Awards Success!
By: Christina Harrison - 30/11/2012
It was a cold day on Thursday but well worth the trip into central London to attend the annual Garden Media Guild Awards at a plush hotel near Grosvenor Square. All fingers and toes were crossed...
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Each year at the end of November almost 300 members of the gardening press get together at this glamorous event to celebrate the best in writing, photography, programme making and online content. These are the 'Oscars' of the gardening world.
Kew magazine was up for several awards and I’m glad to say we won the New Writer award. Rachel Mason Dentinger, who has been writing for us since spring this year, took the award for three features that have appeared in the magazine (see below). The judges said her writing style made in-depth science and conservation stories highly readable, while never dumbing-down their content. I was thrilled for Rachel to get this award as it is so well deserved. Bringing Kew’s science to a wider public, who are often unaware of the kind of work that goes behind the scenes here, can be a daunting task but Rachel rose to the challenge admirably.
Rachel Mason Dentinger accepts her award from Chris Packham
Kew magazine also made the finalist list for three other categories – the Environment award for Bruce Pavlik’s feature on Kew’s restoration ecology programme; Garden Columnist of the Year for Andrew Jackson’s insightful 'Wakehurst View' articles, and Features Photographer of the Year for John Millar, whose stunning images of the David Nash sculptures at Kew adorned The Art of Nature feature in our autumn issue.
This was one of our best years at this prestigious awards event and my thanks must go to all our hard-working writers, photographers, designers and editors who help to create the magazine and bring Kew’s important message to all our readers.
-Christina-
GMG judges comments:
"The judges were astounded not only by the quality but also the breadth of media in this year’s entries, in which authors, journalists, columnists, bloggers, poets, film-makers and radio presenters were all represented. Rachel stood out for her ability to make scientific content accessible to all, skilfully weaving botanical terminology, enlightening interviews and a wonderful sense of place into her pieces – never dumbing down, and always educating upwards."
Read Rachel's winning features here
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About Christina
Christina accepts a Kew Publishing award at the Garden Media Guild awards in 2012.
Christina joined Kew in 1999 after finishing a BSc. degree in Plant Ecology and an Advanced National Certificate in Horticulture. After initially working as a horticulturist in Kew’s Arboretum and the Hardy Display section (on the Grass Garden) she went on to become Festivals Interpretation Officer between 2002-2008, helping Kew’s onsite visitors understand what makes Kew tick. In the meantime she completed an MA in Garden History, a subject that continues to be one of her passions.
Christina was short-listed for a Garden Writers Guild award in 2007 for one of her articles in Kew magazine, and is the author of Kew’s Big Trees, published in 2008. She became editor of Kew magazine in September 2008. “I see Kew magazine as a window on the world of Kew,” she says. “I hope between its pages the many facets of Kew’s work and the people who make it happen are revealed for all to see and encourage readers to continue to support Kew.”
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1 comment on 'Awards Success!'
Rachel Mason Dentinger says
05/12/2012 10:22:37 AM | Report abuse
You totally make all of this possible, Christina---kudos to you! And it was a lot of fun spending the afternoon with you at the awards ceremony, to boot.