Nan Ondra wins AHS Book Award

by Kathy Purdy on March 19, 2008 · 7 comments

Congratulations to garden blogger Nan Ondra, whose book Foliage was awarded a Garden Book Award from the American Horticultural Society. According to the press release, “books are judged by the AHS Book Award Committee on qualities such as writing style, authority, accuracy, and physical quality.” Go visit Hayefield and offer your congratulations.

1 Dawn March 23, 2008 at 6:55 pm: That’s terrific! What a beautiful book! I can see why it won. Well done!

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2 kate March 21, 2008 at 5:50 pm Twitter: @katesmudges: This is a well-deserved award … off to leave congratulations.

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3 kerri March 21, 2008 at 10:06 am: She’s certainly a wonderful writer and very deserving of the award. Good for her! We’ve been checking her books out of the library..they seem to have a lot! Will look for this one. I’m off to congratulate her.
Have a happy Easter Kathy. This weather sure doesn’t feel very springy! Ugh!

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4 Mr. McGregor's Daughter March 20, 2008 at 10:35 am: That is great news. I love that book, it has been such an inspiration.

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5 Elizabeth March 19, 2008 at 12:32 pm Twitter: @liz4flowers: Wow! The cover of the Foliage book is stunning. It looks like a must have. Thanks for the recommendation Kathy!

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6 our friend Ben March 19, 2008 at 9:23 am: Go Nan!!! As Jodi says, nobody deserves it more. Strong writing backed by sound experience. And thank you, Kathy, for bringing it to gardeners’ attention!

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7 jodi March 19, 2008 at 9:04 am: Whhhoooo hooooo! Cant think of anyone more deserving…she writes so well! I don’t have this book yet, but I will….

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