Tanglewood Conservatories Receives 2021 GardenComm Media Awards
Gold Medal of Achievement for Publisher/Producer: Book General Readership!
[August 26, 2021] – Alan Stein & Nancy Virts, owners of Tanglewood Conservatories received the 2021 Media Awards Gold Medal of Achievement for Publisher/Producer: Book General Readership, presented by GardenComm: Garden Communicators International!
This NATIONAL AWARD recognizes individuals and companies who achieve the highest levels of talent and professionalism in garden communications. The 2021 competition had more than 135 entries in 62 categories. Recipients of the Gold Medal represent the top winners in each competition category and will now compete for the best of the group in the areas of writing, photography, digital media, broadcast media, publishing and trade.
The dynamic duo, Alan & Nancy received the Gold Medal of Achievement for their publication entitled The Conservatory: Gardens Under Glass.
“The GardenComm Media Awards showcase the writers, photographers, editors, publishers and trade companies that have pursued excellence in gardening communication in print or electronic communications… The Media Award winners have been judged by industry experts and show significant distinction and merits that exemplify exceptional work.”
Becky Heath, Past President of GardenComm
Through spectacular archival and contemporary photographs and drawings of landmark structures—including the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; New York’s Crystal Palace; and Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay—The Conservatory: Gardens Under Glass celebrates the patrons and designers who advanced the technology and architectural majesty of these light-filled structures. Their importance continues to grow with efforts to conserve extraordinary plants and their environments.
About GardenComm & the Media Awards
Since the early 1980s, the GardenComm Media Awards program has recognized outstanding writing, photography, graphic design and illustration for books, newspaper stories, magazine articles and other works focused on gardening. In recent years, the awards program has expanded to include on-air talent, production and direction for radio, television, video, Internet and other electronic media.
GardenComm, formerly GWA: the Association for Garden Communicators, is an organization of professional communicators in the green industry including book authors, bloggers, staff editors, syndicated columnists, freelance writers, photographers, speakers, landscape designers, television and radio personalities, consultants, publishers, extension service agents and more. No other organization in the industry has as much contact with the buying public as GardenComm members. Learn more at http://www.gardencomm.org/ and click HERE to view all the 2021 GardenComm Media Award recipients!