Yippee!! (Blowing own trumpet time…)
I’m just back from the British Garden Writers’ Guild annual awards… Five hundred writers and photographers having a lovely lunch and celebrating the best horticultural work of the last year. And celebrations are certainly in order here! My Royal Horticultural Society’s Encyclopedia of Perennials won the Laurent-Perrier Reference Book of the Year award. (There’s no overall “best book” award.) That's my sixth award for writing about plants and gardens. Yippee!
Thank you Dorling Kindersley for commissioning the book, thank you to the RHS for supporting it so wholeheartedly, and thank you to all the contributors who helped make the book such a success.
British readers can buy the book here.
North American readers can buy the American edition here
Congratulations! I own the book, well-deserved!
Posted by: Carol | November 15, 2007 at 08:17 PM
Hey, that's great! I hope they gave you something like an Oscar or a bowling trophy to display proudly on your mantelpiece. Congratulations!
Posted by: Kris at Blithewold | November 16, 2007 at 06:56 AM
Well done Graham the book is truly worth the accolade, my copy whcih you signed for me taks pride of place on my bookshelf, the book itself is a treasure trove of information well done.
Posted by: digger | November 18, 2007 at 07:58 AM
Congratulations! I wouldn't part with my copy for anything! I hope many others get to enjoy it as well.
Posted by: Kathy | November 19, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Thank you all... Yes... they gave me a fancy certificate and also, much to my surprise, a modest financial award. But, in spite of the fact that the award was sponsored by Laurent-Perrier - no champgane!
Posted by: Graham Rice | November 19, 2007 at 02:12 PM
So glad your book won, it's a great book - and I look forward to your thoughts on the other award winners.
Posted by: John Fredericks | November 19, 2007 at 02:14 PM