GardenComm 2023 Laurel Media Awards
Gold Award Winners
DIGITAL MEDIA
Digital Media: Podcast Series (Overall)
- Kathy Jentz, GardenDC Podcast
Digital Media: Social Media
- Summer-Dry Gardens Instagram
Digital Media: Video (YouTube, Vimeo)
- Sod Solutions, How to Lay Sod
Digital Media: Website (Personal/Trade)
- Julie Joyce, GreenID Marketing, Re-Brand & Website Launch of Family Owned Landscape
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography: Book (General Readership)
- Nicholas McCullough, American Roots
PUBLISHER/ PRODUCER
Publisher/Producer: Book (General Readership)
- Containers in the Garden by Claus Dalby/Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Publisher/Producer: Book (Technical/Reference)
- The Complete Book of Ground Covers by Gary Lewis/Publisher: Timber Press
Publisher/Producer: Catalog, Newsletter or Brochure
- Emily Reeves, Monrovia Backyard Habitat Guide
Publisher/Producer: Magazine (Consumer/Trade)
- Toronto Botanical Garden, Trellis Magazine—Winter 2022/23
SPEAKING AND BROADCAST MEDIA
Speaking and Broadcast Media: Speaking - Live Presentation
-
Kathy Jentz, Deer & Garden Mammals Talk
Speaking and Broadcast Media: Broadcast Media: Television Series (Overall)
- Chad Crawford-Crawford Entertainment - "Flip My Florida Yard" Television Show
WRITING
Writing: Blog
- Hyannis Country Garden Blog by C.L. Fornari
Writing: Book (General Readership)
- American Roots by Teresa Woodard
Writing: Book (Technical Reference)
- The Home-Scale Forest Garden by Dani Baker
Writing: Magazine Article (Consumer/Trade)
- Erica Browne Grivas, "The Future Is Wild: Exploring the World of Matrix-Based Garden Design"
Writing: Marketing/Club Newsletter
- Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, News from the Hoosier Gardener
Writing: Newspaper Article
- Rhonda Fleming Hayes, “Rare Heirloom Peony Has Been with Bloomington Family for Four Generations (Sisterhood of the Traveling Plant)
Writing: Newspaper Column
- Erin L. Schanen, “The Impatient Gardener”
Silver Award Winners
DIGITAL MEDIA
Digital Media: Podcast Series (Overall)
- Kathy Jentz, GardenDC Podcast
- Pacific Horticulture, Garden Futurist Podcast
Digital Media: Social Media
- Summer-Dry Gardens Instagram
- Endless Summer® Hydrangeas Instagram
- Kristina Howley, TikTok @pwcolorchoice
- Kathy Jentz, @WDCGardener Twitter
Digital Media: Special Projects (Course, App, etc.)
- Great Grow Along Virtual Garden Festival 2022
- Penn State Extension Green Industry Team - Plant Identification and Usage: Ornamental Grasses Online
Digital Media: Video (YouTube, Vimeo)
- Jeff Rugg, Greener View Thanksgiving Cactus Video
- Adriana Robinson and Natalie Carmolli, Hardy Hibiscus and Its Handsome Famil
- Sod Solutions, How to Lay Sod
Digital Media: Website (Personal/Trade)
- GreenMark Media Website
- Michael Perry, mrplantgeek.com
- Julie Joyce, GreenID Marketing, Re-Brand & Website Launch of Family Owned Landscape
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography: Book (General Readership)
- Nicholas McCullough, American Roots
Photography: Magazine (Consumer/Trade)
- Tracy Walsh, Wisconsin Water Feature
Photography: Portfolio
- Tracy Walsh, Photographs for Bailey Nursery
PUBLISHER/ PRODUCER
Publisher/Producer: Book (General Readership)
- Black Flora by Teresa J. Speight/Publisher: BLOOM Imprint
- Containers in the Garden by Claus Dalby/Publisher: Cool Springs Press
- The Elegant and Edible Garden by Linda Vater/Publisher: Cool Springs Press
- The Vegetable Gardening Book by Joe Lamp’l/Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Publisher/Producer: Book (Technical/Reference)
- The Complete Book of Ground Covers by Gary Lewis/Publisher: Timber Press
- Growing Wonder by Felicia Alvarez/Publisher: BLOOM Imprint
- 100 Plants to Feed the Birds by Laura Erickson/Publisher: Storey Publishing
Publisher/Producer: Catalog, Newsletter or Brochure
- Emily Reeves, Monrovia Backyard Habitat Guide
- Katie Tamony, Monrovia Distinctive Selections Catalog
- Emily Reeves, Monrovia Shades of Beautiful—10 Stunning Palettes for Spring and Summer
- Stacey Hirvela, Shannon Downey, and Adriana Robinson, A New Vision for Reblooming Hydrangeas
Publisher/Producer: Magazine (Consumer/Trade)
- BLOOM Imprint & Slow Flowers LLC, Slow Flowers Journal—Harvest & Holidays (Fall 2022 Issue)
- Toronto Botanical Garden, Trellis Magazine—Winter 2022/23
SPEAKING AND BROADCAST MEDIA
Speaking and Broadcast Media: Speaking - Live Presentation
-
Kathy Jentz, Deer & Garden Mammals Talk
Speaking and Broadcast Media: Radio Series (Overall)
- UF/IFAS Extension Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program - "Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program, "Florida-Friendly Landscaping in a Minute" Radio Series
- Stacey Hirvela, Rick Vuyst, and Adriana Robinson - "Gardening Simplified" Radio Show
Speaking and Broadcast Media: Broadcast Media: Television Series (Overall)
- Chad Crawford-Crawford Entertainment - "Flip My Florida Yard" Television Show
WRITING
Writing: Blog
- Hyannis Country Garden Blog by C.L. Fornari
- Lorraine Ballato’s Hydrangea Blog
- Rooting for You by Mary-Kate Mackey
Writing: Book (General Readership)
- American Roots by Teresa Woodard
- Bloom by Lisa Eldred Steinkopf
- Hortus Curious by Michael Perry
- The Seed Detective by Adam Alexander
- The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening by Mark Ridsdill Smith
Writing: Book (Technical Reference)
- Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts by Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano
- The Home-Scale Forest Garden by Dani Baker
- Teaming with Bacteria by Jeff Lowenfels
Writing: Magazine Article (Consumer/Trade)
- Erica Browne Grivas, "The Future Is Wild: Exploring the World of Matrix-Based Garden Design"
- Jennifer Zurko, "A Successful Succession Story"
Writing: Marketing/Club Newsletter
- Kristina Howley, FLOURISH
- Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, News from the Hoosier Gardener
Writing: Newspaper Article
- Rhonda Fleming Hayes, “Minnesota’s Houseplant of the Moment? The Swiss Cheese Plant”
- Rhonda Fleming Hayes, “Rare Heirloom Peony Has Been with Bloomington Family for Four Generations (Sisterhood of the Traveling Plant)
Writing: Newspaper Column
- Jeff Rugg, “A Greener View”
- Erin L. Schanen, “The Impatient Gardener”
- Linda Langelo, “The Relentless Gardener”