2016 Garden Bloggers Recap

The 6^th annual 2016 Garden and Design Bloggers Conference was held Atlanta last week. This two- day conference packed in amazing speakers, great sponsors (Including The Davey Tree Expert Company) and leaders in the garden and design world. Stacey and Katie attended, took copious amounts of notes and wanted to share their top 3 takeaways. 

Garden Bloggers Summer Fling Scheduled for Seattle

Co-hostess Lorene Edwards Forkner posted this about the GARDEN BLOGGERS Summer Fling planned for Seattle, July 22-25, 2011.

Lorene, along with Debra Prinzing, and Marty Wingate are "your on the ground hosts for this dynamic sampling of beautiful Pacific Northwest riches. We’ll tour glorious gardens, savor delicious farm-to-table dining, and immerse ourselves in one of the most garden-friendly climates Mother Nature has ever bestowed.

Four days of activities with exciting pre- and post-Fling opportunities are in the works. The Silver Cloud Inn, conveniently located in the University district, just North of downtown is our hotel of record. Go here to learn more and make your reservation.

Bookmark this site, subscribe to follow, and join us on Facebook to keep up with plans as they unfold. (Much, much) more to come…stay TUNED!"

I love Seattle and can't wait to see y'all there! Thanks ladies for all your hard work to pull this off!
Suzi, Garden Media Group

Show the Love

The Mousies are back! It's time to show love for your favorite garden blogger in the annual Mouse & Trowel Awards.

The Mouse & Trowel Awards were founded by garden blogger and writer Colleen Vanderlinden in 2007 to draw attention to the hard work that gardenbloggers put into their blogs and to earn them some well-deserved recognition.

They've changed up the categories this year to try to showcase a wider variety of blogs. Some of the general categories include "Best Writing", "Best Photography", "Best Blog Design" and "Garden Blog of the Year" to name a few. Niche categories include "Best Urban Gardening Blog", "Best Garden Design", "Best Container Gardening Blog" and more.

Nominations start on April 1 and end on April 30th at midnight, so click here to nominate your favorites.

May the best blogger win!

-Stacey

Garden Media Group