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November 15, 2007

BBC scoops five 'Oscars'
at GWG Awards

 

With five awards in four different media categories, the BBC has been given a ringing endorsement of the quality of its gardening output in the annual multimedia 'Oscars' bestowed by the Garden Writers' Guild.

At the Guild's 2007 Awards lunch at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on November 15, an audience of 500 creative professionals from the fields of horticultural publishing and broadcasting saw the BBC collect the awards for TV Broadcast of the Year (Grow Your Own Veg, produced by Juliet Glaves at BBC Birmingham); Radio Broadcast of the Year (Gardens of Faith, produced by Mary Colwell at BBC Bristol's Natural History Unit Radio for Radio 4) and the Electronic Media Award (www.bbc.co.uk/gardening, edited by Camilla Phelps for BBC Vision).

The corporation's BBC Worldwide arm also picked up the Magazine of the Year Award for its Gardens Illustrated periodical, edited by Juliet Roberts and followed up with the Journalist of the Year Award for Jane Moore, writing in its Gardeners' World magazine.

The Guild's Awards recognise exceptional creative and journalistic skills in garden broadcasting, books, magazines, newspapers, photography and electronic media. The other Award winners were:
Newspaper of the Year: The Daily Telegraph - gardening editor, Kylie O’Brien
Practical Journalist of the Year: Andi Clevely for ‘To dig or not to dig?’ in The Garden
New Writer Award: Louise Zass-Bangham for ‘Is all wood good’ in Garden Design Journal
Environmental Award: John Walker for ‘Time to power down?’ in Organic Gardening magazine
Trade Journalist of the Year: Graham Clarke for ‘Developments in tougher turf’ in Horticulture Week
Enthusiasts’ Book of the Year: Garden People by Ursula Buchan (Thames & Hudson, £16.95)
Practical Book of the Year: RHS New Gardening by Matthew Wilson (Mitchell Beazley, £18.99)
Reference Book of the Year: RHS Encyclopedia of Perennials - Editor In Chief, Graham Rice (Dorling Kindersley, £25)
Photographer of the Year: Andrew Lawson for his portfolio of images
Features Photographer of the Year: Michelle Garrett for her work illustrating the article 'Mosses & liverworts' by Jacky Hobbs in Homes & Gardens magazine
Single Image of the Year: Jonathan Buckley for his photograph entitled 'Orchid'

Essex fruit expert, Ken Muir, 82, won the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award. A prolific lecturer and regular contributor to gardening magazines and radio and TV gardening programmes, his book Grow Your Own Fruit is considered by many to be the definitive work on the subject.

It was also an excellent year for the Guild as 10 Guild members were among the winners: John Walker, who won the Environmental Award; Camilla Phelps, Editor of www.bbc.co.uk/gardening; Graham Clarke, who won Trade Journalist; Matthew Wilson, who won Practical Book; Graham Rice, Editor-in-Chief of the winner of the Reference Book; Ursula Buchan, who won Enthusiasts’ Book; all three photographers - Andrew Lawson, Michelle Garrett and Jonathan Buckley; and the Lifetime Achievement Award winner Ken Muir. Further Guild members were among the runners-up: Nicola Browne; Martyn Cox; Clare Foggett; Marianne Majerus; Clive Nichols; Adam Pasco; Gillian Plummer; Charles Quest-Ritson; Carol Sharp; Matthew Wilson.

Guild Chairman, Valerie McBride-Munro said: “The quantity and quality of the entries has been exceptional this year. I commend every winner - and especially the BBC for its outstanding achievement in winning awards in four different multimedia disciplines.”

Full details of the 2007 Awards, including the judges' comments and photographs of the winners, can be found at www.gardenwriters.co.uk.

The 2007 Garden Writers’ Guild Awards were sponsored by: Banrock Station Wine, Bayer Garden, Briggs & Stratton, Brother, Cornwall Gardens, Garden Picture Library, Hartley Botanic/Gabriel Ash, Horticultural Trades Association, Johnsons, Johnsons Lawn Seed, Laurent-Perrier, Marshalls, The Royal Horticultural Society, Scotts Miracle-Gro, STIHL, Thompson & Morgan and Westland Horticulture.


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Ken Muir with Tommy Gill of Bayer Garden. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Ken Muir (left) receives his Award from Tommy Gill of sponsor Bayer Garden (right)

Juliet Glaves with Carol Klein. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Juliet Glaves (right) with presenter Carol Klein

Mary Colwell with Giles Clotworthy of Cornwall Gardens. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Mary Colwell with Giles Clotworthy of sponsor Cornwall Gardens

Jeremy Swallow of Marshalls with Camilla Phelps and Tom Sumner. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Jeremy Swallow (right) of sponsor Marshalls with Camilla Phelps and Tom Sumner

Louise Zass-Bangham with Miranda Harris of Johnsons Lawn Seed. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Louise Zass-Bangham (right) with Miranda Harris of sponsor Johnsons Lawn Seed

Camilla Milward of Banrock Station with John Walker. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Camilla Milward of sponsor Banrock Station with John Walker

Andrew Lawson with Inga Grimsey of the RHS. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Andrew Lawson with Inga Grimsey of sponsor the RHS

Lee Wheatley of the Garden Picture Library with Michelle Garrett. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Lee Wheatley of sponsor the Garden Picture Library with Michelle Garrett

Jonathan Buckley with Ian Small of Briggs & Stratton. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Jonathan Buckley (right) with Ian Small of sponsor Briggs & Stratton

Keith Nicholson of Westland Horticulture with Sarah Vernon-Hunt. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Keith Nicholson of sponsor Westland Horticulture with book editor Sarah Vernon-Hunt

Matthew Wilson with Johnny Mobasher of Hartley Botanic/Gabriel Ash. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Matthew Wilson (right) with Johnny Mobasher of sponsor Hartley Botanic/Gabriel Ash

David Hesketh of Laurent-Perrier with Graham Rice. Image: Jeff Bloxham

David Hesketh (right) of sponsor Laurent-Perrier with Graham Rice

John Ashley of Scotts Miracle-Gro with Juliet Roberts. Image: Jeff Bloxham

John Ashley of sponsor Scotts Miracle-Gro with Juliet Roberts

Kylie O’Brien with Lucy Batizovszky of Johnsons. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Kylie O’Brien (left) with Lucy Batizovszky of sponsor Johnsons

Jane Moore with Robin Lennie of STIHL. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Jane Moore with Robin Lennie of sponsor STIHL

Ian Hodgson with Paul Hansord of Thompson & Morgan. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Ian Hodgson (Editor of The Garden) receives the Practical Journalist Award from Paul Hansord of sponsor Thompson & Morgan (right)

Graham Clarke with Mike Kelly of Brother. Image: Jeff Bloxham

Graham Clarke (left) with Mike Kelly of sponsor Brother

 
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