GardenComm 2025 Gold Laurel Media Awards Winners
Digital Media
Podcast Episode:
- Morning in the Garden, Season 2 Episode 8: Winter Quiet – "Morning in the Garden" by Filoli Historic House & Garden, hosted Willa Brock
Podcast Series (Overall):
- Morning in the Garden – "Morning in the Garden" by Filoli Historic House & Garden, hosted Willa Brock
Social Media
- Endless Summer® Hydrangeas Instagram – Endless Summer® Hydrangeas
Special Projects (Course, App, etc):
- Reduce Your Lawn Day – Kathy Jentz
Video (YouTube, Vimeo):
- Spring Flowers - Everywhere in the Garden! – Lynn Purse
Website (Personal/Trade):
- Gardenworks Inc. Website – Briana Hart
Photography
Book (General Readership):
- Private Gardens of Philadelphia – Rob Cardillo
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Weeds of the Pacific Northwest – Mark Turner
Calendar:
- Garden Sprinkle 2025 Calendar – A collaboration with Tracy Walsh and Jamie Miller of Lime Street Creative
Magazine (Consumer/Trade):
- Transforming Gardens with Corten Steel: A Modern Touch with Rustic Charm – Grace Hensley
Marketing, Catalog, or Brochure
- The Whole Seed Catalog 2025 – Michelle Johnson
Publishing
Book (General Readership):
- A Life in the Garden – Barbara Damrosch
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Plants for the Winter Garden – Timber Press
Catalog, Newsletter, or Brochure
- Flowering Shrubs Starter Plants Catalog and Shrub Reference 2024-2025 – Shannon Downey
Magazine for Consumer or Trade
- Trellis Magazine – Jenny Rhodenizer
Speaking and Broadcast
Live Presentation
- Picture Perfect Phone Photography – Grace Hensely
Television Series (Overall):
- Gardening with Steil – Aaron Steil
Writing
Blog
- "Blooming" – Diana Pierce
Book (General Readership):
- Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture 's New Vanguard – Teresa J. Speight
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Fruit Tree Grafting for Everyone: A DIY Guide to Creating Your Own Fruit Trees – Susan Poizner
Book (Fiction):
- The Newfoundland Lunch Party: A Sisters of the Soil Novel with Recipes – Sonia Day
Calendar:
- 2025 Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Garden Calendar - Perennial Beauty – Aaron Steil
Magazine Article (Consumer/Trade):
- The Allure of Black – Janet Davis
Magazine Column (Consumer/Trade):
- "Garden Views" Interviews for Horticulture Magazine – Scott Beuerlein
Marketing/Catalog/Brochure:
- Bailey Nurseries 2025 Plant Catalog – Bailey Nurseries
Marketing/Club Newsletter
- "Speaking of Landscapes" Newsletters – Kathleen G Connolly
Newspaper Article:
- Sowing Hope: The Secret World of Seed Catalogs – Erica Browne Grivas
Newspaper Column:
- Jeff Lowenfels – Jeff Lowenfels
GardenComm 2025 Silver Laurel Media Awards Winners
Digital Media
Podcast Episode:
- Morning in the Garden, Season 2 Episode 8: Winter Quiet – "Morning in the Garden" by Filoli Historic House & Garden, hosted Willa Brock
- The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast Basil Camu, 175 – Eva Monheim
- Understanding Trees – Edward Morrow -192 – Craig McManus
Podcast Series (Overall):
- Morning in the Garden – "Morning in the Garden" by Filoli Historic House & Garden, hosted Willa Brock
- The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast – Eva Monheim
Social Media:
- Endless Summer® Hydrangeas Instagram – Endless Summer® Hydrangeas
- Monrovia's Met Gala Red Carpet – Jasmine Bonilla and Kathleen Shawl Parkes
- Five Facebook Posts – Kathy Purdy
Special Projects (Course, App, etc):
- Reduce Your Lawn Day – Kathy Jentz
Video (YouTube, Vimeo):
- Spring Flowers - Everywhere in the Garden! – Lynn Purse
- Garden Dreams Episode 1 - Creating a Beautiful Habitat – Lynn Purse
- Monrovia's Modern Meadow Makeover Video Series – Katie Tamony
- Down the garden path: A Tuscan-inspired Garden in West Kelowna – Karina Sinclair
- Plant Panel: Plants for Privacy and Attracting Hummingbirds – Adriana Robinson, Kristina Howley, Stacey Hirvela, Natalie Carmolli
- This Buddleia is for You – Natalie Carmolli and Adriana Robinson
- Maintaining an Excellent Playing Surface with Celebration Bermuda at George M. Steinbrenner Field – Sod Solutions
- Onion Rust and How to Deal with It - Christy Wilhelmi
Website (Personal/Trade):
- Gardenworks Inc. Website – Briana Hart
- Sod Solutions Professionals Website – Sod Solutions
- Grow This, Not That! – Michael Perry
- LorraineBallato.com – Lorraine B Ballato
Photography
Book (General Readership):
- Private Gardens of Philadelphia – Rob Cardillo
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Weeds of the Pacific Northwest – Mark Turner
Calendar:
- Garden Sprinkle 2025 Calendar –A collaboration with Tracy Walsh and Jamie Miller of Lime Street Creative
Magazine (Consumer/Trade):
- Transforming Gardens with Corten Steel: A Modern Touch with Rustic Charm – Grace Hensley
Marketing, Catalog, or Brochure:
- The Whole Seed Catalog 2025 – Michelle Johnson
Publishing
Article in Newspaper or Magazine for Consumer or Trade:
- A New World of Biological Treatments – Lorraine B. Ballato
Book (General Readership):
- A Life in the Garden – Barbara Damrosch
- The Cut Flower Handbook – Lisa Ziegler by Cool Springs Press
- California Eden: Heritage Landscapes of the Golden State – Christine O'Hara and Susan Chamberlin
- The Beekeeper's Guide: Building Skills and Knowledge – Meredith May, Claire Jones, Anne Rowberry, and Margaret Murdin
- Private Gardens of Philadelphia – Rob Cardillo and Nicole Juday
- Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark – Leigh Ann Henion
- Simplify Vegetable Gardening – Tony O'Neill
- Bird-Friendly Gardening – Jen McGuinness
- Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture 's New Vanguard – Teresa J. Speight
- The Gardener's Guide to Native Plants of the Southern Great Lakes Region – Rick Gray and Shaun Booth
- ¡Verdura! – Living a Garden Life – Perla Sofía Curbelo-Santiago by Cool Springs Press
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Plants for the Winter Garden – Timber Press
- Weeds of the Pacific Northwest – Timber Press
Catalog, Newsletter, or Brochure:
- Flowering Shrubs Starter Plants Catalog and Shrub Reference 2024-2025 – Shannon Downey
- Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. 2025 Catalog – Dan Heims
Magazine for Consumer or Trade:
- Trellis Magazine – Jenny Rhodenizer
- Food Gardening Magazine July 2024 – Christy Page
Speaking and Broadcast
Live Presentation:
- Picture Perfect Phone Photography – Grace Hensely
Television Series (Overall):
- Gardening with Steil – Aaron Steil
Writing
Blog:
- "Blooming" – Diana Pierce
- Garden in Delight Devotions Blog – Shelley S. Cramm
Book (Fiction):
- The Newfoundland Lunch Party: A Sisters of the Soil Novel with Recipes – Sonia Day
Book (General Readership):
- Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture 's New Vanguard – Teresa J. Speight
- Private Gardens of Philadelphia – Nicole Juday
- California Eden: Heritage Landscapes of the Golden State – Christine O'Hara and Susan Chamberlin
- Growing Herbs for Health, Wellness, Cooking, and Crafts – Kim Roman
Book (Technical/Reference):
- Fruit Tree Grafting for Everyone: A DIY Guide to Creating Your Own Fruit Trees – Susan Poizner:
- Weeds of the Pacific Northwest – Mark Turner and Sami Gray
Calendar
- 2025 Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Garden Calendar - Perennial Beauty – Aaron Steil
Magazine Article (Consumer/Trade):
- Looking Beyond Peat – Gail H Hudson
- The Allure of Black – Janet Davis
- The Doyenne of Ornamental Grasses – Gail Hudson
- Bringing Back the Alberta Bouquet – Adrienne Mason
- People and Nurseries Can Benefit from the Healing Powers of Plants – Erica Browne Grivas
- What is Firescaping? How to Use it to Defend Your Home – Erica Browne Grivas
- Transforming Gardens with Corten Steel: A Modern Touch with Rustic Charm – Grace Hensley
- Proving herself a winner: Pushing back against imposter syndrome – Karina Sinclair
- The Garden Goes Dark – Phyllis Gricus
- Rambling Roses – Kathy Purdy
- Floral Funding: Juneau's Adopt-A-Flower program brings looms to Alaska's capital city – Lucy Mercer
- Connecting Through Plants – Wendy Komancheck
- Engaging Via Education – Wendy Komancheck
- Garden and Outdoor Living Trends 2025 – Melanie Taylor
- Snakes, Asclepius, and Asclepias – Homer Trecartin
Magazine Column (Consumer/Trade):
- "Garden Views" Interviews for Horticulture Magazine – Scott Beuerlein
- "Deep Roots" Essays for Horticulture Magazine – Scott Beuerlein
- How to Plant Grass Seed to Achieve Green Glory – Sod Solutions
- New Plants Radar (HortWeek) – Michael Perry
- Nursery Forum column in The Landscculptor magazine – Homer Trecartin
- Melanie Taylor - Gardening Columnist for Velvet Magazine – Melanie Taylor
Marketing/Catalog/Brochure:
- Bailey Nurseries 2025 Plant Catalog – Bailey Nurseries
- The Whole Seed Catalog 2025 – Michelle Johnson
- Monrovia 2024 Shades of Beautiful – Katie Tamony
Marketing/Club Newsletter:
- Gardenworks Inc. Newsletter – Briana Hart
- "Speaking of Landscapes" Newsletters – Kathleen G Connolly
Newspaper Article
- Sowing Hope: The Secret World of Seed Catalogs – Erica Browne Grivas
Newspaper Column
- Jeff Lowenfels – Jeff Lowenfels