, Says Landscape Group; Landform Appointed to Create Gibraltar's First Public Park – Horticulture Week
Julia Lewis Julia Lewis's Gardening Show
Benedict Pollard All About Trees – The English Garden
Jojo Tulloh Courtyard Garden, An Exotic Sanctuary on Battersea Rise
Garden Romance Learning to Dance – Gardens Illustrated
Blog of the Year
James Alexander-Sinclair
blogs.crocus.co.uk/plantsmans
Finalists
Howard Bristol greenhillshere.blogspot.co.uk
Rosie Catherwood rosiesbackgarden.co.uk
Michelle Chapman vegplotting.blogspot.com
Mark Diacono otterfarm.co.uk/blog
Stephanie Donaldson theenduringgardener.com
Richard Jones gardenersworld.com
Andrew McIndoe my-garden-school.com/blog
Naomi Slade naomislade-electricgreen.blogspot.co.uk
Website of the Year
Peter Clay
crocus.co.uk
Finalists
James Alexander-Sinclair into-gardens.com
Elspeth Briscoe my-garden-school.com
Nicola Gammon shootgardening.co.uk
Daniel Haynes gardenersworld.com
New Media of the Year
James Alexander-Sinclair & Tiffany Daneff
ipad magazine app – intoGardens
Finalists
Laura Burns iTunes app
Chris Crowder iPhone app
Christina Harrison iTunes app
Derek St Romaine Garden Life Love digital magazine
Lifetime Achievement Award
Stefan Buczacki