Garden Globe Top 10 announced

**"Susan McCoy" buzz@impact-pr.com>**

Garden Writers Association Announces
Top 10 Awards for 2002 

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25, 2002 - The "Top10" garden communicators were
announced today by the Garden Writers Association of America (GWAA) at a
press conference at the New York Horticultural Society Library in
Manhattan.

Five individuals and five companies were awarded a 2002 Garden Globe
Award for Best Talent or Best Product for work they produce during the
previous year. The recipients represent the best garden writers,
photographers, graphic designers, illustrators and electronic producers
as well as the best gardening books, magazines, newspapers, electronic
and trade products in the industry.

Irene Virag, garden editor of Newsday and herself a Pulitzer Prize
winner, announced the following recipients who were selected from more
than 300 entries:

The 2002 Garden Globe Awards for Best Talent went to:
.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Talent in Writing: Eric
Grissell of Silver 	Springs, MD, for his book Insects and Gardens
published by Timber Press.

.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Talent in Electronic Media:
Donna Balzer 	and Todd Reichardt from Calgary, Canada, for the HGTV
show Bugs and 	Blooms.

.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Talent in Graphic Design:
Barbara Cohen 	of Cohen and Company in Atlanta for the Atlanta
Botanical Garden Web Site -- 	www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org.

.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Talent in Illustration:  Clyde
Wachsberger 	of Orient, NY, for the book Of Leaf and Flower published
by Persea Books.

.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Talent in Photography:  Derek
Fell of 	Pipersville, PA, for the book Van Gogh's Gardens
published by Simon & 	Schuster.

The 2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Product went to:

.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Newspaper:  The Oregonian for
The 	Natural Legacy of Lewis & Clark feature.

.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Book:  Timber Press for the
book Insects 	and Gardens.

.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Electronic Media:  StroLuch
Productions 	Inc. for its video "A New Garden Vision."

.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Magazine:  Martha Stewart
Living 	Omnimedia for the magazine Martha Stewart Living #88: Special
Gardening 	ssue.

.	2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Trade:  Atlanta Botanical
Garden for the 	Fuqua Orchid Center Press Kit.

"The judges were genuinely enthused that the best works rose to the top
and gained the appropriate award recognition," explained Ms. Virag, who
chaired a panel of 21 judges from around the country representing
different segments of the lawn and garden industry.

Here's how the judges awarded the Garden Globes:  

Working in category teams (writing, photography, etc.) and using an
objective point system, judges evaluated 337 initial award entries for
accuracy of information, ability to communicate, content, organization,
style and originality.  Some 55 entries placing in the top 10% of this
non-competitive stage received the Garden Globe Award of Achievement and
became semi-finalists for the Garden Globe Award of the Year.

The second round of judging was competitive.  From the Award of
Achievement recipients, the judges, as a group, evaluated talent (all
writing, all photography, all on-air personality, etc.) and product
(books, magazines, newspapers, calendars, etc.) entries.  Ten entries
received a Garden Globe Award for Best Talent or Product.  

Each "Best Talent or Product" award now becomes a finalist for the
Garden Globe Award of the Year, the highest honor bestowed on a
horticultural communicator.  This award will be announced at the 54th
GWAA Symposium in Seattle August 5, 2002. 

GWAA is an international organization of more than 1,800 professional
communicators in the $50 billion lawn and garden industry.

To view the 2002 Garden Globe recipients on-line, log on to
www.gwaa.org/awards. For more information call 703-257-1032 or visit:
www.gwaa.org. 

- 30 -

GARDEN GLOBE AWARD RECIPIENT CONTACT INFORMATION

2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Talent

Best Talent - Writing 
Insects and Gardens
Eric Grissell
210 Piping Rock Drive
Silver Spring, MD  20905
T: 301/384-7346  / E: egrissell@aol.com
Published by:  Timber Press

Best Talent - Electronic Media 
Bugs and Blooms
Donna Balzer and Todd Reichardt
White Iron Pictures
533-1201-5 Street SW
Calgary, AB  T2ROY6
T: 403/298-4719 / F: 403/233-0528 / E: bugsandblooms@whiteiron.tv
Aired by:  HGTV Canada

Best Talent - Graphic Design 
Atlanta Botanical Garden Web Site
Barbara Cohen
Cohen and Company
3210 Peachtree Street Suite 2
Atlanta, GA  30305
T: 404/233-7331 / F:  / E: barbara@cohenandcompany.com
Aired by:  Atlanta Botanical Garden

Best Talent - Illustration 
Of Leaf and Flower
Clyde Wachsberger
Box 307
Orient, NY  11957
T: 631/323-3976 
Published by:  Persea Books

Best Talent - Photography 
Van Gogh's Gardens
Derek Fell
Box 525
Pipersville, PA  18947
T: 215/766-2858 / F: 215/766-2879 / E: fellpix@comcat.com
Published by:  Simon & Schuster

2002 Garden Globe Award for Best Product

Best Newspaper
"The Natural Legacy of Lewis & Clark"
The Oregonian 
1320 SW Broadway
Portland , OR  97201
T: 503/294-7622 / F: 503/294-4182 / E: jcarlin@news.oregonian.com
Published by:  The Oregonian 

Best Book 
Insects and Gardens
Timber Press
Suite 450, 133 SW Second St.
Portland, OR 97204
T: 800/327-5680 / F: 503/227-3070 / E: debby@timberpress.com
Published by:  Timber Press

Best Electronic Media 
"A New Garden Vision"
StroLuch Productions Inc.
Box 6, 1052-315th Lane
Macksburg, IA  50155
T: 641/768-2469  
Aired by:  Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Best Magazine 
Martha Stewart Living #88:
Special Gardening Issue
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
11 West 42nd Street 25th Floor
New York, NY  10036
T: 212/827-8000 
Published by:  Martha Stewart Living

Best Trade 
Fuqua Orchid Center Press Kit
Atlanta Botanical Garden
1345 Piedmont Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA  30309
T: 404/591-1550 / F: 404/876-7472 / E:
GLaufer@AtlantaBotanicalGarden.org
Published by:  Atlanta Botanical Garden

_______________________________________________
gardenwriters mailing list
gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gardenwriters

GWL has searchable archives at:
http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters

If you have photos for GWL, send them to gwlphotos@hort.net and they will
show up at: http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos