Judges announced for the Garden Media Guild Awards 2013
Following an encouraging increase in this year’s entries, The Garden Media Guild has announced the names of the judges for this year’s Garden Media Guild Awards, which comprises of 20 awards in six categories: Book, Press, Photography, Multimedia and Broadcasting, which will be presented alongside the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Among the judges are:
- Lord William Burlington, a leading UK photographer and the heir apparent to the Dukedom of Devonshire. Lord Burlington was educated at Eton College and University of Cambridge. He subsequently studied photography under Jorge Lewinski
- Clive Nichols, one of the world's finest flower and garden photographers. Over the past 25 years he has amassed a stunning collection of over 60,000 images. Clive regularly gives master classes in flower and garden photography for The Royal Horticultural Society
- Professor Chris Baines, one of the UK’s leading environmentalists and an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Professor Baines also works as an adviser to large companies in the house building, water, finance and aggregates industries and advises government agencies and local authorities on sustainability issues
- Lia Leendertz, a freelance garden writer and winner of the GMG Practical Journalist of the Year Award, 2012. Lia writes about gardening for the Guardian, The Telegraph and Gardens Illustrated and contributes an opinion column to The Royal Horticultural Society’s magazine, The Garden. She has also written several books about gardening
- Sir Tim Smit, Executive Chairman of Eden Regeneration Ltd and co-founder of the award-winning Eden Project. Sir Tim was appointed Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in January 2011 in recognition of his work at the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project. The award was made substantive in June 2012
- Mark Diacono, an award-winning author. Mark runs Otter Farm, Britain’s only climate change farm. As well as planting and maintaining the farm's vineyards, forest garden and vegetable patch, he formerly led the Garden Team at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage
- Rasika Krishna, Director, Digital Strategy & User Experience at international IT company, APCO Worldwide. Rasika will be reviewing the technical elements of the entries for the Website of the Year and New Media Award categories
Alan Titchmarsh MBE VMH DL, who will be presenting the Alan Titchmarsh New Talent Award, said: “We are all passionate about gardening, and the more we can do to pass on our enthusiasm and wake up a new generation to the importance and fulfilment of looking after their own patch, along with the wider landscape, the better.
“I am now in my fiftieth year of gardening for a living, but I am as committed as ever to promoting it as a valuable and worthwhile profession, as well as the most fulfilling of pastimes. It is vital that gardening writers and broadcasters younger than I am continue to spread the word with enthusiasm, passion and knowledge, opening the eyes of the young to a pursuit that is enriching, transforming of their surroundings and vitally important in terms of the wellbeing of the planet. Gardeners are at the sharp end of conservation, natural history, plant science and feeding the nation. It is time that more folk realised that and came out into the fresh air."
Entries for the Garden Media Guild Awards 2013 awards are up substantially on the 2012 event with a record number of entries for five categories. The Blog of the Year and Photographer of the Year categories smashed last year’s total with an increase of 81% and 82% respectively while the Alan Titchmarsh New Talent Award was up a full 100%.
The Garden Media Guild Awards celebrate the very best examples of media work in the horticultural industry, rewarding the talent, skill and inspiration of gardening communications professionals. They present an opportunity for individuals and organisations to allow their work to be judged by experts in the field.
The Garden Media Guild brings together professional garden writers, authors, photographers, broadcasters, editors, lecturers and allied trades. Its aims are to raise the quality of gardening writing, photography and broadcasting and keep members up to date with events in the world of gardening and horticulture.
Sponsors of the Garden Media Guild Awards 2013 include:
- Briggs & Stratton
- Brother
- Hartley Botanic
- HTA (Horticultural Trades Association)
- redheadPR
- Scotts Miracle-Gro
- Thompson & Morgan
- Westland Horticulture
The Garden Media Guilds Awards ceremony will take place at the InterContinental London Park Lane, 1 Hamilton Place, London, W1J 7QY on Wednesday 27 November 2013.
ENDS
For more information contact:
Emma De Maio or Maria Bretti
redheadPR
Tel: 07921 160 134 or 07854 819 213
Email: emma@redheadpr.co.uk or maria@redheadpr.co.uk
Editor’s Notes:
Full list of judges for the Garden Media Guild Awards 2013
- Liz Anderson, PR, marketing and comms; clients include Hiller and New Covent garden
- Professor Chris Baines, Leading environmentalist and award-winning writer and broadcaster
- Vanessa Berridge, Freelance writer and former editor of The English Garden and Country Homes and Interiors Magazine
- Kate Bradbury Writer and Editor; author of The Wildlife Gardener, Kyle Books
- Charlotte Bromley-Davenport, photographer with an international portfolio, clinets include British and Russian Vogue, Harpers and Queen, The New York Times
- Lord William Burlington, top photographer
- Michelle Chapman, Writer, gardener and award-winning blogger
- Ursula Cholmeley, Writer, broadcaster and custodian of an enormous 400 year-old garden in Lincolnshire
- Mark Diacono, former gardener at River Cottage, writer, broadcaster and author of three award-winning books
- Lucy Dichmont, multi-award-winning freelance producer and executive, former senior producer on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time
- Martin Fish, writer, broadcaster and RHS judge
- Seamus Geoghegan, Founder of Seven Publishing and former Director of Lifestyle at BBC Worldwide
- John Gilbert, professional Garden Designer
- Laura Giuffrida, Galleries and Exhibitions Leader at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Alistair Griffith, Head of Science at the Royal Horticultural Society
- Derek Harris, Award-winning garden and landscape photographer and artist
- Mike Howes, Garden photographer and Honorary Secretary of the Garden Media Guild
- Dawn Isaac, Writer, author and RHS Chelsea medal-winning designer
- Rasika Krishna, Director, Digital Strategy & User Experience at international IT company, APCO Worldwide
- Lia Leendertz, prolific and award-winning freelance garden writer
- David Loftus, award-winning and internationally acclaimed photographer specialising in portraits, lifestyle and food
- Marianne Majerus, Internationally successful award-winning garden photographer; RHS Photography judge and garden design judge
- Laetitia Maklouf, Writer, author, blogger and TV presenter
- Geoff Marsh, Online editor of the Daily Express
- Valerie McBride Munro, Broadcast journalist, has worked on Red Button coverage of RHS Chelsea; coaches gardening skills
- Tyrone McGlinchey, Managing director of Garden World Images photographic library and a Fellow of the Linnean Society
- Clive Nichols, A leading and award-winning garden photographer; judges for the International Garden Photography competition and RHS photography competition
- Graham Paskett, Founder of specialist PR agency, Paskett PR
- Jane Perrone, Gardening Editor of The Guardian; writer and author
- Tim Rumball, Editor of Amateur Gardening Magazine
- Naomi Slade, Prolific and award-winning horticultural journalist and show garden designer. The Plant Lover’s Guide to Snowdrops (Timber Press) is out in 2014
- Sir Tim Smit, Discoverer of the Lost Gardens of Heligan and founder of The Eden Project
- Deborah Stone, Chairman of the Garden Media Guild and Online Gardening Editor for Express Newspapers' website
- Francijn Suermondt, Colourful and dynamic PR executive for Suttons Seeds, founder of www.rabbitattackpr.com; writer
- Jo Thompson, Multi-award-winning Chelsea Garden designer, best in show 2009
- Anne Wareham, Writer, blogger and author of The Bad Tempered Gardener
- Tamsin Westhorpe, Horticulturally trained Editor of The English Garden Magazine, former deputy editor of Amateur Gardening
- Matthew Wilson, Managing director of Clifton Nurseries in London, former Curator of RHS Hyde Hall garden; writer and broadcaster
- Andrew Wilson, writer and author; Director of the Chiswick based Wilson McWilliam Studio and a Director of the London College of Garden Design.
The Garden Media Guild Awards 2012 Winners
Books category
A. Practical Book of the Year
Winner
Kenneth Cox & Caroline Beaton
Fruit and Vegetables for Scotland
Published by Birlinn
Publishing
B. Reference Book of the Year
Winner
E. Charles Nelson
Hardy Heathers from the Northern Hemisphere
Published by Kew Publishing
C. Inspirational Book of the Year
Winner
Kim Wilkie
Led by the Land
Published by Frances Lincoln
Press category
D. Garden Publication of the Year
Winner
The Garden
E. News Story of the Year
Winner
Marc Rosenberg
Amateur Gardening:
Red Alert Over Monty’s Beetle Tip
F. Garden Columnist of the Year
Winner
Frank Ronan
Gardens Illustrated:
The Writer’s Plot
G. Journalist of the Year
Winner
Stephanie Mahon
The English Garden & The Edible Garden
A Tour de Forcing
Second nature
Something for Everyone
H. Practical Journalist of the Year
Winner
Lia Leendertz
The Guardian:
Come in From the Rain
Waste Not Want Not
Reap What You Sow
I. Trade Journalist of the Year
Winner
James Armitage
Garden Design Journal:
Land of the giants
Return of the Natives
Get to Grips with Grasses
Photography category
J. Photographer of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
Jürgen Becker
K. Features Photographer of the Year
Winner
Jürgen Becker
Garten Praxis:
03/2012 ‘Hortus’
L. Book Photographer of the Year
Winner
Jonathan Buckley
Wild Flowers
M. TV Broadcasts of the Year
M(a) - Garden Programme TV Broadcast of the Year
Winner
Gardeners’ World
The Olympic Park, 10 Downing Street and South Bank Roof Garden
N. Radio Broadcasts of the Year
N(a) - National Radio Broadcast of the Year
Winner
James and the Giant Redwoods
James Aldred with Ben Jones
Multimedia category
P. Environmental Award
Winner
John Walker
Category Sponsored by??www.hartley-botanic.co.uk
Gardening’s Own Goal
R. New Talent Award
Winner
Rachel Mason Dentinger
The Allure of Dracula
Seeing the Wood for the Trees
Underground Connection
S. Digital Media Award
S(a) - Blog of the Year
Winner
The Guardian Gardening Blog
Life Time Achievement Award
Winner
Jekka McVicar
