Mailorder Gardening Association Announces Award Winners
Five new plant varieties and five new gardening products have won 2010 MGA Green Thumb Awards, which were recently presented by the Mailorder Gardening Association. Bringing home awards in the Plants, Bulbs and Seeds division were Agave neomexicana ‘Sunspot’ from High Country Gardens, Advantage Cell Grown Transplant from Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, double phlox ‘Tiara’ from Van Bourgondien, Spice Zee Nectaplum from Nature Hills Nursery and Botanical Selections Seed Packet Line from Botanical Interests.
Honored in the Tools, Supplies and Accessories division were Eleanor’s Garden Container Kit from Eleanor’s Garden, Territorial’s Tasty Tomato Collection from Territorial Seed Company, FreezePruf Frost Protector for Plants from The Liquid Fence Company, Iron X Selective Weed Killer for Lawns from Gardens Alive! and Critter Chaser XR Deer and Rabbit Repellent Strips from Gardens Alive!.
An independent panel of garden writers and editors chose the 2010 winners of the MGA Green Thumb Awards based on their uniqueness, technological innovation, ability to solve a gardening problem or provide a gardening opportunity, and potential appeal to gardeners.
The MGA Green Thumb Awards recognize outstanding new garden products available by mail or online. The awards are sponsored by the Mailorder Gardening Association, the world’s largest nonprofit association of companies that sell garden products directly to consumers. For more information visit the MGA website at www.mailordergardening.com.
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