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● Laurels 2009 Winners

Anita Boucher Young Achiever Award - Millie Ross (HMA Victoria)

Paper Laurel (Publications) - 'Your Garden' magazine Spring 2009 issue

Image Laurel - Chris Jones (HMA NSW) for Eucalyptus caesia 'Silver Princess' - Your Garden cover pic Spring 2009

Information Technology - Yates Australia website

Paper Laurel (Journalism) - Penny Woodward (HMA Victoria) for her article 'Salvias' in Organic Gardener magazine

Books (Technical) - Penny Woodward (HMA Victoria) for 'Herbs for Australian Gardens'

Books (Environmental) - Jenna Reed Burns (HMA Victoria) for 'Gardens for a Changing Climate'

Books (General) - joint winners Sophie Thomson (HMA SA) for 'From the Ground Up' (SA edition) and Meredith Kirton (NSW) for 'Harvest'

Radio - Adam Woodhams (HMA NSW) for 'Better Homes & Gardens' FM radio program

Television (Environmental) - Josh Byrne (HMA Vic - WA member) for featurette on school garden (Gardening Australia)

Television (Technical) - Gardening Australia TV episode covering range of technical issues

Television (General) - Gardening Australia TV (Jane Edmanson segment with the succulent garden)

Hall of Fame (Gold Laurel) - Three inductees: Colin Campbell (HMAQ), Judy Horton (HMA NSW) and George Jones (HMA Vic Life Member)

● HMA Vic Inc invited students in all horticultural disciplines to participate in its inaugural ‘Kay Gee Student Award’.
The aim of this competition is to promote horticulture in the media and encourage students to pursue a career in horticultural media.
Students of all ages were invited to showcase their writing talents and explore new ideas by entering an essay of 750-1000 words.
Closed August 31st, 2009. Results announced soon.
Click here for further details.

● The 2008 Joy Harland Photographic Competition
results Click here for details

● Australians among the winners at Singapore Garden Festival
Among the winners in Singapore are HMAA’s own Jim Fogarty who picked up Gold for his 'Jervis Bay' display! Congratulations, Jim!!
Congratulations also to Victoria's Charlie Evans (Urbaneco), who was awarded Silver for 'Message in a Bottle'.
Australia was also well respresented among the judges, with both Teena Crawford and John Patrick invited to be part of theinternational panel.
Winning Silver with Urbaneco was a dream come true for young West Australian horticulture apprentice Daniel Wheat. Daniel won the right to be part of the team in Singapore through the WPC Group-sponsored Ultimate Apprenticeship competition.Daniel was involved in the selection of plants for the garden after he was invited earlier this year to work with Charlie Evans in preparation for the Singapore competition. He travelled from Perth to be part of the team.

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