Garden Media Wins 2017 GWA Silver Medal

Garden Media has been awarded a 2017 Media Awards Silver Medal from GWA: The Association of Garden Communicators for the redesign of our website.

This special designation recognizes the top talent in more than 60 competition categories.

Our new website is a direct reflection of the beautiful horticultural market we represent. It’s colorful, fun and easy to use.

Designed by Mobius New Media in Wilmington, DE, the website was created to inspire and inform.

The site showcases our capabilities, our successes, and our personalities while at the same time educating people on how public relations builds brands.

Garden Media is now entered for judging in the Gold Medal Round, where awards will be given for the best of each award class. Gold Medal winners will be announced during the 2017 Awards & Honors Dinner at the GWA Annual Conference & Expo in Buffalo, NY on August 7, 2017.

GWA Media Awards is the only national online media awards program for the gardening communications industry. Held annually for more than 20 years, the GWA Media Awards recognizes the top professional horticultural communicators in the areas of writing, photography, digital media, broadcast media, publishing and trade. 

Learn more about the GWA Media Awards here.

GWA Atlanta in Pictures

We had a blast attending GWA  Atlanta! Not only did we release our 2017 Garden Trends Report, 

we partied the night away at Sweet Georgia's Juke Joint. Thanks to our hosts, The Davey Tree Expert Company, Espoma Organic, Costa Farms, Sunlight Supply and OPCOM Farm and to all who came out!! We danced the night away!

And a HUGE Congratulations to Katie for receiving the first ever Emergent Communicator award. Well deserved! And congratulations to Garden Writers for a hugely successful event! Here's to many more! 

  

   

 

 

Garden Writers Get A Sneak Peek of the Best, New Garden Products

October is finally here. The brisk air and shorter days give way not only to the fall season, but also, to the Garden Writers Association (GWA) Symposium and the introduction of new garden products and plants for 2013.

The GWA Symposium is the most highly anticipated event of the year for professional communicators in the lawn and garden industry. This year the 64^th annual Symposium, held in Tucson, Arizona from October 12^th -16^th, will be attended by some 600 print and broadcast garden communicators and bloggers from around the world.

New introductions at the Symposium include the groundbreaking BrazelBerries™ small ornamental fruit collection from Fall Creek® Farm and Nursery, the world’s leading blueberry nursery stock and genetics company. The new berry shrubs produce delectable blueberries and raspberries for home landscapes or in a container on the patio or balcony. The new edible ornamental berry shrubs include a one-of-a-kind thornless dwarf raspberry (Raspberry Shortcake ™); a compact blueberry award-winner (Peach Sorbet ™) offering four seasons of beauty; and a super dwarf, hardy blueberry puff ball (Jelly Bean ™).

Hines Growers new Bloomtastic!™ flowering plants  are star performers that bring intense tropical color and beauty for any size garden. These easy-to-grow, low maintenance plants give continuous abundant blooms spring through fall and transform any home into a colorful, floral oasis. Plus, with so many choices, gardeners will find plants ideal for their entryway, patio, deck and landscape. Stop by booth #107 to learn more.

All natural pest repellent company RESCUE!® presents gardeners with an eco-friendly stinkbug trap and a brand-new 3-D fly tape designed with the fly’s compound eyes in mind. Say goodbye to these nasty pests once and for all by installing one of RESCUE!’s affordable, green traps in your home and garden. RESCUE! offers a line of effective and green traps to get rid of any unwanted insect, from yellow jackets to Japanese beetles. Stop by booth #411 to learn more.

Planting with natives and attracting wildlife are hot topics with the steady rise of the sustainable movement. This ground breaking program of tried and true American natives are selected for high performance. Each region offers an appropriate pallet of plants to help people create beautiful gardens and great wildlife habitats. American Beauties Native Plants® bring life to the garden! Stop by booth #607 to learn more.

To keep plants flourishing, Premier Tech Horticulture is introducing a new PRO-MIX® planting and potting mixes. Two new OMRI listed organic planting mixes allow gardeners to pick their favorite sustainable PRO-MIX® perfect for a specific garden task. Many of the growing mixes developed for the new line will also offer the benefits of MycoActive™  the natural plant stimulant MYCORRHIZAE™, which assists the plant’s root system and increases both nutrient and water uptake, for improved plant growth and resistance to stresses. Stop by booth #309 to learn more.

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